How much is California income tax?
Estimate your California state income tax for 2026. Type your federal AGI and filing status; the page applies California's deduction, exemptions, and rates. An estimate, not tax advice.
- California income tax
- $2,774.57
On $75,000.00 of AGI, filing Single, California income tax is $2,774.57 (3.7% effective).
- State income tax
- $2,774.57
- Effective rate
- 3.7%
- State marginal rate
- 8%
- State taxable income
- $69,294.00
- Deduction
- $5,706.00
- Exemptions
- $0.00
- Credits
- $153.00
- Note
- Uses 2025 rates: California has not published 2026 rates
California income tax: $2,774.57. On $75,000.00 of AGI, filing Single, California income tax is $2,774.57 (3.7% effective).
California income tax by federal adjusted gross income
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How to calculate
Estimates 2026 California income tax from federal AGI, filing status, and dependents.
Example with the default inputs (Filing status Single, Federal adjusted gross income $75,000.00, Dependents 0): On $75,000.00 of AGI, filing Single, California income tax is $2,774.57 (3.7% effective).
Method: Taxable income = AGI − larger of standard or itemized deduction − exemptions; tax = state rates on taxable income − credits.
- An estimate for a full-year resident, 2025 rates, not tax advice.
- Starts from federal AGI; California additions and subtractions are not modelled.
- Not modelled for California: Brackets and credits are 2025 (FTB has not published 2026 schedules); the standard deduction is the 2026 amount. Includes the 1% behavioral health services tax over $1,000,000. Exemption credit phase-out above $252,203 AGI not modelled.
- Not modelled: part-year and nonresident returns, other state credits, and state AMT.
Worked examples
Each example is checked against the calculator on every build.
- Filing status Single, Federal adjusted gross income $50,000.00, Dependents 0 gives State taxable income $44,294.00, State income tax $1,039.53, California income tax $1,039.53.Source: FTB, 2025 Form 540 booklet (rate schedules X, Y, Z, exemption credits), https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/2025/2025-540-booklet.pdf (worked from it at AGI $50,000, single)
- Filing status Married filing jointly, Federal adjusted gross income $100,000.00, Dependents 2 gives State taxable income $88,588.00, State income tax $1,129.06, California income tax $1,129.06.
- Filing status Head of household, Federal adjusted gross income $200,000.00, Dependents 1 gives State taxable income $188,588.00, State income tax $11,321.06, California income tax $11,321.06.
- Filing status Married filing jointly, Federal adjusted gross income $136,412.00, Dependents 1 gives State income tax $3,987.10.Source: California FTB 2025 Form 540 booklet example: taxable $125,000 gives $4,768.10, less $306 and $475 exemption credits
Other questions people ask
What is the California income tax rate?
California taxes income at 1% to 13.3% in 10 brackets (single filers). For a single filer the schedule is 1% from $0, 2% from $11,079, 4% from $26,264, 6% from $41,452, 8% from $57,542, 9.3% from $72,724, 10.3% from $371,479, 11.3% from $445,771, 12.3% from $742,953, 13.3% above $1,000,000 of taxable income. These are the 2025 (the latest California has published) rates.
How is California income tax calculated?
Start from federal adjusted gross income. Subtract the larger of the California standard deduction and your itemized deductions, then the exemptions. Apply the rates to what is left and subtract any credits. The standard deduction is $5,706 single, $11,412 married filing jointly, $5,706 separately, and $11,412 head of household. The model takes an exemption credit of $153 ($306 joint), a credit of $475 per dependent.
Does California have a local income tax?
This page has no local income tax for California; if your city or county has one, add it yourself.
What does this California calculator leave out?
Brackets and credits are 2025 (FTB has not published 2026 schedules); the standard deduction is the 2026 amount. Includes the 1% behavioral health services tax over $1,000,000. Exemption credit phase-out above $252,203 AGI not modelled. It also leaves out state additions and subtractions to federal AGI (such as retirement or Social Security exclusions), part-year and nonresident returns, and credits such as child care, earned income, and tax paid to another state.
Which tax year do the California rates cover?
The page uses 2025 amounts, because California had not published 2026 amounts when this page was built. They come from FTB.
Which states have no income tax on wages?
Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. They have no page of their own, because there is no wage income tax to work out; the state income tax calculator answers 0 for them. Federal income tax and Social Security and Medicare still apply.
Is this the same as my paycheck withholding?
No. This is the tax for the whole year on your return. Your employer withholds by the state's own withholding formula, so your refund or balance due is the difference between the two.