United States · Arkansas · Updated for 2026
Arkansas paycheck calculator 2026
On Arkansas’s median pay of $43,630 in 2026, a single filer in Arkansas takes home $36,109.95 a year ($1,388.84 every two weeks), after $3,055.60 federal income tax, $3,337.69 Social Security and Medicare, and $1,126.76 of Arkansas tax.
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Take-home pay, 2026 · Arkansas · single · paid every two weeks
$1,388.84 a paycheck
$36,109.95 a year · $3,009.16 a month · $17.36 an hour
| Per paycheck | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $1,678.08 | $43,630.00 |
| Federal income tax | −$117.52 | −$3,055.60 |
| Social Security | −$104.04 | −$2,705.06 |
| Medicare | −$24.33 | −$632.64 |
| Arkansas income tax | −$43.34 | −$1,126.76 |
| Take-home pay | $1,388.84 | $36,109.95 |
An estimate of the year’s tax divided evenly across your 26 paychecks, not your employer’s exact withholding table. An hour assumes 40 hours a week for 52 weeks.
Estimate your 2026 tax refund on this pay, with the new deductions for tips and overtime.
Federal income tax
Taxable income: $43,630 of pay after pre-tax deductions, less the $16,100 standard deduction for single = $27,530.
| Income in bracket | Tax | |
|---|---|---|
| 10% bracket | $12,400 | $1,240.00 |
| 12% bracket | $15,130 | $1,815.60 |
| Federal income tax for the year | $3,055.60 |
Social Security and Medicare
- Social Security: 6.2% = $2,705.06 a year.
- Medicare: 1.45% of all pay = $632.64 a year.
Arkansas tax
Arkansas taxes $43,630 of your pay, less the $2,470 standard deduction: $41,160 of taxable income.
| Income in bracket | Tax | |
|---|---|---|
| 0% bracket | $5,599 | $0.00 |
| 2% bracket | $5,600 | $112.00 |
| 3% bracket | $4,800 | $144.00 |
| 3.4% bracket | $10,400 | $353.60 |
| 3.7% bracket | $14,761 | $546.16 |
| Personal tax credits | −$29.00 |
Arkansas income tax: $1,126.76 a year.
Your tax rates
- Effective rate: 17.2%. That share of your pay goes in federal, state and payroll taxes.
- Marginal rate: 23.4%. Of your next dollar of pay, about 23 cents goes in tax, so you keep about 77 cents.
What are Arkansas’s income tax rates for 2026?
Arkansas taxes your pay after the standard deduction ($2,470, or $4,940 for a married couple filing jointly) through one set of brackets for every filing status, from 0% up to 3.7%. Above $94,700 of net income a second table applies instead (2% on the first $4,700 and 3.7% on the rest), with a small bracket adjustment just above the line. Then a $29 personal tax credit for you, and one more for a spouse or for head of household, comes off the tax.
| Rate | Single | Married filing jointly | Head of household |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | from $0 | from $0 | from $0 |
| 2% | over $5,599 | over $5,599 | over $5,599 |
| 3% | over $11,199 | over $11,199 | over $11,199 |
| 3.4% | over $15,999 | over $15,999 | over $15,999 |
| 3.7% | over $26,399 | over $26,399 | over $26,399 |
How much tax do I pay on $43,630 in Arkansas?
$43,630 is the median yearly pay for all jobs in Arkansas (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). A single filer paid every two weeks, with nothing taken before tax:
| Year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $43,630.00 | $1,678.08 |
| Federal income tax | $3,055.60 | $117.52 |
| Social Security | $2,705.06 | $104.04 |
| Medicare | $632.64 | $24.33 |
| Arkansas income tax | $1,126.76 | $43.34 |
| Take-home pay | $36,109.95 | $1,388.84 |
Effective rate: 17.2% of pay in tax. Of the next dollar, about 23 cents goes in tax. Open this example in the paycheck calculator.
What is different about paychecks in Arkansas?
A married couple filing jointly uses the same brackets as a single filer. Couples who both work can instead file separately on the same Arkansas return, which usually costs less: if each earns $60,000, about $3,465 in all instead of $4,119. This calculator shows the joint return.
People with low income can use Arkansas’s low income tax table instead, which has the standard deduction built in: no tax at all on income up to $14,643 for a single filer, $20,820 for head of household and $24,695 for a married couple. In that range this calculator works out both ways and uses the lower one.
