Connecticut uses seven brackets plus exemption phase-outs, add-backs and a recapture. Estimate your 2026 take-home pay.
On a $75,000 salary, a single Connecticut filer takes home about $57,743 a year ($2,220.87 per biweekly paycheck) in 2026, an effective tax rate of 23.0%. Connecticut income tax is about $3,475, and the CT Paid Leave contribution is $375 (0.5%).
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How Connecticut taxes your paycheck in 2026
Connecticut's rates run from 2% to 6.99% across seven brackets. For single filers they start at 2% to $10,000, then 4.5% to $50,000, 5.5% to $100,000, 6% to $200,000, 6.5% to $250,000, 6.9% to $500,000 and 6.99% above. Married-filing-jointly and head-of-household filers use wider bands.
The bracket table is only part of the story. Connecticut subtracts a personal exemption that phases out as income rises (for single filers it is $15,000 up to $30,000 of AGI and reaches zero at $44,000), then adds back a "2% tax rate phase-out" amount and a "tax recapture" at higher incomes, and finally applies a personal tax credit that shrinks to zero for incomes above roughly $64,500 for single filers. This calculator follows the Department of Revenue Services' five-table Tax Calculation Schedule, so those effects are included. At $150,000 a single filer's estimated Connecticut tax is $8,225, an effective rate of 5.5%.
There is no separate state standard deduction. Connecticut AGI starts from federal AGI, so pre-tax 401(k) contributions reduce it.
CT Paid Leave. Employees contribute 0.5% of wages up to the Social Security wage base ($184,500 in 2026), a maximum of $922.50 a year. The board voted to keep the rate at 0.5% for 2026.
Item
2026 rate
Applies to
Income tax (single)
2% to 6.99%
Seven brackets
Personal exemption (single)
$15,000, phasing out by $44,000 AGI
Joint $24,000; HoH $19,000
2% phase-out add-back and recapture
Up to $250 / $3,400 (single)
Higher incomes
CT Paid Leave (employee)
0.5%
Up to $184,500
Connecticut take-home pay at common salaries
Gross salary
Take-home / year
Per biweekly paycheck
State taxes + deductions
Effective tax rate
$50,000
$40,305
$1,550.19
$2,050
19.4%
$75,000
$57,743
$2,220.87
$3,850
23.0%
$100,000
$73,705
$2,834.81
$5,475
26.3%
$150,000
$104,816
$4,031.38
$8,975
30.1%
Single filer, standard deduction, no 401(k), pre-tax benefits or local taxes. For a married couple filing jointly on one $120,000 income the estimate is $94,880 a year ($3,649.23 biweekly), an effective rate of 20.9%.
What catches Connecticut workers out
The effective rate climbs in steps. Because of the exemption phase-out and the add-back and recapture tables, Connecticut's effective rate does not follow the plain bracket table. Withholding mimics this with the same five tables.
2025 tables used for 2026. The Department of Revenue Services states that its 2026 withholding calculation rules and tables are unchanged from 2025, and no 2026 return schedule exists yet, so we use the 2025 Tax Calculation Schedule.
Married filing separately is not offered in this calculator. Choose single, married filing jointly or head of household.
Local taxes
We found no Connecticut local income tax on wages.
Assumptions and limits of this estimate
Federal tax uses the 2026 brackets and standard deduction (single $16,100; married filing jointly $32,200; head of household $24,150) with no dependents, credits or extra withholding. Federal deductions for tips, overtime and seniors are not applied.
Social Security is 6.2% up to $184,500 of wages; Medicare is 1.45%, plus 0.9% on wages above $200,000 ($250,000 for joint filers).
The 401(k) deferral is capped at the 2026 limit of $24,500. Pre-tax benefits reduce federal, FICA and most state wages.
The estimate uses the Department of Revenue Services' 2025 Tax Calculation Schedule, which DRS says is unchanged for 2026 withholding.
Dependents, the property tax credit and other credits are not modeled.
Connecticut AGI is approximated as gross pay minus 401(k) and pre-tax benefits.
This is an estimate for planning, not tax advice. Your employer's payroll system and your W-4 determine actual withholding.
2026 federal brackets and standard deductions: IRS Revenue Procedure 2025-32. Social Security wage base of $184,500: Social Security Administration.
Last updated October 31, 2026
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Frequently asked questions
What are the Connecticut income tax brackets for 2026?
Rates range from 2% to 6.99% in seven brackets. For single filers: 2% to $10,000, 4.5% to $50,000, 5.5% to $100,000, 6% to $200,000, 6.5% to $250,000, 6.9% to $500,000 and 6.99% above. Exemption phase-outs, add-backs and a recapture also apply.
What is the Connecticut Paid Leave contribution in 2026?
Employees pay 0.5% of wages up to the Social Security wage base ($184,500), a maximum of $922.50 a year.
How much take-home pay is $75,000 in Connecticut?
For a single filer with no 401(k) or benefit deductions, about $57,743 a year, or $2,220.87 per biweekly paycheck.
Does Connecticut have a standard deduction?
No. Connecticut instead subtracts a personal exemption that phases out as income rises, then applies add-backs, recapture and a personal tax credit.
Why is Connecticut tax calculated with five tables?
The state phases out its exemption, the 2% rate benefit and the personal tax credit, and recaptures part of the lower brackets at higher incomes. The Department of Revenue Services publishes five tables (A to E) for this.