Maine paycheck calculator

The same calculator, pre-set to Maine. State figures below are computed from Maine's own published withholding method — cited at the bottom of this page.

Your pay

Gross pay per check Pay entered as Pay frequency Year-to-date wages before this check (for the Social Security cap)

Federal — your W-4

Filing status (Step 1c) Step 2 box is checked (multiple jobs / spouse works — use the higher withholding schedules) Step 3 — dependents amount ($)

More W-4 detail (Steps 4a–4c)

Step 4(a) — other income, annual ($) Step 4(b) — deductions above the standard amount, annual ($) Step 4(c) — extra withholding per check ($)

Deductions per check

Pre-tax retirement — 401(k)/403(b)/457 ($) Pre-tax premiums & HSA — cafeteria plan ($) Post-tax deductions ($)

State

Work state

State inputs mirror that state's own withholding form.

Your pay stub Annual figures

No signup. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere — every figure is computed on this device, from the published withholding methods cited below.

Worked example

Worked example. Example 2 of Maine's Withholding Tables (Rev. Aug 2026): single, $1,000 a week, 2 allowances — $1,667 a year, $32 a week.
Federal income tax $78.08 · Social Security $62.00 · Medicare $14.50 · Maine withholding $32.00 · Take-home $813.42 per week

How Maine withholding works

State form: W-4ME.

Maine annualizes wages, subtracts $5,300 per W-4ME allowance and the withholding standard deduction ($12,850 single, phasing out between $102,250 and $177,250 of wages; $28,550 married, phasing out between $204,550 and $354,550), applies its brackets, adds the 2% surcharge on taxable income over $1,000,000 ($1,500,000 married/head of household, $750,000 married filing separately), and rounds the per-check result to whole dollars.

Current parameters

method detail	Percentage method Steps 1-6 (wage-bracket tables also in booklet): annualize wages; subtract $5,300 x W-4ME allowances; subtract withholding standard deduction (below); apply rate schedule; add 2% surcharge on annualized income over $1,000,000 single / $1,500,000 married (Tax Alert Vol. 36 Issue 10 adds: $750,000 married filing separate, $1,500,000 head of household/surviving spouse); divide by pay frequency and round to nearest dollar.
allowance per W4ME allowance	5,300
personal exemption statutory	5,300
standard deduction withholding purpose	See the cited publication
standard deduction statutory basic	See the cited publication
brackets single	3 entries (see the cited publication)
brackets married	3 entries (see the cited publication)
surcharge	See the cited publication

What this page covers — and what it doesn't

State method only; Maine has no local income taxes. Head-of-household filers are computed with the single standard deduction and brackets — Maine's withholding tables publish single and married sets only.

Source. Withholding Tables for 2026 Individual Income Tax - REVISED August 2026 (to reflect increased standard deduction amounts and the new income tax surcharge) — Maine Revenue Services — tax year 2026. Tables checked 2026-11-06. Official source.