Florida · rates effective Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2026 · verified 2026-08-06

Florida Paycheck Calculator 2026

No state income tax on wages in Florida — federal tax and FICA are the whole story below.

Florida's constitution has barred a personal income tax since 1968, and workers pay zero state payroll taxes - the reemployment tax is employer-only by law. Your Florida paycheck carries federal lines only: income tax, Social Security and Medicare. See what that leaves on a real stub.

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CE By the Calceva data desk · Verified against official sources · Updated 2026-08-06 · 3 min read
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401(k) money skips income tax but still pays Social Security and Medicare. Health premiums through your employer skip both.

Florida official 2026 tables

A Florida pay stub carries ONLY federal lines: income tax, Social Security 6.2% (capped) and Medicare 1.45%. The state constitution has barred a personal income tax since 1968.

Click any line to see exactly how it is computed, straight from the official documents.

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The auditor’s desk

Audit your actual pay stub

Type what your stub prints; every line is recomputed from the official 2026 formulas, in your browser only.

Educational reconciliation, not tax advice. Withholding legitimately varies with your exact W-4 entries; your final bill is set by your return.

The audit report appears here, line by line, stamped.

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Florida state income tax on wages in 2026
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local wage taxes anywhere in Florida
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state income tax return to file in Florida

Florida withholding rates for 2026

Florida levies no state income tax on wages in 2026, so there is no state withholding table to publish. What is withheld from a Florida paycheck is federal, plus any state payroll program listed above.

Read from Florida Constitution art. VII sec. 5 (official index; full text read via FindLaw mirror) on 2026-08-06. Every figure above is taken from that document; nothing here is our estimate.

From the toolbox7:42 on the clock is 7.70 on the stub — payroll time, converted both directionsOpen the hours-to-decimal converter →

The mechanics

The 1968 promise behind every Florida paycheck

Florida's constitution has barred a tax on personal income since its 1968 revision (article VII, section 5), which makes a Florida pay stub one of the simplest in the country: federal income tax, Social Security at 6.2% up to $184,500, Medicare at 1.45%, and nothing else. Changing that would take a statewide constitutional amendment, not a mere law.

The state's unemployment system - Florida calls it reemployment tax - exists, but the Department of Revenue is explicit that it is an employer cost: workers do not pay it, and employers must not deduct it from paychecks. It runs on the first $7,000 of each worker's wages, entirely on the employer's side of the ledger.

No Florida city or county taxes wages either, from Miami to Jacksonville. And the state may go further: a November 2026 ballot measure aims to slash homestead property taxes. That fight will not touch your paycheck, but it says something about the direction Florida keeps choosing.

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Questions people ask about Florida paychecks

What actually comes out of a Florida paycheck in 2026?

Only federal lines: income tax at your bracket, Social Security at 6.2% of wages up to $184,500, and Medicare at 1.45% plus an extra 0.9% on wages above $200,000. Florida itself takes nothing.

My stub shows a Florida reemployment or SUI deduction. Is that legal?

No. The Florida Department of Revenue states plainly that workers do not pay reemployment tax and employers must not make payroll deductions for it. If that line exists on your stub, your payroll provider made a mistake.

Is Florida's zero income tax a law that could quietly change?

It is stronger than a law: the state constitution has barred a personal income tax since 1968. Only a statewide constitutional amendment could change it.

Do Miami, Tampa, or Orlando tax wages?

No Florida city or county levies a wage tax. Local budgets run on property and sales taxes, which never touch a paycheck.

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Where these numbers come from

We never copy another calculator. Each rate is read from the official document, dated, and re-checked when agencies publish changes. This page's paper trail:

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2026-08-06
Florida Constitution art. VII sec. 5 (official index; full text read via FindLaw mirror) (secondary source) — No individual income tax - constitutionally barred: Florida Constitution (1968 rev.) art. VII sec. 5(a): 'No tax upon estates or inheritances or upon the income of natural persons who are residents or citizens of the state shall be levied by the state, or under its authority'.
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2026-08-06
Florida Department of Revenue — 'The State of Florida does not have a personal income tax.' - state source.
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2026-08-06
Florida DOR, reemployment tax page (read directly) + Bipartisan Policy Center PFML state list — No employee-paid state payroll deductions: 'Florida employers pay reemployment tax... Workers do not pay reemployment tax and employers must not make payroll deductions for this purpose' (base: first $7,000). No mandatory SDI/PFML program.
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2026-08-06
Tax Foundation, local income taxes survey (secondary source) — No Florida city or county levies an income/wage tax (Tax Foundation local income tax survey: Florida - none).
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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.
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