Delaware Paycheck Calculator

How the Delaware 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. Delaware annualizes the paycheck, subtracts the DE-W4 standard deduction, applies the official progressive table, subtracts $110 for each allowance, and returns the result to the pay period before adding requested extra withholding. Delaware Paid Leave uses the employee's actual plan rate up to 0.40% and Wilmington imposes 1.25% when confirmed residence or work in the city applies.

Example: The official Delaware example uses $25,000 of annual wages, Single status, and one allowance. After the $3,250 standard deduction, the state computes $832 of tax, subtracts the $110 allowance credit, and returns $13.88 of weekly withholding. 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.

Which Delaware paycheck deductions are included? Delaware income tax uses DE-W4 elections. Paid Leave is separate and uses the employee rate actually charged by the employer. The Wilmington 1.25% tax applies to city residents and nonresidents working in the city after both location facts are confirmed.