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Massachusetts Hourly Paycheck Calculator
Turn an hourly rate and weekly hours into Massachusetts take-home pay after federal, state and FICA taxes for 2026.
At $25 an hour for 40 hours a week, a single filer in Massachusetts grosses $2,000 per biweekly paycheck and takes home about $1,603 in 2026 — $20.04 for every hour worked — after $4,060 a year in federal income tax, $3,978 FICA, and $2,280 Massachusetts state income tax.
Your take-home pay
per paycheck
Federal rate
7.8%
State rate
4.4%
FICA Rate
7.6%
Total rate
19.8%
2026 federal tables from IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32; Massachusetts rates from the state's revenue department and statutes (2026 rates; brackets, standard deduction and exemptions from the latest published state tables, 2025 where the state has not released 2026 figures). Reviewed by Junead Khan. Last updated .
What else comes out of a Massachusetts paycheck
Beyond income tax and FICA, Massachusetts employers also withhold the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) contribution. These are small percentages of pay, set each year by the state, and the calculator above does not include them — treat its take-home figure as slightly high.
No city or county in Massachusetts levies its own tax on wages.
Plan around the deposit date
With changing hours, use a conservative reliable deposit for essentials. Build a bill calendar by paycheck and check the hours and deductions on your pay stub before relying on the estimate.
Massachusetts hourly pay questions.
About $20.04 an hour, or $1,603 per biweekly paycheck on 40 hours a week, for a single filer with no pre-tax deductions in 2026. That is $41,682 a year on $52,000 gross.
Multiply your rate by hours per week and by 52 for annual gross pay, then subtract federal income tax, FICA (7.65% on most wages: Social Security stops at the annual wage base and an extra 0.9% Medicare applies above $200,000) and Massachusetts state income tax. The calculator above does this for any rate, hours and pay frequency. It treats every hour at your base rate, so add overtime premiums to your rate yourself if you regularly work more than 40 hours.
No. Massachusetts taxes wages the same way whether you are paid hourly or a salary; only the annual total matters. The withholding on each check is based on your projected annual pay.
A flat 5% on taxable income.
Estimates use 2026 federal and state tax rates and assume the hours you enter every week. Your actual paycheck varies with W-4 settings, overtime, tips, credits, local taxes and employer deductions.
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