Salary / Paycheck Calculator

How to use it

1. Choose annual or hourly mode, then enter salary or hourly rate, hours, weeks, overtime, filing status, pre-tax deductions, other income, and an optional comparison salary. These inputs shape taxable income and show how much of a pay change survives federal taxes and deductions.
2. Read estimated annual take-home, net monthly pay, the effective tax rate, and the take-home delta against the comparison salary; in annual mode you also get the salary's hourly equivalent. The charts break gross pay into federal tax, employee FICA, pre-tax deductions, and net, and show gross and net per monthly and biweekly paycheck. Treat it as a 2026 federal-planning model: state and local taxes, credits, and itemized deductions are excluded.
3. Base job or comp decisions on take-home delta instead of gross delta. A $10,000 gross increase often converts into only part of that after tax, and overtime-heavy earnings are less reliable than the same income in base pay.
4. Use the output to compare offers, decide how much 401(k) or other pre-tax deductions you can afford, and identify the minimum gross salary required to hit a target monthly take-home. If the comparison delta is small, negotiate remote flexibility or benefits instead of only chasing headline pay.
5. Re-run when withholding assumptions, deductions, overtime, or offer terms change, and again when federal brackets update. Compare the model to real paystubs a few times per year so your planning assumptions stay anchored to reality.

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Use it from code

The same calculation as a JavaScript module you can import. It runs where you import it, with no request, key or rate limit.

import { compute } from "https://aibizhub.io/engines/salary-calculator.js";

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