Arkansas cut its top rate to 3.7% for 2026 in a law passed in May 2026 that reaches back to January 1. A small extra credit also helps people with net income up to $27,600.
Arkansas’s own tax table works out the tax at the middle of each small band of income, while this calculator uses your exact pay, so your return can differ by a dollar or two. Arkansas cities and counties do not tax wages.
Not final yet
Arkansas has not published these 2026 figures yet, so this page uses the latest official amounts and will be updated when the state publishes: Arkansas’s 2026 standard deduction, low income tax tables and additional tax credit table (the calculator uses the 2025 ones until Arkansas publishes 2026’s).
How does Arkansas compare with Texas and Tennessee?
The same $43,630 salary, single, paid every two weeks:
| State tax and contributions a year | Take-home a year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | $1,126.76 | $36,109.95 | $1,388.84 |
| Texas | none | $37,236.71 | $1,432.18 |
| Tennessee | none | $37,236.71 | $1,432.18 |
You take home $1,126.76 a year less in Arkansas than in Texas.
You take home $1,126.76 a year less in Arkansas than in Tennessee.
What does this calculator leave out in Arkansas?
- Filing separately on the same return, which usually lowers the tax for a couple who both earn (see above).
- Credits for dependents and for being 65, blind or deaf; the low income tables for two or more dependents; the child care credit; and itemized deductions.
- The retirement income exemption, and the exemption for people who live in Texarkana, Arkansas, who pay no Arkansas income tax.
- Dependents, and credits such as the child tax credit.
- One job for the whole calendar year, with the same pay every paycheck, no bonus and no overtime.
- A married couple filing jointly is one earner: the whole household income is this pay.
- The year’s tax is divided evenly across your paychecks. Your employer withholds from each paycheck using your W-4 and the IRS tables, so a paycheck can differ a little.
The full list is on the sources page, and the method on how we calculate.
Which other states can I check?
- Alabama state income tax
- Alaska no income tax
- Arizona state income tax
- California state income tax
- Colorado state income tax
- Connecticut state income tax
- Delaware state income tax
- District of Columbia state income tax
- Florida no income tax
- Georgia state income tax
- Hawaii state income tax
- Idaho state income tax
- Illinois state income tax
- Indiana state income tax
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- Louisiana state income tax
- Maine state income tax
- Maryland state income tax
- Massachusetts state income tax
- Michigan state income tax
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- Missouri state income tax
- Montana state income tax
- Nebraska state income tax
- Nevada no income tax
- New Hampshire no income tax
- New Jersey state income tax
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- North Carolina state income tax
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- Oklahoma state income tax
- Oregon state income tax
- Pennsylvania state income tax
- Rhode Island state income tax
- South Carolina state income tax
- South Dakota no income tax
- Tennessee no income tax
- Texas no income tax
- Utah state income tax
- Vermont state income tax
- Virginia state income tax
- Washington no income tax
- West Virginia state income tax
- Wisconsin state income tax
- Wyoming no income tax
Every state on one page: the US paycheck calculator. How the taxes work: US paycheck guides.
Pay by job: the highest paying jobs in Arkansas after tax, and 830 jobs with their pay in every state. Your federal refund for 2026, with the new deductions: the tax refund calculator.
On an hourly wage? The Arkansas minimum wage, with full-time pay and take-home pay.
Questions about paychecks in Arkansas
How much is taken out of a paycheck in Arkansas?
On $43,630 a year, single, paid every two weeks: $117.52 federal income tax, $128.37 Social Security and Medicare and $43.34 for Arkansas (income tax) a paycheck, leaving $1,388.84.
What is the take-home pay on $100,000 in Arkansas?
$75,690.29 a year, or $2,911.17 every two weeks, for a single filer with nothing taken before tax.
Is Arkansas state tax taken out of every paycheck?
Yes. Employers in Arkansas withhold state income tax from each paycheck along with federal tax. This calculator spreads the year’s tax evenly across your paychecks, so a single paycheck can differ a little.
What is Arkansas’s top income tax rate in 2026?
3.7%, on net income over $26,399. The same brackets apply to single filers and married couples filing jointly.
Does Arkansas tax military pay?
No. Arkansas exempts all the service pay and allowances of an active-duty member of the armed forces, including the National Guard and reserves.
We both work. Should we file jointly in Arkansas?
Arkansas lets a married couple file separately on the same return, each spouse with their own income, deduction and credit. Because joint returns get no wider brackets, this usually costs less when both of you earn. With $60,000 each, it is about $3,465 in all rather than $4,119.