How your US paycheck and sales tax work for 2025: federal income tax brackets and the standard deduction, Social Security and Medicare (FICA) including the Additional Medicare Tax, and how sales tax is added at the state and local level. Federal figures follow the IRS and SSA, and each guide links the calculator so you can run your own numbers. State income tax is not included.
How Your US Paycheck Works in 2025 (Federal Tax, FICA, Take-Home)
Plain guide to US take-home pay for 2025: federal tax brackets, the standard deduction, Social Security and Medicare, and a worked example at 60,000 gross.
How US Sales Tax Works in 2025 (Add It, Reverse It, By State)
Plain guide to US sales tax: why there is no national rate, how state and local rates combine, and how to add tax to a price or reverse it out of a total.
Tools in this guide
Work out your US federal take-home pay for 2025. Enter your gross salary and filing status to see federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare (FICA), and your net pay per month, per year, and per biweekly paycheck.
Add US sales tax to a price or reverse it out of a total. Enter your combined state plus local rate, or pick a common preset, and see the subtotal, the tax, and the total.