United States · Idaho · Updated for 2026
Idaho paycheck calculator 2026
On Idaho’s median pay of $47,970 in 2026, a single filer in Idaho takes home $39,279.77 a year ($1,510.76 every two weeks), after $3,576.40 federal income tax, $3,669.71 Social Security and Medicare, and $1,444.13 of Idaho tax.
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Take-home pay, 2026 · Idaho · single · paid every two weeks
$1,510.76 a paycheck
$39,279.77 a year · $3,273.31 a month · $18.88 an hour
| Per paycheck | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $1,845.00 | $47,970.00 |
| Federal income tax | −$137.55 | −$3,576.40 |
| Social Security | −$114.39 | −$2,974.14 |
| Medicare | −$26.75 | −$695.57 |
| Idaho income tax | −$55.54 | −$1,444.13 |
| Take-home pay | $1,510.76 | $39,279.77 |
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: $47,970 of pay after pre-tax deductions, less the $16,100 standard deduction for single = $31,870.
| Income in bracket | Tax | |
|---|---|---|
| 10% bracket | $12,400 | $1,240.00 |
| 12% bracket | $19,470 | $2,336.40 |
| Federal income tax for the year | $3,576.40 |
Social Security and Medicare
- Social Security: 6.2% = $2,974.14 a year.
- Medicare: 1.45% of all pay = $695.57 a year.
Idaho tax
Idaho taxes $47,970 of your pay, less the $16,100 standard deduction: $31,870 of taxable income.
| Income in bracket | Tax | |
|---|---|---|
| 0% bracket | $4,811 | $0.00 |
| 5.3% bracket | $27,059 | $1,434.13 |
Plus Idaho’s $10 Permanent Building Fund tax, which everyone who owes Idaho income tax pays.
Idaho income tax: $1,444.13 a year.
Your tax rates
- Effective rate: 18.1%. That share of your pay goes in federal, state and payroll taxes.
- Marginal rate: 25.0%. Of your next dollar of pay, about 25 cents goes in tax, so you keep about 75 cents.
What are Idaho’s income tax rates for 2026?
Idaho takes off the same standard deduction as federal tax: $16,100 single, $32,200 married filing jointly or $24,150 head of household. The first $4,811 of what is left ($9,622 for a married couple filing jointly or a head of household) is taxed at 0%, and the rest at one rate, 5.3%.
Every return that owes Idaho income tax also pays a flat $10 Permanent Building Fund tax, which the calculator adds to the tax.
How much tax do I pay on $47,970 in Idaho?
$47,970 is the median yearly pay for all jobs in Idaho (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). A single filer paid every two weeks, with nothing taken before tax:
| Year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $47,970.00 | $1,845.00 |
| Federal income tax | $3,576.40 | $137.55 |
| Social Security | $2,974.14 | $114.39 |
| Medicare | $695.57 | $26.75 |
| Idaho income tax | $1,444.13 | $55.54 |
| Take-home pay | $39,279.77 | $1,510.76 |
Effective rate: 18.1% of pay in tax. Of the next dollar, about 25 cents goes in tax. Open this example in the paycheck calculator.
What is different about paychecks in Idaho?
On $60,000 of pay, a single filer has $43,900 of Idaho taxable income. The first $4,811 is taxed at 0% and the rest at 5.3%: $2,071.72, plus the $10 building fund tax.
A head of household gets the same 0% amount as a married couple, $9,622, twice the single amount. Idaho law treats a head of household return like a joint return for this.
Idaho’s withholding tables leave out the 0% amount, so most workers have a little more taken from their pay than they owe and get it back as a refund.
Idaho has not yet published its 2026 0% amounts, so this calculator uses the 2025 ones. The real figures rise with prices each year, which makes the tax a little lower.
Not final yet
Idaho has not published these 2026 figures yet, so this page uses the latest official amounts and will be updated when the state publishes: Idaho’s 2026 0% amounts (the calculator uses the 2025 amounts until Idaho publishes 2026’s).
How does Idaho compare with Washington and Utah?
The same $47,970 salary, single, paid every two weeks:
| State tax and contributions a year | Take-home a year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | $1,444.13 | $39,279.77 | $1,510.76 |
| Washington | $665.42 | $40,058.47 | $1,540.71 |
| Utah | $1,555.51 | $39,168.39 | $1,506.48 |
You take home $778.71 a year less in Idaho than in Washington.
You take home $111.38 a year more in Idaho than in Utah.
What does this calculator leave out in Idaho?
- Idaho’s grocery credit (the food tax credit), which is paid back on the return for each person in the household.
- The building fund tax for people who must file but owe no Idaho income tax.
- The retirement benefits deduction, itemized deductions and other credits.
- 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?
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- 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 Idaho 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 Idaho minimum wage, with full-time pay and take-home pay.
Questions about paychecks in Idaho
How much is taken out of a paycheck in Idaho?
On $47,970 a year, single, paid every two weeks: $137.55 federal income tax, $141.14 Social Security and Medicare and $55.54 for Idaho (income tax) a paycheck, leaving $1,510.76.
What is the take-home pay on $100,000 in Idaho?
$74,978.28 a year, or $2,883.78 every two weeks, for a single filer with nothing taken before tax.
Is Idaho state tax taken out of every paycheck?
Yes. Employers in Idaho 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 Idaho’s income tax rate in 2026?
5.3%, one rate, on taxable income above $4,811 ($9,622 for a joint return or a head of household).
What is the Idaho Permanent Building Fund tax?
A flat $10 a year on every Idaho income tax return that has to be filed, unless you are blind or get public assistance from Idaho.
Does Idaho tax military pay?
Partly. An Idaho resident on active duty for 120 days or more in a row does not pay Idaho tax on active-duty pay for service outside Idaho. Pay for service inside Idaho is taxed.