{
  "id": "wyoming-paycheck",
  "version": "40ff08890714",
  "status": "published",
  "name": "Wyoming Paycheck Calculator",
  "question": "How much is my Wyoming paycheck?",
  "summary": "Take-home pay per paycheck after federal withholding (Pub 15-T), Social Security, Medicare, and Wyoming and local tax.",
  "category": "finance",
  "subcategory": "tax-and-pay",
  "url": "https://www.acalculator.org/finance/wyoming-paycheck-calculator",
  "markdown": "https://www.acalculator.org/finance/wyoming-paycheck-calculator.md",
  "kind": "function",
  "method": "Gross = salary (or rate × (hours + 1.5 × overtime) × 52) ÷ paychecks. Federal: Pub 15-T Worksheet 1A. Social Security and Medicare: the year’s ÷ paychecks. Wyoming: the year’s tax and contributions ÷ paychecks.",
  "assumptions": [
    "An estimate, not tax advice. A 2020 or later Form W-4.",
    "Not modelled: Roth and after-tax deductions, garnishments, bonuses, tips, AMT, the premium tax credit, education credits.",
    "Wyoming tax is the year’s tax spread evenly (not Wyoming’s withholding formula). 2026 rates.",
    "Wyoming: No income tax."
  ],
  "inputs": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "pay": {
        "title": "Paid by",
        "description": "Salary, or hourly rate and hours.",
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "salary",
          "hourly"
        ]
      },
      "salary": {
        "title": "Yearly salary",
        "description": "Yearly gross pay.",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "USD",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 100000000
      },
      "rate": {
        "title": "Hourly rate",
        "description": "Pay for one regular hour.",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "USD",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 100000
      },
      "hours": {
        "title": "Hours a week",
        "description": "Regular hours each week.",
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 168
      },
      "ot": {
        "title": "Overtime hours a week",
        "description": "Hours each week paid at 1.5 times the rate.",
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 168
      },
      "freq": {
        "title": "Pay frequency",
        "description": "Paychecks a year: 52, 26, 24, or 12.",
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "weekly",
          "biweekly",
          "semimonthly",
          "monthly"
        ]
      },
      "status": {
        "title": "Filing status (W-4)",
        "description": "Form W-4 filing status.",
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "single",
          "mfj",
          "hoh"
        ]
      },
      "kids": {
        "title": "Children under 17",
        "description": "W-4 Step 3: $2,200 each.",
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 20
      },
      "deps": {
        "title": "Other dependents",
        "description": "W-4 Step 3: $500 each.",
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 20
      },
      "twoJobs": {
        "title": "Two jobs (W-4 Step 2)",
        "description": "W-4 Step 2(c) box checked.",
        "type": "boolean"
      },
      "w4a": {
        "title": "Other income (Step 4a)",
        "description": "W-4 Step 4(a).",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "USD",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 10000000
      },
      "w4b": {
        "title": "Deductions (Step 4b)",
        "description": "W-4 Step 4(b).",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "USD",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 10000000
      },
      "w4c": {
        "title": "Extra withholding (Step 4c)",
        "description": "W-4 Step 4(c).",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "USD",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1000000
      },
      "k401": {
        "title": "401(k) or 403(b), % of pay",
        "description": "Pre-tax retirement contribution.",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "percent",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 100
      },
      "health": {
        "title": "Health premiums a paycheck",
        "description": "Pre-tax premiums (section 125).",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "USD",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1000000
      },
      "hsa": {
        "title": "HSA or FSA a paycheck",
        "description": "Pre-tax HSA or FSA contribution.",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "USD",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1000000
      },
      "localRate": {
        "title": "Other local tax rate",
        "description": "Other local tax.",
