How Florida taxes a paycheck
Florida's constitution has prohibited a personal income tax since 1924, and a 1971 amendment that permitted a corporate income tax reaffirmed the ban on taxing individuals. No county or city levies one either. The state funds itself largely through a 6% sales tax (7% or more with county surtaxes in most places), documentary stamp taxes on property transactions, and tourism.
That leaves federal deductions only. In 2026 a single filer subtracts the $16,100 standard deduction and pays 10% on the first $12,400 of taxable income, 12% to $50,400 and 22% to $105,700; Social Security takes 6.2% up to $184,500 of wages and Medicare 1.45% of everything. On a $60,000 salary that is $5,020 of income tax and $4,590 of FICA, and the calculator shows nothing else because there is nothing else.
One thing Florida does withhold from some workers: reemployment tax is paid by employers only, so nothing appears on the employee side. Florida also has no state disability or paid leave programme with an employee premium, unlike California, New Jersey or New York.
How much taxes are taken out of paychecks in Florida?
On a $60,000 salary in 2026, a single filer in Florida pays about $5,020 in federal income tax and $4,590 in Social Security and Medicare, a total of $9,610 or 16% of gross, and nothing to the state. Net pay is about $50,390 a year, $1,938 every two weeks or $4,199 a month. Those figures are identical in the eight other states with no wage tax.
At $100,000 the federal share rises to about $13,900 of income tax and $7,650 of FICA, an effective rate of 21.6%; at $150,000 it is 25.7%. Florida's take-home pay at any salary is simply gross pay less those federal amounts.
Florida compared with its neighbours
Florida shares a border with Georgia and Alabama, both of which tax wages: Georgia at a flat 5.19% and Alabama at up to 5%. On a $60,000 single salary the state tax is $0 in Florida, about $2,490 in Georgia and about $2,480 in Alabama. At $150,000 the gap grows to about $7,160 against Georgia.
The comparison Floridians most often make is with the states people arrive from. New York's state tax on $60,000 is about $2,640 before New York City's 3.078% to 3.876% city tax; New Jersey's is about $1,770; Illinois's is about $2,830. The guide to states with no income tax covers what Florida charges instead, chiefly sales and property tax and the highest homeowner's insurance costs in the country.
Does Florida have state income tax?
No. Florida has no state income tax on wages, so a Florida paycheck has only federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare withheld, and no Florida city or county levies an income tax either. Florida funds itself through a 6% sales tax with county surtaxes, property taxes, documentary stamp taxes on real estate, and its 5.5% corporate income tax, with tourism supplying a large share of the sales tax base.
The absence of an income tax is written into Florida's constitution, which would require a voter-approved amendment to change. Florida residents who work in a state with an income tax, in person or under a convenience-of-the-employer rule such as New York's, owe that state's tax on those wages with nothing to credit it against.