IL · 2026 tax year
Illinois paycheck calculator
On $85,000 a year in Illinois, a single filer takes home about $64,565, or $2,483 every two weeks.
Your take-home pay in Illinois
$2,483
every two weeks · $64,565 per year · 24.0% effective rate
What sets Illinois apart in 2026
Illinois is a harder place to be a modest earner than a high one. With a flat 4.95% rate and only a small allowance before it applies, the state ranks 28th of 29 at $50,000 and 27th at $75,000, then improves to 23rd at $100,000 and 21st at $150,000. The share of pay going to the state barely shifts along the way: 4.66% at $50,000 and 4.85% at $150,000.
That allowance is the personal exemption, which rises to $2,925 per filer in 2026 from $2,850 in 2025. Illinois has no standard deduction, so this is the only amount taken off income before the 4.95% rate, which has not changed since July 1, 2017. On $75,000, a single earner pays $3,568 in state tax and keeps $58,025.
What you see is close to what you get. No Illinois municipality taxes income, Chicago included, and there is no employee-paid disability or paid-leave deduction; Chicago's paid-leave ordinance is a requirement on employers, not a withholding. The minimum wage is $15.00 an hour for employers with four or more workers, with higher local rates in Chicago and Cook County.
| Salary | Share of salary, chart | State tax | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| $50k | $2,330 | 28th of 29 | |
| $75k | $3,568 | 27th of 29 | |
| $100k | $4,805 | 23rd of 29 | |
| $150k | $7,280 | 21st of 29 | |
| 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% | |||
Rank 1 is the lowest state income tax among the 29 states on this site. Local taxes and paid-leave premiums are not included.
Illinois at a glance
- State income tax
- Flat 4.95%
- Taken off before state tax
- $2,925 single · $5,850 joint
- Minimum wage
- $15.00/hr $31,200 a year full-time. Applies to employers with four or more employees. Chicago and Cook County set higher local minimums.
- Largest job markets
- Chicago, Aurora, Naperville, Joliet, Rockford
At $85,000 in Illinois
- $85,000 = 2.7× a full-time year at Illinois's $31,200 minimum.
- Illinois takes 4.95% of each extra dollar, up to $135,000.
Take-home pay across Illinois salaries
Single filer; a row loads the calculator.
Sources: Illinois Department of Revenue, checked Oct 14, 2026 · IRS, SSA and every date · method · report an error