Paycheck Calculator — Arkansas
Arkansas now tops out at 3.9% after years of repeated rate cuts, with only two brackets left — 2% on the first $4,600 and 3.9% above it, using the same thresholds for single and joint filers. On $60,000 the model estimates $2,252.60 of Arkansas income tax and a take-home rate near 80.2%, slightly high because the Arkansas standard deduction and low-income tax table are not modeled.
2026 take-home pay estimate
Annual gross used: $85,000
Estimated take-home, per year
$65,399.90
- Net per year
- $65,400
- Take-home rate
- 76.9%
- 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. Arkansas brackets are applied before the Arkansas standard deduction (omitted), so this estimate runs slightly high. Arkansas's separate low-income tax table and bracket-adjustment smoothing are not modeled. Not tax advice.
Two brackets after repeated cuts
Arkansas has cut its top individual rate again and again in recent years, landing at 3.9% for 2026. The schedule is now just two steps — 2% on the first $4,600 of income and 3.9% on the rest — and the Tax Foundation's 2026 table shows the same thresholds whether you file single or jointly. For a $60,000 earner that works out to $2,252.60 of estimated state tax in this model.
Arkansas also runs a separate low-income tax table and a bracket-adjustment smoothing mechanism, neither of which is modeled here, and the Arkansas standard deduction is omitted — so the estimate leans slightly high for most filers.
From gross to net in Arkansas
Combining the state line with 2026 federal income tax, Social Security at 6.2% up to the $184,500 wage base, and Medicare at 1.45%, the model nets a $60,000 single filer about $48,137.40 for the year.
As everywhere on this calculator, the output is a 2026 planning estimate: it uses the federal standard deduction only and skips credits, dependents, and pre-tax benefits. It is not tax advice.
Questions
- What income-tax rates does Arkansas charge in 2026?
- Two rates — 2% on roughly the first $4,600 of income and a 3.9% top rate above that, the product of repeated legislative cuts. The 2026 thresholds are the same for single and married-filing-jointly filers.
- Why could my real Arkansas tax differ from this number?
- The model applies the brackets before the Arkansas standard deduction and ignores the state's separate low-income tax table and bracket-adjustment smoothing, so it tends to run slightly high. Credits and dependents are not modeled either. Treat it as a 2026 estimate, not tax advice.