WA · 2026 tax year

Washington paycheck calculator

On $90,000 a year in Washington, a single filer takes home about $72,145, or $2,775 every two weeks.

Your take-home pay in Washington

$2,775

every two weeks · $72,145 per year · 19.8% effective rate

Gross$90,000.00
Federal income tax−$10,970.00
Social Security−$5,580.00
Medicare−$1,305.00
Take-home$72,145.00

What sets Washington apart in 2026

Washington takes no income tax from wages, yet two state programs still reach into every paycheck. Paid Family and Medical Leave carries a 2026 premium of 1.13% of wages, of which employees pay 71.43%, roughly 0.81% of pay. WA Cares, which funds the state's long-term-care benefit, takes another 0.58% with no cap. Together that is roughly 1.4% of gross pay, about $1,110 a year on an $80,000 salary, and neither is deducted in this estimate.

Leave those premiums aside and the numbers match the other no-tax states exactly: a single earner keeps $50,000 to $42,355, $100,000 to $79,180 and $150,000 to $113,791, tied for the best result among the 29 states compared. No city or county taxes personal income, and Seattle's payroll expense tax falls on large employers, not on your wages.

Two other taxes are worth knowing about, though neither touches a 2026 salary. The state's 7% tax (9% over $1 million) applies only to long-term capital gains. The Department of Revenue has also announced a new 9.9% tax on income over $1 million starting in 2028. Meanwhile the minimum wage, $17.13 an hour, is the highest of any state, with Seattle and SeaTac setting higher local rates.

Washington at a glance

State income tax
None
Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)
Employee-paid The 2026 premium is 1.13% of wages, of which employees pay 71.43%: roughly 0.81% out of your pay.
WA Cares
Employee-paid 0.58% of wages, with no cap, funding the state's long-term-care benefit.
Minimum wage
$17.13/hr $35,600 a year full-time. The highest state minimum in the country, indexed annually. Seattle and SeaTac set higher local rates.
Largest job markets
Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Bellevue

At $90,000 in Washington

  • $90,000 = 2.5× a full-time year at Washington's $35,600 minimum.

Take-home pay across Washington salaries

Salary Net / yr Biweekly Effective
$35,600 full-time at $17.13/hr $30,785 $1,184 13.5%
$50,000 $42,355 $1,629 15.3%
$90,000 most searched $72,145 $2,775 19.8%
$100,000 $79,180 $3,045 20.8%
$150,000 $113,791 $4,377 24.1%

Single filer; a row loads the calculator.

Questions about Washington pay

Does Washington tax wages?
No. The only income tax withheld from a Washington paycheck is federal; Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) and WA Cares do come out of pay.
What else comes out of a Washington paycheck?
Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) and WA Cares, employee-paid and not in the figure above.

Sources: Washington State Department of Revenue, Washington Employment Security Department, WA Cares Fund, checked Oct 14, 2026 · IRS, SSA and every date · method · report an error