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Connecticut Paycheck Calculator

Updated for the 2026 tax year · DRS TPG-211 2026 rules and tables, unchanged from 2025; CT Paid Leave cap $184,500.

Quick answer

How much is take-home pay on $60,000 in Connecticut?

A single filer earning $60,000 in Connecticut takes home about $1,837.40 per biweekly paycheck in 2026, or $47,772.42 a year. That is an effective tax rate of 20.4% across federal, FICA, and state withholdings.

SalaryTake-home (year)Effective rate
$40,000$32,927.4817.7%
$60,000$47,772.4220.4%
$80,000$60,934.9423.8%
$100,000$73,704.9626.3%

Single filer, paid biweekly, standard federal W-4, no pre-tax deductions.

Connecticut withholds 2026 wages on a seven-bracket schedule from 2% to 6.99%, under Department of Revenue Services calculation rules unchanged from 2025. CT Paid Leave also takes 0.5% of wages up to $184,500, at most $922.50 a year, and no Connecticut town taxes wages. Figures follow IRS Publication 15-T and DRS TPG-211, with single, married, and head of household mapped to CT-W4 codes F, C, and B.

How Connecticut paycheck taxes work

Five lines come out of a Connecticut paycheck: federal income tax, Social Security (6.2% up to $184,500), Medicare (1.45%), Connecticut income tax, and CT Paid Leave. Connecticut has no local income taxes and no reciprocity agreements with other states. Anything else on your stub is your own election: 401(k), health premiums, HSA, and similar benefits.

The DRS rules start from annualized salary and your CT-W4 code. Code F (single) gets a $15,000 exemption that shrinks $1,000 for each $1,000 of salary over $30,000; code C (married, one income) gets $24,000, shrinking over $48,000; code B (head of household) gets $19,000, shrinking over $38,000. The rest runs through that code's 2% to 6.99% schedule. Stepped add-backs then raise the tax at higher salaries, and a personal tax credit cuts it by 75% at the lowest salaries, fading to zero above $64,500 for code F.

That layering makes Connecticut withholding climb faster than its bracket rates as pay rises: for code F the exemption is gone at $45,000, the credit ends above $64,500, and the first add-back starts at $56,500. CT Paid Leave is separate: 0.5% of gross wages less Section 125 benefits, capped at the $184,500 Social Security wage base, so it stops at $922.50 for the year and shows as its own line.

Codes A (married with both spouses working, or married filing separately) and D (no exemption) are not modeled; this calculator computes married filing separately on the code F schedule. An employee with no CT-W4 on file is withheld at a flat 6.99%. Bonuses are withheld under the aggregate method, combined with regular wages for the period. For 2026 the DRS kept its rules and tables unchanged from 2025; only the Paid Leave cap moved, rising with the Social Security wage base.

Connecticut tax rates (2026)

Connecticut withholding on annualized wages after the adjustments below.

Personal exemption$15,000 single · $24,000 married jointly · $19,000 head of household, stepping down above $30,000 / $48,000 / $38,000 in wages to $0 / $0 / $0
Recapture and phase-out add-backsStepped amounts added to the tax at higher incomes, per the state tables
Personal tax creditA percentage of the tax, from 75% at low incomes down to 0%, per the state tables
CT Paid Leave0.5% up to $184,500
Taxable wagesWithholding
$0 – $10,0002.00%
$10,000 – $50,000$200.00 + 4.50% of excess over $10,000
$50,000 – $100,000$2,000.00 + 5.50% of excess over $50,000
$100,000 – $200,000$4,750.00 + 6.00% of excess over $100,000
$200,000 – $250,000$10,750.00 + 6.50% of excess over $200,000
$250,000 – $500,000$14,000.00 + 6.90% of excess over $250,000
Over $500,000$31,250.00 + 6.99% of excess over $500,000

Example: $60,000 in Connecticut

Single filer, paid biweekly, standard federal W-4, no pre-tax deductions.

Per paycheckPer year
Gross pay$2,307.69$60,000.00
Federal income tax$193.08$5,020.08
Social Security$143.08$3,720.00
Medicare$33.46$870.00
Connecticut income tax$89.13$2,317.50
CT Paid Leave$11.54$300.00
Take-home pay$1,837.40$47,772.42

Connecticut paycheck FAQ

How much is taken out of a paycheck in Connecticut?

Federal income tax, Social Security at 6.2%, Medicare at 1.45%, Connecticut income tax from a 2% to 6.99% schedule after a salary-based exemption and personal credit, and CT Paid Leave at 0.5% of wages up to $184,500. No Connecticut town taxes wages. The quick answer above shows a single filer (code F) on $60,000 paid biweekly, and the calculator recomputes it for your pay and filing status.

What is the Connecticut income tax rate for 2026?

Connecticut's withholding schedule runs from 2% to 6.99% across seven brackets. For a code F single filer, 2% applies to the first $10,000 of taxable wages, then 4.5%, 5.5%, 6%, 6.5%, and 6.9%, with 6.99% above $500,000. Code C married brackets are twice as wide. The DRS left its 2026 calculation rules unchanged from 2025, so Connecticut withholding on the same salary matches last year.

Which CT-W4 withholding code does this calculator use?

Code F for single filers, code C for married filing jointly with one income, and code B for head of household. Married couples where both spouses work, and anyone married filing separately, use code A on the CT-W4, and code D claims no exemption. Neither A nor D is modeled here, and married filing separately is computed as code F. With no CT-W4 on file, employers withhold a flat 6.99%.

Why does Connecticut take more out as my salary rises?

Three parts of the DRS formula move with pay. The personal exemption shrinks $1,000 for each $1,000 of salary above its starting point and is gone at $45,000 for code F. The personal tax credit falls from 75% of the tax toward zero, ending above $64,500 for code F. Stepped add-backs then raise the tax from $56,500 for code F. Together they push withholding up faster than the bracket rates alone.

What is the CT Paid Leave deduction?

An employee contribution of 0.5% of wages to the CT Paid Leave program, capped at the Social Security wage base of $184,500 for 2026, so the most it can take in a year is $922.50. The cap rose with the wage base this year while the rate held at 0.5%. The calculator applies it to gross wages less Section 125 benefits and shows it as its own line.

Sources

Rates verified against these documents on September 14, 2026.

  1. Connecticut DRS, TPG-211 2026 Withholding Calculation Rules (Rev. 12/25; unchanged from 2025)
  2. Connecticut DRS, IP 2026(1) Circular CT Employer's Tax Guide
  3. CT Paid Leave contributions (0.5% up to the Social Security wage base)

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