Paycheck Calculator — Arizona
Arizona taxes wages at a flat 2.5% — the lowest flat income-tax rate of any flat-tax state. Applied to federal AGI, that single rate produces $1,500 of estimated Arizona tax on a $60,000 salary in this model. Because the $8,350 Arizona standard deduction for single filers is omitted, the state line shown here runs slightly high.
2026 take-home pay estimate
Annual gross used: $85,000
Estimated take-home, per year
$66,502.50
- Net per year
- $66,503
- Take-home rate
- 78.2%
- Top federal rate
- 22%
- Paychecks / year
- 1
Annual deductions from gross
Estimate for the 2026 tax year using the federal standard deduction and published IRS/SSA rates. It does not model itemized deductions, tax credits, dependents, or local city taxes. Arizona applies a flat 2.50% rate. The Arizona standard deduction of $8,350 (single) / $16,700 (married filing jointly) is omitted, so this estimate runs slightly high. Not tax advice.
The lowest flat rate in the country
Since completing its flat-tax transition, Arizona charges one rate — 2.5% — on all taxable wage income, undercutting every other flat-tax state. The arithmetic is correspondingly simple: 2.5% of a $60,000 salary is $1,500, and stacked on 2026 federal income tax, Social Security, and Medicare the model estimates about $48,890 of annual net pay, an 81.5% take-home rate.
The real Arizona bill is a bit smaller than this line because the model applies the rate before Arizona's own standard deduction of $8,350 for single filers ($16,700 married filing jointly). Credits and dependent provisions are not modeled either. Read the result as a 2026 estimate, not tax advice.
Questions
- Is Arizona's 2.5% really the lowest flat income-tax rate?
- Yes — among states that levy a flat individual income tax, Arizona's 2.5% is the lowest rate in 2026. Only the nine states with no wage income tax at all take less from a paycheck at the state level.
- Why might my actual Arizona tax be lower than this estimate?
- The model multiplies 2.5% by your full federal AGI, but Arizona allows a standard deduction of $8,350 (single) or $16,700 (married filing jointly) before the rate applies. Skipping it makes this estimate run slightly high. This is a 2026 estimate, not tax advice.