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New Jersey take-home pay calculator

What New Jersey withholds on top of federal tax, and what reaches your account.

What most calculators get wrong here

New Jersey does not follow the federal HSA deduction, and withholds three separate employee programmes with different wage bases. Calculators that model one combined rate get both the total and the cap wrong.

How New Jersey taxes wages

New Jersey taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. Only the income inside a bracket pays that bracket’s rate.

New Jersey income tax rates for 2026. Rates shown are for a single filer.
FromUp toRate
$0$20,0001.40%
$20,000$35,0001.75%
$35,000$40,0003.50%
$40,000$75,0005.53%
$75,000$500,0006.37%
$500,000$1,000,0008.97%
$1,000,000and above10.75%

How New Jersey treats pre-tax deductions

HSA contributions
Taxed by the state
Traditional 401(k) contributions
Pre-tax, as federally

What else New Jersey withholds

ProgrammeRateWage cap
Unemployment and workforce0.43%$44,800
Temporary disability insurance0.19%$171,100
Family leave insurance0.23%$171,100

What this calculator models for New Jersey

There is nothing to flag for New Jersey: the rules above are applied exactly as their sources publish them.

Questions about take-home pay in New Jersey

Sources

Every New Jersey figure on this page is transcribed from the document it links to below, last checked .

Enter your own salary in the take-home pay calculator to see these New Jersey figures applied to it.

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