2026 official-source estimate
Tennessee Paycheck Calculator
Tennessee has no state income tax on earned income and no state wage-withholding requirement. Estimate federal withholding and FICA for each paycheck.
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Federal withholding profile
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Year-to-date wages and other deductions
Included
What this estimate covers
- Federal income tax withholding
- Social Security and Medicare
- Additional Medicare Tax when applicable
- Tennessee state wage withholding shown as $0
Limitations
What is not included
- Unentered employer benefits and unsupported deduction treatments
- Voluntary deductions
- Employer-specific payroll settings
- Employer unemployment and workers’ compensation costs that are not employee deductions
How the Tennessee 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 and FICA applies to current and year-to-date wages. Tennessee state wage withholding is zero because the Tennessee Department of Revenue states that earned income is not subject to state income tax and has no state withholding requirement.
Example: A Tennessee paycheck can still include federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, Additional Medicare Tax, and employer deductions even though Tennessee wage withholding is zero. 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.
Does Tennessee have state income tax? Tennessee does not impose state income tax on earned income and has no state wage-withholding requirement. Federal withholding and FICA can still reduce take-home pay.
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