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Connecticut Paycheck Tax Calculator

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

Connecticut Paycheck

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How often are you paid?
How are you paid?
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Any overtime?
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Federal withholding
State adjustments
Optional extra state amount per paycheck.
Pre-tax deductions
Retirement
Take home
Employee taxes
Employer taxes
Earnings $2,000.00
Taxes −$409.15
Federal Income Tax −$156.15
Social Security −$124.00
Medicare −$29.00
CT State Income Tax −$90.00
CT Paid Leave −$10.00
Take Home $1,590.85
Employer cost breakdown
Gross pay $2,000.00
Employer Social Security +$124.00
Employer Medicare +$29.00
FUTA +$120.00
CT UI Tax +$38.00
Total employer cost $2,311.00

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How each Connecticut line is calculated

Connecticut employee paystubs in this app automatically show Connecticut State Income Tax and CT Paid Leave as separate employee deduction lines. The current implementation does not yet model Connecticut resident-versus-other-state withholding coordination beyond the selected withholding state inputs already present in the form.

Line Who pays Rate Wage base
CT Paid Leave
Employee contribution at 0.50% of wages up to the Social Security wage base for 2026.
 Employee 0.5% $184,500
CT State Income Tax
Annualized Connecticut withholding brackets from the current state-tax model.
6 annualized brackets
Annual wages over But not over Base tax Plus
$0 $10,000 $0 3%
$10,000 $20,000 $300 3%
$20,000 $50,000 $600 5.5%
$50,000 $100,000 $2,250 4.5%
$100,000 $500,000 $4,500 5.5%
$500,000 and up $26,750 6.99%
Employee Progressive brackets No cap
CT UI Tax
Using Connecticut's published 2026 new-employer unemployment insurance rate of 1.90% on the first $27,000 of wages per employee.
 Employer 1.9% $27,000

Official sources

Some employer-side state taxes depend on employer size, assigned unemployment rates, or program elections. Review the line notes before relying on those totals.

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.