Minnesota Paycheck Calculator 2026

A single filer paid $60,000 a year every two weeks, with no pre-tax benefits, takes home about $1,829.59 a paycheck in Minnesota ($47,569 a year). Each $2,307.69 paycheck loses $193.08 to federal income tax, $176.54 to Social Security and Medicare, $98.33 to Minnesota income tax and $10.15 to state payroll premiums. That is $2,821 a year less than the same salary in a state with no income tax or payroll premiums.

Four brackets from 5.35% to 9.85%, indexed for 2026. Minnesota sets its own standard deduction ($15,300 single, $30,600 joint), which shrinks above $244,400 of income; that reduction is not modelled here. On a $60,000 salary that works out to about $98.33 every two weeks, an effective 4.26% of gross pay.

Minnesota Paid Leave (employee share): Premiums began 1 January 2026 at 0.88% of wages; employers may deduct up to half, 0.44%, up to the Social Security wage base. On $60,000 these total about $264 a year.

Not if you live in Michigan and North Dakota. Minnesota has reciprocal agreements with those states, so you can give your employer the state's nonresidence form and have only your home state's tax withheld. Without the form, Minnesota tax is withheld anyway and you must file a Minnesota return to get it back.

Federally, a bonus paid separately is usually withheld at a flat 22% (37% on supplemental pay above $1 million in the year). For Minnesota: Minnesota allows a flat 6.25% on supplemental wages paid separately.

Minnesota uses Form W-4MN alongside the federal Form W-4. If you do not file one, your employer uses the state's default setting, usually single with no allowances or adjustments. Update it after marriage, a new child or a second job.