        "type": "number",
        "x-unit": "percent",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 10
      },
      "date": {
        "title": "Pay date",
        "description": "Its year picks the tax year.",
        "type": "string",
        "format": "date"
      }
    }
  },
  "outputs": {
    "net": {
      "label": "Take-home pay",
      "description": "Net pay per paycheck.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "gross": {
      "label": "Gross pay",
      "description": "Pay before tax and deductions.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "federal": {
      "label": "Federal income tax",
      "description": "Pub 15-T withholding, with Step 4(c).",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "fica": {
      "label": "Social Security and Medicare",
      "description": "Social Security plus Medicare.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "socialSecurity": {
      "label": "Social Security",
      "description": "6.2% up to the wage base.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "medicare": {
      "label": "Medicare",
      "description": "1.45%, plus 0.9% over $200,000.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "stateLocal": {
      "label": "State and local tax",
      "description": "State and local total.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "stateTax": {
      "label": "Wyoming income tax",
      "description": "State income tax.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "statePayroll": {
      "label": "Wyoming payroll contributions",
      "description": "State contributions.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "localTax": {
      "label": "Local income tax",
      "description": "Local income tax.",
      "format": "money"
    },
    "deductions": {
      "label": "Pre-tax deductions",
      "description": "401(k), health, HSA or FSA.",
      "format": "money"
    }
  },
  "defaultAnswer": {
    "inputs": {
      "pay": "salary",
      "salary": 60000,
      "rate": 20,
      "hours": 40,
      "ot": 0,
      "freq": "biweekly",
      "status": "single",
      "kids": 0,
      "deps": 0,
      "twoJobs": false,
      "w4a": 0,
      "w4b": 0,
      "w4c": 0,
      "k401": 0,
      "health": 0,
      "hsa": 0,
      "localRate": 0,
      "date": "2026-09-30"
    },
    "outputs": {
      "net": 1938.0769230769233,
      "gross": 2307.6923076923076,
      "federal": 193.07692307692307,
      "fica": 176.53846153846152,
      "socialSecurity": 143.07692307692307,
      "medicare": 33.46153846153846,
      "stateLocal": 0,
      "stateTax": 0,
      "localTax": 0,
      "deductions": 0
    },
    "text": "On $2,307.69 of gross pay per paycheck, your take-home pay is $1,938.08."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "given": {
        "pay": "salary",
        "salary": 52000,
        "freq": "biweekly",
        "status": "single",
        "date": "2026-03-13"
      },
      "expect": {
        "net": 1690.846154
      },
      "source": "IRS Pub 15-T 2026; Wyoming 2026 rates"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "pay": "salary",
        "salary": 85000,
        "freq": "semimonthly",
        "status": "mfj",
        "kids": 2,
        "k401": 5,
        "health": 150,
        "date": "2026-03-13"
      },
      "expect": {
        "net": 2934.370833
      },
      "source": "IRS Pub 15-T 2026; Wyoming 2026 rates"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "pay": "hourly",
        "rate": 25,
        "hours": 40,
        "ot": 5,
        "freq": "weekly",
        "status": "hoh",
        "kids": 1,
        "hsa": 20,
        "w4c": 10,
        "date": "2026-03-13"
      },
      "expect": {
        "net": 1032.932404
      },
      "source": "IRS Pub 15-T 2026; Wyoming 2026 rates"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "Wyoming: Wyoming has no individual income tax (Wyoming Department of Revenue).",
    "IRS, Publication 15-T (2026), Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods: Worksheet 1A and the Annual Percentage Method tables. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf",
    "IRS, Publication 15 (2026), (Circular E), Employer’s Tax Guide: Social Security 6.2% to $184,500, Medicare 1.45%, Additional Medicare 0.9% over $200,000. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15.pdf",
    "IRS, Form W-4 (2026), Employee’s Withholding Certificate: $2,200 per child under 17 and $500 per other dependent in Step 3. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf"
  ],
  "related": [
    "gross-pay",
    "federal-withholding",
    "tax-withholding",
    "bonus-tax",
    "401k"
  ],
  "changelog": []
}