2026 official-source estimate
California Paycheck Calculator
Estimate federal withholding, California EDD Method B withholding, FICA, and applicable 2026 State Disability Insurance.
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Federal withholding profile
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Included
What this estimate covers
- Federal income tax withholding
- Social Security and Medicare
- California EDD Method B
- 2026 California State Plan SDI at 1.3% when applicable
Limitations
What is not included
- California Voluntary Plan contribution amounts
- Unentered employer benefits and unsupported deduction treatments
- Prior-period payroll corrections
- Employer-specific payroll settings
How the California estimate works
Enter gross pay for one pay period, federal W-4 adjustments, and the state details shown above. Federal withholding follows Publication 15-T. California PIT uses the annualized exact-calculation path in EDD Method B, then returns the result to the selected pay period. State Plan SDI is applied separately only when the employee indicates that it applies.
Example: For a biweekly entry, the federal and California annualized methods use 26 pay periods. DE 4 elections remain separate from the federal W-4. The calculator does not assume any unentered benefit deduction or invent a tax result.
Weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, and monthly are the supported paycheck frequencies. “Annual salary” is an earnings input and the annual view is a simple period multiplication; neither is an annual payroll-period method. The special Form W-4 adjustment for nonresident aliens is not modeled.
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