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California Paycheck Tax Calculator

Estimate take-home pay and employee taxes for California. Enter your pay details to get a line-by-line breakdown.

California Paycheck

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How are you paid?
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Any overtime?
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Federal withholding
State-specific questions Only the inputs required for California appear here.
State adjustments
Optional extra state amount per paycheck.
Pre-tax deductions
Retirement
Take home
Employee taxes
Employer taxes
Earnings $2,000.00
Taxes −$476.35
Federal Income Tax −$156.15
Social Security −$124.00
Medicare −$29.00
CA State Income Tax −$141.20
CA SDI −$26.00
Take Home $1,523.65
Employer cost breakdown
Gross pay $2,000.00
Employer Social Security +$124.00
Employer Medicare +$29.00
FUTA +$120.00
CA UI +$0.00
CA ETT +$2.00
Total employer cost $2,275.00

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How each California line is calculated

California employee paystubs in this app automatically show California State Income Tax and CA SDI as separate employee deduction lines. California UI and ETT are employer-paid and are not shown as employee deduction rows.

Line Who pays Rate Wage base
CA ETT
California Employment Training Tax is employer-paid at 0.10% on the first $7,000 of wages for employers with a positive UI reserve balance in 2026.
 Employer 0.1% $7,000
CA SDI
Employee SDI withholding at 1.30% of wages for 2026. California UI and ETT remain employer-paid.
 Employee 1.3% No cap
CA State Income Tax
Annualized California withholding brackets from the current state-tax model. The current runtime uses different schedules for married versus non-married filers.
10 annualized brackets
Annual wages over But not over Base tax Plus
$0 $3,600 $0 1%
$3,600 $10,099 $232 2%
$10,099 $20,824 $643 4%
$20,824 $34,892 $1,407 6%
$34,892 $48,435 $2,358 8%
$48,435 $68,350 $3,279 11%
$68,350 $338,639 $4,276 9.3%
$338,639 $526,443 $23,891 11.3%
$526,443 $1,000,000 $47,206 12.3%
$1,000,000 and up $122,480 13.3%
Employee Progressive brackets No cap
CA UI
California unemployment insurance is employer-paid on the first $7,000 of wages per employee. New employers are assigned a 3.4% UI rate for two to three years, and established employers use their current DE 2088 notice rate within the 2026 Schedule F+ range of 1.5% to 6.2%.
 Employer User supplied $7,000

Official sources

Some state or local tax rules for this jurisdiction are still partial and may require user-entered rates or manual review. Some employer-side state taxes depend on employer size, assigned unemployment rates, or program elections. Review the line notes before relying on those totals. Some state-specific lines need additional answers before the calculator can resolve all applicable rates: EmployerAssignedRatePercent, EmployerTaxableWageBase.

This calculator provides estimates for informational purposes only and does not constitute tax, legal, or financial advice. Rates and rules change frequently — confirm with official sources before making payroll decisions.