Georgia Paycheck Calculator

Four tax lines come out of a Georgia paycheck: federal income tax, Social Security (6.2% up to $184,500), Medicare (1.45%), and Georgia state withholding. Georgia cities and counties do not tax wages, and the state has no disability, paid-leave, or long-term care premium. Any other deductions on your stub are your own elections: 401(k), health premiums, HSA, and similar benefits.

Georgia's percentage method annualizes your pay, subtracts the standard deduction for the marital letter on your Form G-4 ($30,000 for letter C, married with one spouse working; $15,000 for letters A, B, and D: single, married with both spouses working or filing separately, and head of household), subtracts $5,000 for each allowance on lines 4 and 5, and multiplies the rest by 4.99%. This calculator applies $30,000 to married filing jointly; a two-income couple on letter B is withheld on $15,000, which adds $748.50 a year to their Georgia line.

House Bill 463, signed May 11, 2026, cut the flat rate from 5.19% to 4.99% for the whole 2026 tax year and set the standard deduction at $15,000 and $30,000 with a $5,000 dependent deduction. Employers could switch to 4.99% from May 11, so wages paid earlier in 2026 were typically withheld at 5.19%. The extra withheld comes back as a refund, or a smaller balance due, on your 2026 Georgia return. This calculator uses the June 2026 revision of the employer guide, so it shows the 4.99% figure.

Bonuses and commissions paid on their own are withheld at the income tax rate in effect on the pay date, 4.99% from May 11, 2026, alongside the 22% federal flat rate; this site's bonus calculator applies 4.99% for Georgia. Georgia has no reciprocity agreements. Nonresidents who work in Georgia have Georgia tax withheld on wages earned in the state, with one narrow exception for people present in Georgia fewer than 23 days in the year who earn under the lesser of 5% of their total wages or $5,000 there.