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Welcome to our paycheck calculator

Use our hourly employee paycheck calculator to calculate withholdings and your employees’ net pay.

Salaried employee? Switch to salary

How much did your employee earn?

Hourly Rate: This is what your employee earned per hour before taxes and deductions are withheld.

Hours Worked: This is the number of "regular" hours the employee works.

Add Overtime

Gross Pay: This is the total amount of wages your employee earned before taxes and deductions are withheld.

Gross Pay Method: Is the gross pay amount based on your employee’s annual compensation, or by how many hours they worked in the last pay period?

Gross Pay YTD: Enter the total gross pay your employee has earned this year, prior to this paycheck. Normally, this can be found on the last pay stub.

Pay Frequency: How often do you normally issue paychecks?

Check Date: Enter the check date that should appear on your paycheck.

Is your employee exempt from any taxes?

Federal: In some cases, public and governmental employees are exempt from federal taxes. Check “yes” if your employee is exempt and Federal taxes should not be deducted.

FICA: In some cases, public and governmental employees are exempt from FICA. Check “yes” if your employee is exempt and FICA taxes should not be deducted.

Medicare: In some cases, public and governmental employees are exempt from Medicare taxes. Check “yes” if your employee is exempt and Medicare taxes should not be deducted.

Please enter your employee’s withholding information.

2020 W4: Would you like to use the 2020 withholding tables? Here’s an article that covers the 2020 W-4 updates if you aren’t sure.

Federal Filing Status: Select your employee’s filing status for federal withholding. This helps determine how much federal tax will be withheld.

Two Jobs: If the employee indicated that they have more than one job or are married and filing jointly with a working spouse, select Yes here.

Dependents Amount: Enter the amount your employee listed on Line 3 of their W-4, if any. This is where they claim dependents.

Other Income: If your employee listed another other income on line 4(a) of their W-4, enter the amount here.

Deductions: Enter any deductions that your employee listed on line 4(b) of their W-4, if applicable.

Additional Federal Withholding: If your employee has asked to have additional funds withheld from each paycheck, enter the amount here. If they have not, enter “0”.

Round Federal Withholding: Would you like us to round your employee’s withholding totals to the nearest dollar? (It’s not required, but it is permitted)

Now, add information for their state.

State: Select the state where withholding should be calculated. It should be the same state where the work was performed.

Now, add locale information if applicable.

Does your employee have any voluntary deductions?

Please add any additional deductions for items like health insurance, 401(k), HSAs/FSAs, or any other benefits.


Select type of deduction needed:

401(k)

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HSA

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Custom

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Updated: November 1, 2024

The Texas paycheck calculator at the top of this page makes it simple to double check your calculations for hourly employees or make sure your workers get the right take-home pay.

How is payroll different for hourly and salaried employees?

At the end of the day, the act of running payroll is pretty similar for any type of employee. You just take their gross wages (or how much money they’ve earned in a given pay period) and withhold local, state and federal payroll taxes, plus any additional payroll deductions for things like health benefits, a retirement plan, or garnishments.

 

Getting from gross wages to net wages (or take-home pay) doesn’t really change much. The primary difference between payroll for hourly and salaried employees is how you calculate those gross wages in the first place.

 

Gross wages for hourly employees

For workers whose compensation is based on how much they work, you calculate their gross wages by multiplying the number of hours they worked during a pay period by their hourly pay rate.

 

It’s pretty straightforward, generally, but a number of states have overtime laws which can increase employees’ pay rate if they work more than a certain number or hours in a day or in a week (typically 8 hours/day or 40 hours/week). Make sure to account for these wrinkles when you calculate paychecks for hourly workers.

 

Gross wages for salaried employees

For employees who are paid an annual salary, gross pay is calculated by dividing their annual salary by the number of pay periods in a year. For example, if an employee earned an annual salary of $100,000, this is what their gross wages would be for different pay periods (assuming there are no other pre-tax deductions):

 

Pay schedule Gross wages (based on $100k salary)
Weekly (52 pay periods/year) $1923.08
Bi-Weekly (26 pay periods/year) $3846.15
Bi-Monthly (24 pay periods/year) $4166.67
Monthly (12 pay periods/year) $8333.33

 

To understand more about choosing different pay schedules, here’s more information.

Who should be salaried and who should be paid hourly?

When they hire an employee, employers have some discretion to choose who is paid hourly and who is paid a salary. Typically, employees whose hours are fixed (or consistent), and employees at higher compensation levels are offered a salary. Employees at lower compensation levels whose hours are more variable tend to receive an hourly paycheck.

 

However you choose to handle compensation, there are a few rules that need to be followed — most notably the rules for exempt and non-exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In a nutshell, the FLSA says that employees should be entitled to overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week, unless they are “exempt” and fit into one of these categories:

  • They are an executive
  • They offer skilled professional services
  • They have administrative or management responsibilities
  • They are highly compensated (earning more than $132,964 per year in 2024)
  • They are a computer programmer or analyst
  • They have an outside sales role

 

There are a number of other small exceptions. Take a closer look at the classification of exempt and non-exempt employees or reach out to an employment or tax pro if you have more questions.

 

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Getting from gross wages to a paycheck

Once you’ve figured out gross wages, it’s time to calculate your actual payroll by withholding federal, state, and local payroll taxes and applying any other deductions that might apply to an employee. This process basically works the same for all employees whether they are salaried or hourly. See more on how employers calculate payroll taxes if you want to really get into the nitty gritty.

 

Finished using the Texas paycheck calculator employers turn to? Here’s more state information.

  • State minimum wage: The rate in 2024 is $7.25 per hour.
  • Is workers’ comp a requirement? Though not required, its highly recommended. Learn more in our guide on Texas workers’ compensation.
  • New hire reporting required? Yes
  • 2024 SUI rate
    • Taxable wage base: $9,000
    • Rates range from 0.5% to 6.5%
    • Tax rate for new employees: 2.7%

 

This article (and mentioned paycheck calculator tool) is provided for informational purposes only and should not be relied on for tax, legal, or accounting advice. You should consult your own tax, legal, and accounting advisors for formal consultation and final payroll numbers.

 

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