How to use the Idaho paycheck calculator
- 1 Enter your pay and choose whether it is a yearly salary or an hourly wage (with hours a week).
- 2 Choose how often you are paid and your filing status.
- 3 Enter your children under 17 and your 401(k) contribution.
- 4 Read your take-home pay per paycheck and every deduction.
Worked example
A single Idaho worker earning $60,000 a year, paid every two weeks, with 5% to a 401(k). From each $2,307.69 check: $115.38 of 401(k), $179.23 of federal income tax and $176.54 of Social Security and Medicare, and $73.57 of Idaho tax: 5.3% of the $36,089 of taxable income above $4,811. Take-home pay is $1,762.97.
Getting more from a Idaho paycheck
- Check your pay stub against the calculator once a year.
- Raise your 401(k) to cut federal and state tax.
- Update your W-4 after marriage, a child or a raise.
- Claim the grocery credit on your annual return.
Compare with the Washington Paycheck Calculator, the Utah Paycheck Calculator and see your 401(k) growth with the 401(k) Calculator.
Features
Flat 5.3%
Cut from 5.695% in 2025.
Zero bracket
$4,811 single, $9,622 joint.
Salary or hourly
Enter a yearly salary or an hourly wage.
When to use it
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Families
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Retirement saving
See your 401(k) growth with the 401(k) Calculator.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is taken out of an Idaho paycheck?
On a $60,000 salary paid every two weeks with 5% to a 401(k), about $74 of Idaho tax comes out of each check, plus $179 of federal tax and $177 of Social Security and Medicare.
What is the Idaho income tax rate for 2026?
A flat 5.3% on Idaho taxable income above $4,811 for single filers and $9,622 for joint filers and heads of household. Income below those amounts is taxed at 0%.
Does Idaho use the federal standard deduction?
Yes. Idaho allows the federal standard deduction: $16,100 single, $32,200 joint and $24,150 head of household for 2026.
What happened to the Idaho child tax credit?
Idaho's $205 credit per qualifying child expired after 2025, and the 2026 withholding tables were revised to remove it.
What is the Idaho grocery credit?
A refundable credit on the annual return to offset sales tax on food, $120 per person for most filers. It does not change withholding.
What is Form ID W-4?
Idaho's employee withholding allowance certificate. You can use it to adjust Idaho withholding separately from federal.
Does Idaho tax Social Security?
No. Social Security benefits are exempt from Idaho income tax.
Which brackets do heads of household use in Idaho?
Heads of household use the same doubled 0% band as joint filers, $9,622, along with the $24,150 federal head of household standard deduction.
Do Idaho cities have income taxes?
No. Idaho does not allow local income taxes.
Do 401(k) contributions lower Idaho tax?
Yes. Traditional 401(k) contributions are excluded from Idaho taxable wages as well as federal. They do not reduce Social Security or Medicare.
How is federal tax worked out here?
Your yearly pay minus 401(k) contributions and the $16,100 federal standard deduction ($32,200 joint) is taxed at the 2026 brackets, then $2,200 is subtracted for each child under 17.
Is this my exact paycheck?
It is a close estimate. Employers use official withholding tables, and other deductions such as health insurance, HSA or union dues change your check.
Results are estimates based on the official rates linked above. Confirm important figures with the issuing authority or a qualified adviser before you act on them.
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