Connecticut Paycheck Calculator 2026

CT DRS, TPG-211, 2026 Withholding Calculation Rules (Rev. 12/25), 6 p., all five tables parsed by coordinates — 2026 withholding is computed by a sixteen-step rule over five coupled tables, each keyed by the CT-W4 withholding code (A, B, C, D or F) and ANNUALIZED salary: Table A personal exemption (up to $12,000 code A, $19,000 code B, $24,000 code C, $15,000 code F, $0 code D, phasing out $1,000 per $1,000 of salary above a code-specific threshold), Table B initial tax (seven brackets from 2% to 6.99%, three schedules: codes A/D/F, code B, code C), Table C 2% tax-rate phase-out add-back (up to $250/$400/$500/$250 by code), Table D tax recapture (up to $3,400/$5,320/$6,800), and Table E personal tax credit (a decimal up to .75 multiplying the tax down). There is no percentage method available to determine Connecticut wage withholding.

CT DRS, TPG-211 2026, p. 1, first line under the title — The 2026 withholding calculation rules and 2026 withholding tables are unchanged from 2025.

CT DRS, IP 2026(1), Connecticut Employer's Tax Guide, Circular CT, Form CT-W4 (Rev. 12/25) reproduced at p. 21 — The withholding code comes from Form CT-W4, Line 1, chosen by the employee: single filers with income above $15,000 use code F; married filing separately above $12,000, code A; head of household above $19,000, code B; married filing jointly, code C when only one spouse works, code A when both work on combined income up to $100,500, and code D above that; code E means no withholding.

CT Paid Leave Authority, Contributions page — CT Paid Leave is withheld at 0.5% of wages for 2026 (rate maintained by board vote), on wages up to the Social Security contribution limit. Worked example printed by the authority: $1,000 per week of earnings contributes $5 per week.

State of Connecticut 2026 Withholding Tables (Effective January 1, 2026), 8 p., read by local OCR because the PDF carries no text layer (vector-path characters); an OCR misread can only create a false mismatch, never a false match — The 2026 withholding tables booklet (eight pages, weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly and monthly, five code columns each) is reproduced by our engine cell by cell from the midpoint of each printed wage band: 2,717 of 2,755 cells to the cent, and all 38 remaining cells are exact half-cent ties where both roundings are legal.

Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare on this page follow IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32, Publication 15 and Publication 15-T, verified 2026-08-07. Our federal engine reproduces 2,175 of 2,175 Publication 15-T cells on every build. The six federal sources, itemised.

Reproduces the agency’s own published tables. Every build replays the 2,755 cells of the state’s complete published tables through the same code: 2,717 match. The 38 cells it does not reproduce are published in full, not hidden: see the list. Check them in the official PDF.