Pennsylvania hourly paycheck calculator
Enter your hourly wage and hours to see your take-home pay after federal tax, the 3.07% Pennsylvania income tax, your local earned income tax, the local services tax and, in Philadelphia, the Wage Tax. Works for every Pennsylvania municipality.
Your paycheck
Take-home per paycheck$1,553.35
| Item | Per paycheck | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $2,000.00 | $52,000.00 |
| Federal income tax | -$156.15 | -$4,059.90 |
| Social Security | -$124.00 | -$3,224.00 |
| Medicare | -$29.00 | -$754.00 |
| Pennsylvania income tax | -$61.40 | -$1,596.40 |
| Philadelphia Wage Tax (resident) | -$74.70 | -$1,942.20 |
| PA unemployment (employee share) | -$1.40 | -$36.40 |
| Take-home pay | $1,553.35 | $40,387.10 |
Local tax rate 3.735%. Total taxes are 22.3% of gross pay.
Estimates for planning only, not tax advice. Your employer's payroll may differ. Results assume you live and work in Pennsylvania.
How hourly pay becomes a paycheck
Your weekly pay is your hourly wage times your hours, plus overtime at 1.5 times your wage. Federal law requires that overtime rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for most hourly workers (US Department of Labor). Your yearly pay is your weekly pay times 52, split evenly across your paychecks.
Example: $25 an hour for 40 hours plus 5 overtime hours is $1,000 + $187.50 = $1,187.50 a week, or $2,375.00 every two weeks. In Philadelphia that paycheck takes home $1,828.88, after $546.12 in taxes, including $88.71 of Wage Tax.
Pennsylvania taxes every hour the same way: the state takes a flat 3.07%, and your local earned income tax is the higher of your home rate and the non-resident rate where you work. The local services tax, usually $52 a year, is split across your paychecks by the place you work.
Take-home pay by hourly wage in Philadelphia
40 hours a week, single filer, paid every two weeks, living and working in Philadelphia (3.735% Wage Tax), no 401(k).
| Hourly wage | Pay per week | Take-home per paycheck | Take-home per hour | Wage Tax per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15.00 | $600 | $965.55 | $12.07 | $1,165.32 |
| $18.00 | $720 | $1,141.89 | $14.27 | $1,398.38 |
| $20.00 | $800 | $1,259.45 | $15.74 | $1,553.76 |
| $25.00 | $1,000 | $1,553.35 | $19.42 | $1,942.20 |
| $30.00 | $1,200 | $1,847.25 | $23.09 | $2,330.64 |
| $35.00 | $1,400 | $2,116.92 | $26.46 | $2,719.08 |
| $40.00 | $1,600 | $2,370.82 | $29.64 | $3,107.52 |
| $50.00 | $2,000 | $2,878.62 | $35.98 | $3,884.40 |
$20 an hour in Pennsylvania's largest municipalities
Same job, same wage: what you keep depends on where you live and work. 40 hours a week, single filer, living and working in the same place.
| Municipality | Resident rate | Local services tax | Local taxes per year | Take-home per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 3.735% | None | $1,553.76 | $15.74 |
| Pittsburgh | 3% | $52 | $1,300.00 | $15.87 |
| Allentown | 1.975% | $52 | $873.60 | $16.07 |
| Reading | 3.6% | $52 | $1,549.60 | $15.75 |
| Erie | 1.65% | $52 | $738.40 | $16.14 |
| Upper Darby Township | 1% | $52 | $468.00 | $16.27 |
| Scranton | 3.4% | $156 | $1,570.40 | $15.74 |
| Lower Merion Township | 0% | $52 | $52.00 | $16.47 |
| Bensalem Township | 1% | $52 | $468.00 | $16.27 |
| Bethlehem | 1% | $52 | $468.00 | $16.27 |
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Sources
- Local earned income tax and local services tax: PA DCED tax register (PSD codes and EIT rates)
- Pennsylvania income tax (3.07%): PA Department of Revenue; unemployment: PA Department of Labor & Industry
- Philadelphia Wage Tax: City of Philadelphia
- Federal withholding: IRS Publication 15-T (2026); Social Security and Medicare: IRS Publication 15 (2026)
Rates current as of October 9, 2026. See how we calculate for every rule we apply.