Georgia Paycheck Calculator

Georgia’s revised 2026 income-tax rate is 4.99%. The June employer guide also raises the standard deduction to $15,000 for single, separate and head-of-household filers, or $30,000 for joint filers, and the dependent deduction to $5,000. This calculator uses the updated employer percentage method and the printed pay-period deductions.

For payroll withholding, G-4 status C uses the larger deduction for a married couple with one working spouse. Status B uses the smaller deduction when both spouses work or file separately; A and D also use the smaller amount. Subtract that deduction and the allowance amount for the pay period, apply 4.99%, then add extra withholding and round to cents. Even with zero allowances, the standard deduction still applies.

A single filer earning $60,000 a year, paid every two weeks, with a standard W-4 and no pre-tax deductions, G-4 A (single), zero state allowances, no extra state withholding and the June 2026 tables, sees this estimate for each paycheck in 2026. These numbers are produced by the same engine as the calculator above, so they never drift from the tool.

How Georgia G-4 status changes your paycheck

The G-4 certificate records your state status letter and total allowances on line 7. The total combines dependent allowances from line 4 and adjustment allowances from the completed line 5 worksheet. Federal W-4 dollar credits do not replace this count.

At $5,000 of monthly taxable wages, zero allowances and no extra withholding, the June 2026 percentage method gives these state amounts:

The employer guide’s page 48 example uses $2,000 paid twice a month, status C and one allowance. After its $1,250 deduction and $208.33 allowance, $541.67 is subject to 4.99% withholding: $27.03 per paycheck. Page 49 shows zero withholding for $935 every two weeks, head-of-household status and two allowances.

These are current regular-pay estimates. The new rate could be used from May 11, 2026; an annual projection here uses the current rules for every paycheck. It does not reconstruct earlier deductions, calculate a refund, or determine eligibility for G-4 allowances or exemption.

Federal income tax withholding follows IRS Publication 15-T: your pay is annualised, adjusted for the entries on your Form W-4, reduced by the standard deduction built into the withholding tables ($16,100 single, $32,200 joint, $24,150 head of household), and run through the 2026 rate schedule below. Social Security is 6.2% of wages up to $184,500; Medicare is 1.45% of all wages plus 0.9% on wages above $200,000.