Connecticut Paycheck Calculator 2026

A Connecticut paycheck gets trimmed by the same federal layers everyone pays plus a state slice. The IRS takes federal income tax based on your W-4, the Social Security Administration collects 6.2% up to the $184,500 wage base, and Medicare takes 1.45% on every dollar with no ceiling. On top of that, the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services withholds a progressive state income tax that climbs through several brackets and tops out at 6.99%.

One line you will not see in many other states is the Connecticut Paid Leave deduction. Employees fund the program through a payroll contribution of 0.5% of wages, sent to the CT Paid Leave Authority, and there is no separate state disability insurance tax. Add federal tax, the two FICA lines, the state income tax, and that paid-leave contribution together, and the gap between your gross and your net on each pay stub starts to make sense.

On a $60,000 salary, Connecticut's graduated income tax, topping out at 6.99%, comes to about $2,575 a year for a single filer after the state's own deductions and exemptions — on top of $4,590 in federal FICA, which is the same in every state. 31 of the 42 states that tax income have a lower top rate than Connecticut's 6.99%.

The state minimum wage is $16.94/hr , above the federal $7.25 floor — about $35,235 a year at 40 hours a week. Connecticut also withholds for paid family leave, which most states do not.