The person behind the calculator
I am an independent developer and I build small, fast money tools. StateWage is one of them, part of the zovo.one toolset. Type a salary, pick a state, see your real take-home pay. No account, no pop-ups, no thousand-word essay before the calculator loads.
By theluckystrike · Independent developer · Solo, full time, built on zovo.one.
One job per tool, done fast
Most paycheck sites bury a simple calculator under banner ads and a wall of tax theory. I go the other way. Each tool does one thing and loads right away.
The paycheck calculator carries the real 2025 federal brackets, the Social Security wage base, Medicare with its high-earner surcharge, and a state rate for all 50 states and DC, because Texas and California take home nothing alike. The overtime, salary-to-hourly, and bonus tools each solve one annoying bit of pay math without making you scroll past an essay first.
StateWage is part of zovo.one, a toolset I build and run on my own, full time. That is the only reason the tools stay quick and a feature request from a stranger actually gets read the same day.
What the estimate leaves out
StateWage gives you a close estimate, not your official paystub. It runs the 2025 IRS brackets and standard deduction, real FICA rates, and each state's income-tax rate. It does not include pre-tax deductions (401k, HSA), local or city taxes, or credits, so your real check can differ.
| Federal brackets and standard deduction | IRS (2025) |
| Social Security and Medicare | SSA.gov / IRS (2025) |
| State income-tax rates | State revenue departments (2025) |
Keep the tools free, or get all of them
Every calculator here is free and stays free. There is no paywall on the math, and there never will be. Two options if you want to back the work or get everything.
- Your feature requests near the top of my queue
- Early access to tools still in testing
- Keeps the whole site free of ads
- No subscription, nothing to cancel
- Lifetime access to every tool on zovo.one, live now and not yet shipped
- The zovo.one Chrome extension and BeLikeNative, included
- No subscription, no monthly fee, no per-tool charge
- Your requests jump the queue
Tools, code, and a real inbox
The tools, the membership, and the rest of what I make all live on zovo.one. Got a question before you spend anything? Email me and a real person, me, writes back.
Try the calculator first
The best way to decide if any of this is worth it is to use the thing. Check your take-home pay, then come back if you want the rest.
Open the paycheck calculator