Maine paycheck calculator
Maine works its withholding from Form W-4ME, which a new employee hands in alongside the federal W-4 and which no longer borrows its allowance count from the federal form. Each allowance takes a fixed sum off the annualised wage, a Maine standard deduction comes off as well, and the remainder goes through a single or a married schedule. That standard deduction is whole at ordinary wages and shrinks to nothing over a range of higher ones.
Take-home pay
$1,597.85
per bi-weekly (26 per year) period
- Gross pay
- $2,000.00
- Federal Income Tax
- −$156.15
- Social Security
- −$124.00
- Medicare
- −$29.00
- ME State Income Tax
- −$93.00
- Net pay
- $1,597.85
Carries these figures into a full Maine pay stub you can preview and download.
How Maine withholding is worked out
The status box on the W-4ME decides the schedule. Married uses the married rates; Single or Head of Household and Married but withholding at higher single rate both use the single ones, so an employee who ticked the higher single rate should pick Single on this page. The standard deduction built into withholding is the department's own figure for its tables and differs slightly from the basic standard deduction on the annual return. Maine paid family and medical leave sits beside the income tax: the employer may pass part of the premium on to the employee, up to a share of wages the state sets, or pay all of it, which keeps the deduction a matter of each employer's choice and outside this calculation.
These are withholding figures: what an employer takes out of one paycheck, which is not the same calculation as the one on an annual return.
Wages are annualised before the schedule is read, so the figures below are annual.
| Annual wages | Tax on the lower figure | Rate on the rest |
|---|---|---|
| $0.00 to $27,400.00 | $0.00 | 5.8% |
| $27,400.00 to $64,850.00 | $1,589.00 | 6.75% |
| $64,850.00 and up | $4,117.00 | 7.15% |
| Annual wages | Tax on the lower figure | Rate on the rest |
|---|---|---|
| $0.00 to $54,850.00 | $0.00 | 5.8% |
| $54,850.00 to $129,750.00 | $3,181.00 | 6.75% |
| $129,750.00 and up | $8,237.00 | 7.15% |
| Annual wages | Tax on the lower figure | Rate on the rest |
|---|---|---|
| $0.00 to $27,400.00 | $0.00 | 5.8% |
| $27,400.00 to $64,850.00 | $1,589.00 | 6.75% |
| $64,850.00 and up | $4,117.00 | 7.15% |
- Annual standard deduction
Single: $12,450.00, shrinking evenly to nothing between $102,250.00 and $177,250.00 of annual wages
Married filing jointly: $27,750.00, shrinking evenly to nothing between $204,550.00 and $354,550.00 of annual wages
Head of household: $12,450.00, shrinking evenly to nothing between $102,250.00 and $177,250.00 of annual wages
- Exemption per allowance
- $5,300.00
Taken off the income before the schedule.
Maine withholds whole dollars: the amount for each pay period is taken to the nearest dollar.
Withheld beside the income tax
- ME Paid Family and Medical Leave — up to 0.5%, if your employer withholds it
- Maine paid family and medical leave. The employer chooses how much of the premium to pass on, up to half of one per cent of wages, and may pay all of it instead. The state sets the ceiling and the employer decides how much of it to take, so this calculator leaves the line out. The generator carries it once you say what your employer withholds.
Maine sources
Frequently asked questions
What Maine law asks of a pay stub
Whether a stub is required, how it may be delivered, and the minimum wage and pay frequency rules.