Utah has one flat income tax rate, cut to 4.45% for 2026. Payroll switched to the lower rate on June 1, 2026, so paychecks from earlier in the year were withheld at 4.5%. Instead of allowances, Utah gives every worker a small built-in credit that fades out as pay rises.
2026 tax year, verified Sources
Estimated take-home this week
$918.04
from $1,153.85 gross. You keep 80%.
2026 tax year, rules last verified November 12, 2026. An estimate, not tax advice. How we calculate
Each extra dollar you earn loses about 24¢ to taxes, but across all your pay the average is 20¢. A raise never lowers your take-home: only the dollars above a bracket line pay the higher rate.
| Annual pay | Effective | Marginal |
|---|---|---|
| $15,000 | 9.4% | 13.4% |
| $30,000 | 16.1% | 25.4% |
| $45,000 | 19.2% | 25.4% |
| $60,000 | 20.5% | 24.1% |
| $75,000 | 22.3% | 34.1% |
| $90,000 | 24.3% | 34.2% |
| $105,000 | 25.7% | 34.1% |
| $120,000 | 26.7% | 34.2% |
| $135,000 | 27.8% | 36.0% |
| $150,000 | 28.6% | 36.1% |
Your take-home changes during the year as wage caps and thresholds are reached.
Same pay, W-4 and benefits; each state’s default withholding answers, no local taxes. Take-home per week:
Utah’s Publication 14 works in a few lines. Multiply this paycheck’s Utah taxable wages by 4.45%. Then take the base allowance for your pay period and filing status, reduce it by 1.3% of wages above the period’s threshold, and subtract what’s left of it from the tax.
In practice a single person paid weekly gets no Utah withholding until wages reach about $214 a week, and the credit disappears entirely around $46,656 a year. Above that, Utah withholding is simply 4.45% of your pay.
Utah withholds on the same wages as federal tax, so 401(k) deferrals and pre-tax health premiums reduce it. Utah uses the filing status from your federal W-4; head of household is withheld on the single schedule. Pub 14’s examples round each line to whole dollars, and this calculator does the same.
| Pay period | Single: allowance / threshold | Married: allowance / threshold |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly | $9 / $180 | $19 / $360 |
| Biweekly | $19 / $360 | $37 / $719 |
| Semimonthly | $20 / $390 | $40 / $779 |
| Monthly | $40 / $779 | $81 / $1,558 |
| Annual | $485 / $9,348 | $970 / $18,696 |
Rate 4.45%; phase-out 1.3% of wages above the threshold. Pub 14 Rev. 4/26, for pay periods beginning on or after June 1, 2026.
Single filer, standard W-4, no benefits, paid weekly, default Federal Form W-4 (Utah has no state certificate) answers. Utah takes $45.00 of this check (4.5% of gross).
| Line | Per week | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $1,000.00 | $52,000.00 |
| Federal income tax | −$78.08 | −$4,060.16 |
| Social Security | −$62.00 | −$3,224.00 |
| Medicare | −$14.50 | −$754.00 |
| Utah income tax | −$45.00 | −$2,340.00 |
| Take-home pay | $800.42 | $41,621.84 |
Single filer, standard W-4, no benefits, no local tax. Per-week amounts; annual totals account for the Social Security wage cap.
| Salary | Gross / week | Federal | FICA | Utah | Take-home / week | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $30,000 | $576.92 | $27.31 | $44.14 | $22.00 | $483.47 | $25,140 |
| $40,000 | $769.23 | $50.38 | $58.84 | $33.00 | $627.01 | $32,584 |
| $50,000 | $961.54 | $73.46 | $73.56 | $43.00 | $771.52 | $40,119 |
| $60,000 | $1,153.85 | $96.54 | $88.27 | $51.00 | $918.04 | $47,717 |
| $75,000 | $1,442.31 | $147.50 | $110.33 | $64.00 | $1,120.48 | $58,244 |
| $100,000 | $1,923.08 | $253.27 | $147.11 | $86.00 | $1,436.70 | $74,687 |
| $150,000 | $2,884.62 | $475.65 | $220.68 | $128.00 | $2,060.29 | $107,093 |
Married filing jointly with two children on $100,000: $1,627.67 a week ($84,618 a year).
None. No Utah city or county taxes wages.
Utah has no state disability, paid family leave or employee unemployment deduction. Unemployment insurance is paid by employers.
Utah has no reciprocal agreements. If you live in Utah and work in another state, Utah gives a credit for tax paid there; if you live elsewhere and work in Utah, Utah withholds on your Utah wages.
For a single filer, $45 a week under the June 2026 schedule (the same as before June 1 once rounded). At that pay the base allowance credit is fully phased out.
It works like a small credit built into the withholding formula: $485 a year for single filers and $970 for married filers, reduced by 1.3% of wages above $9,348 (single) or $18,696 (married).
The Tax Commission put the new 4.45% rate into payroll for pay periods starting June 1, 2026. Before that, employers still withheld at 4.5%.
No. Bonuses are added to your wages for the period and withheld under the same schedule, which works out to 4.45% of the bonus for most people.
Utah rules for the 2026 tax year, last verified November 12, 2026. Federal sources are on the methodology page.
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