United States · Utah · Updated for 2026
Utah paycheck calculator 2026
On Utah’s median pay of $50,110 in 2026, a single filer in Utah takes home $40,764.83 a year ($1,567.88 every two weeks), after $3,833.20 federal income tax, $3,833.42 Social Security and Medicare, and $1,678.56 of Utah tax.
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Take-home pay, 2026 · Utah · single · paid every two weeks
$1,567.88 a paycheck
$40,764.83 a year · $3,397.07 a month · $19.60 an hour
| Per paycheck | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $1,927.31 | $50,110.00 |
| Federal income tax | −$147.43 | −$3,833.20 |
| Social Security | −$119.49 | −$3,106.82 |
| Medicare | −$27.95 | −$726.60 |
| Utah income tax | −$64.56 | −$1,678.56 |
| Take-home pay | $1,567.88 | $40,764.83 |
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: $50,110 of pay after pre-tax deductions, less the $16,100 standard deduction for single = $34,010.
| Income in bracket | Tax | |
|---|---|---|
| 10% bracket | $12,400 | $1,240.00 |
| 12% bracket | $21,610 | $2,593.20 |
| Federal income tax for the year | $3,833.20 |
Social Security and Medicare
- Social Security: 6.2% = $3,106.82 a year.
- Medicare: 1.45% of all pay = $726.60 a year.
Utah tax
Utah taxes $50,110 of your pay: $50,110 of taxable income.
Less the taxpayer tax credit of $551.34.
Utah income tax: $1,678.56 a year.
Your tax rates
- Effective rate: 18.6%. That share of your pay goes in federal, state and payroll taxes.
- Marginal rate: 25.4%. Of your next dollar of pay, about 25 cents goes in tax, so you keep about 75 cents.
What are Utah’s income tax rates for 2026?
Utah has one rate, 4.45%, on all of your pay. There is no standard deduction from income. Instead Utah gives a taxpayer tax credit of 6% of your federal standard deduction: $966 single, $1,932 married filing jointly and $1,449 head of household.
The credit shrinks by 1.3% of your income over $18,213 single, $36,426 married filing jointly or $27,320 head of household, so it is gone at about $92,521 for a single filer. If your income is no more than your federal standard deduction, you owe no Utah tax at all.
How much tax do I pay on $50,110 in Utah?
$50,110 is the median yearly pay for all jobs in Utah (Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025). A single filer paid every two weeks, with nothing taken before tax:
| Year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|
| Pay before tax | $50,110.00 | $1,927.31 |
| Federal income tax | $3,833.20 | $147.43 |
| Social Security | $3,106.82 | $119.49 |
| Medicare | $726.60 | $27.95 |
| Utah income tax | $1,678.56 | $64.56 |
| Take-home pay | $40,764.83 | $1,567.88 |
Effective rate: 18.6% 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 Utah?
Utah lowered its rate again in 2026, to 4.45%, by a law that covers the whole year. Employers only switched to the new rate on June 1, so a little more than needed may have come out of your pay before then.
The credit works like a standard deduction that fades away. On $60,000, a single filer owes $2,670.00 before the credit, and the credit takes off $422.77, leaving $2,247.23. Above about $92,521 ($185,041 for a couple), you pay 4.45% on every dollar.
Utah has not yet published its 2026 base amounts for the credit, so this calculator uses 2025’s. The real ones will be a little higher, which makes the tax a little lower for most people.
Utah cities and counties do not tax wages, so the state tax is the only one on your paycheck besides federal tax, Social Security and Medicare.
Not final yet
Utah has not published these 2026 figures yet, so this page uses the latest official amounts and will be updated when the state publishes: The base amounts for Utah’s taxpayer tax credit (the calculator uses the 2025 amounts until Utah publishes 2026’s).
How does Utah compare with Nevada and Colorado?
The same $50,110 salary, single, paid every two weeks:
| State tax and contributions a year | Take-home a year | Per paycheck | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | $1,678.56 | $40,764.83 | $1,567.88 |
| Nevada | none | $42,443.39 | $1,632.44 |
| Colorado | $1,716.92 | $40,726.46 | $1,566.40 |
You take home $1,678.56 a year less in Utah than in Nevada.
You take home $38.37 a year more in Utah than in Colorado.
What does this calculator leave out in Utah?
- The part of the taxpayer tax credit for dependents, and itemized deductions.
- Utah’s child tax credit, earned income credit and retirement, Social Security and military retirement 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?
- Alabama state income tax
- Alaska no income tax
- Arizona state income tax
- Arkansas 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
- Iowa state income tax
- Kansas state income tax
- Kentucky state income tax
- Louisiana state income tax
- Maine state income tax
- Maryland state income tax
- Massachusetts state income tax
- Michigan state income tax
- Minnesota state income tax
- Mississippi state income tax
- 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
- New Mexico state income tax
- New York state income tax
- North Carolina state income tax
- North Dakota state income tax
- Ohio state income tax
- 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
- 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 Utah 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 Utah minimum wage, with full-time pay and take-home pay.
Questions about paychecks in Utah
How much is taken out of a paycheck in Utah?
On $50,110 a year, single, paid every two weeks: $147.43 federal income tax, $147.44 Social Security and Medicare and $64.56 for Utah (income tax) a paycheck, leaving $1,567.88.
What is the take-home pay on $100,000 in Utah?
$74,730.00 a year, or $2,874.23 every two weeks, for a single filer with nothing taken before tax.
Is Utah state tax taken out of every paycheck?
Yes. Employers in Utah 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 Utah’s income tax rate in 2026?
4.45%, one rate for everyone, on all of your income, less the taxpayer tax credit.
Does Utah have a standard deduction?
Not as a deduction. Utah taxes all of your income and then gives a credit of 6% of your federal standard deduction ($966 for a single filer), which shrinks as income rises.
Does Utah tax military pay?
Yes, for Utah residents. Only service members who are not Utah residents leave their active-duty pay out of Utah tax.