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Arkansas paycheck calculator
Take-home pay in Arkansas after federal and Arkansas income tax, Social Security, Medicare and your deductions, using the 2026 withholding rules.
Take-home pay per paycheck
$1,871.44
$48,657.41 a year from $59,999.94 gross, 26 paychecks.
| Item | Per paycheck | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $2,307.69 | $59,999.94 |
| Federal income tax | −$193.08 | −$5,020.08 |
| Social Security | −$143.08 | −$3,720.00 |
| Medicare | −$33.46 | −$870.00 |
| Arkansas income tax | −$66.63 | −$1,732.45 |
| Take-home pay | $1,871.44 | $48,657.41 |
- Taxes as a share of pay
- 18.9%
- Federal taxable wages (year)
- $59,999.94
Estimates for planning, not tax advice. Your employer's payroll may round differently, and your tax bill when you file can differ from what's withheld.
How Arkansas taxes your paycheck in 2026
Arkansas withholds income tax at rates from 0% up to 3.7% on annualized wages after a $2,470 standard deduction, then subtracts $29 for each exemption you claim on Form AR4EC (yourself, your spouse and each dependent). Traditional 401(k) contributions and pre-tax health premiums are not taxed. There are no employee-paid state payroll taxes and no local income taxes.
| Taxable income | Rate |
|---|---|
| $0 to $5,599 | 0% |
| $5,599 to $11,199 | 2% |
| $11,199 to $16,000 | 3% |
| $16,000 to $26,397 | 3.4% |
| $26,397 to $94,700 | 3.7% |
| $94,700 to $97,600 | 13.6% |
| Over $97,600 | 3.7% |
- Standard deduction: $2,470 single or married filing separately; $2,470 married filing jointly; $2,470 head of household.
- Exemption credits off the tax: $29 for you, $29 for a spouse, $29 per dependent.
- A traditional 401(k) lowers your Arkansas taxable wages; pre-tax health premiums do.
City and county taxes
Arkansas cities and counties do not tax wages.
What this calculator simplifies
- We assume Form AR4EC claims 1 exemption if you are single, 2 if married filing jointly, plus 1 per dependent, each worth a $29 credit. Head of household is shown with 1 exemption, though the form gives head of household 2, so head-of-household withholding here is $29 a year too high.
- Arkansas's formula rounds income under $100,001 to the middle of its $100 band and rounds the year's tax to the whole dollar. The calculator uses your exact income, so results can differ from the state's by about a dollar a year.
- Between $94,701 and $97,600 of taxable income, Arkansas phases in its top rate through an adjustment that shrinks as income rises. The calculator treats that band as a 13.6% rate, which stays within about 50 cents a year of the state's table.
- Arkansas also publishes optional low-income withholding tables for employees who check line 5 of Form AR4EC (for example, total income of $14,644 to $17,500 when single). The calculator uses the regular formula, so withholding for very low incomes may be higher than with those tables.
- This is withholding, not your final Arkansas tax.
Sources
- Arkansas DFA: Withholding Tax Formula Method, effective 01/01/2026
- Arkansas DFA: Withholding Tax Instructions for Employers (effective 01/01/2026), exclusions from withholding
- Arkansas DFA: Form AR4EC, Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate (2026)
- Arkansas DFA: Low Income Tax Tables, effective 01/01/2026
- IRS Publication 15-T (2026) for federal withholding, and Publication 15 (2026) for Social Security and Medicare.
How every number is worked out is on the methodology page.
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