Hawaii Paycheck Calculator 2026
Enter your pay and your HW-4 details to see what lands in your bank account. Hawaii's 2026 withholding tables run from 1.4% to 7.9%, and most paychecks also carry a small TDI line — we show each step.
| Per paycheck | Amount | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $2,115.38 | $55,000.00 |
| Federal income tax · withheld | −$170.00 | −$4,420.00 |
| Social Security (6.2%) | −$131.15 | −$3,410.00 |
| Medicare (1.45%) | −$30.67 | −$797.50 |
| Hawaii income tax · withheld | −$102.06 | −$2,653.56 |
| Hawaii TDI (temporary disability insurance) · most you can be charged: 0.5% of weekly pay, up to $7.50 a week | −$10.58 | −$275.08 |
| Take-home pay | $1,670.92 | $43,443.86 |
How the federal income tax was worked out
| Pay subject to income tax, for the year · $2,115.38 × 26 paychecks | $55,000.00 |
| Minus the IRS withholding allowance · Pub 15-T Worksheet 1A, line 1g | −$8,600.00 |
| Adjusted yearly wage | $46,400.00 |
| Tax from the IRS yearly table · standard table | $4,420.00 |
| Federal income tax per paycheck · divided by 26 | $170.00 |
IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Worksheet 1A — the percentage method payroll software uses for a Form W-4 from 2020 or later. Your employer's figure can differ by a few cents because of rounding.
How the Hawaii income tax was worked out
| Pay subject to Hawaii tax this paycheck · after pre-tax 401(k) and benefits | $2,115.38 |
| Pay for the year · × 26 pay periods | $54,999.88 |
| Minus HW-4 allowances · 1 × $1,144 | −$1,144.00 |
| Minus extra lump sum allowance · everyone gets this | −$4,350.00 |
| Hawaii taxable pay for the year · annual Single table | $49,505.88 |
| Base amount from the table · row starting at $48,000 | $2,539.00 |
| Plus 7.6% of pay over $48,000 | $114.45 |
| Yearly Hawaii tax | $2,653.45 |
| Hawaii tax this paycheck · ÷ 26; the per-period tables can differ by a few cents | $102.06 |
| Hawaii income tax this paycheck | $102.06 |
What comes out of a Hawaii paycheck
- Federal income tax withholding — worked out from your pay and your Form W-4, using the IRS tables for 2026.
- Social Security — 6.2% of your pay, up to $184,500 of pay in 2026. Above that, it stops for the rest of the year.
- Medicare — 1.45% of all your pay, plus 0.9% on pay above $200,000 in the year.
A Hawaii paycheck usually has two state lines:
- Hawaii income tax. Employers follow the Department of Taxation's 2026 withholding tables. Using the annual method, your pay subject to income tax for this paycheck is turned into a yearly amount. A traditional 401(k) or pre-tax health plan that lowers your federal taxable pay lowers it here too. Then $1,144 comes off for each allowance on your Form HW-4, and an extra lump sum allowance of $4,350 comes off for everyone. The rest goes through the Single or Married table, at rates from 1.4% to 7.9%. The yearly tax is then divided by your number of paychecks, and any extra amount from line 5 of your HW-4 is added.
- TDI (temporary disability insurance). Hawaii requires employers to cover workers for time off from an injury or illness that isn't work related. Your employer can take up to half the cost from your pay, but never more than 0.5% of your weekly wages, and never more than $7.50 a week in 2026. We show that top amount; your employer may charge less or nothing.
This calculator has no local income tax line for Hawaii.
What's different about Hawaii
Many tax rates, low starting points
The 2026 tables have eight rows, starting at 1.4% and ending at 7.9%. The Married table's rows start at twice the Single ones. On the Single table, the 7.9% row starts at $125,000 of yearly taxable pay; on the Married table, at $250,000. Paid twice a month, the Single table reaches 5.5% at $600 of taxable pay each paycheck.
Your HW-4
Form HW-4 is the Hawaii version of the W-4, and Hawaii uses its own form, not your federal one. Line 3 asks for Single, Married, or "Married, but withhold at higher Single rate", which uses the Single table. Line 4 is your number of allowances from the worksheet: one for yourself, and more for a spouse, dependents and some other items. Line 5 is any extra amount per paycheck. The HW-4 has no "exempt" choice. If you give your employer no HW-4, it must withhold as if you were single with no allowances. If you claim more than 10 allowances, your employer may send a copy of your HW-4 to the Department of Taxation.
TDI: what you pay and what you get
The $7.50 weekly limit matches 0.5% of the $1,500.21 maximum weekly wage base, so pay above that doesn't raise your share. That comes to about $32.50 a month at most. TDI pays 58% of your average weekly wages, up to $871 a week, from the eighth day you can't work, for up to 26 weeks. To qualify you need at least 14 weeks of Hawaii work in the past year, each with 20 or more hours and at least $400 in pay.
Health insurance through work
Under Hawaii's Prepaid Health Care law, employers must offer health coverage to employees who work at least 20 hours a week and earn at least $1,387 a month. Your share of the cost can be no more than 1.5% of your monthly pay, or half the premium if that is lower.
Paydays and your last paycheck
Hawaii employers must pay wages at least twice each calendar month, on paydays set in advance, and wages are due within 7 days after the pay period ends. If you are let go, your final wages are due at that time or by the next working day. If you quit, they are due by the next regular payday, or when you leave if you gave one pay period's notice. If you believe you were not paid all you earned, you can file a complaint with the Wage Standards Division.
Why your paycheck might differ from this
- Your W-4. Credits for children (Step 3), a checked Step 2 box, or extra withholding (Step 4c) change the federal amount a lot. Open "Tips, 401(k), health insurance and W-4 details" above to enter them.
- Benefits taken before tax. Health insurance through work usually lowers income tax and Social Security and Medicare. A traditional 401(k) lowers income tax only.
- Rounding. Payroll software may round each step, so a few cents of difference is normal.
Tips and overtime in 2026
New federal deductions apply for 2025 through 2028: up to $25,000 for qualified tips, and up to $12,500 ($25,000 for joint filers) for the extra "half" of time-and-a-half overtime. Both phase out above $150,000 of income ($300,000 joint).
These are deductions on your tax return. Your employer still takes Social Security and Medicare out of tips and overtime, and still withholds income tax unless you tell it otherwise. If you expect to claim them, you can put the expected amount in Step 4(b) of your W-4 (and in the Step 4(b) box above) so less income tax is withheld during the year.
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Sources
- IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods — Worksheet 1A and the annual percentage-method tables
- IRS Publication 15 (2026), Employer's Tax Guide — Social Security and Medicare rates
- Social Security Administration — 2026 wage base of $184,500
- IRS — tips and overtime deductions
- Hawaii Department of Taxation — Appendix 2: Income Tax Withholding Tables for Taxable Years Beginning After December 31, 2025 (June 30, 2025) — Part 1 annualized method: $1,144 per allowance, $4,350 extra lump sum allowance, annual Single/Married tables 1.40%–7.90%; worked example $500 weekly, single, 3 allowances → $9.58; Part 2 per-period tables
- Hawaii Department of Taxation — Booklet A, Employer's Tax Guide (Rev. 2025) — effective December 5, 2025 for withholding January 1, 2026 and thereafter; no HW-4 = single with no allowance; supplemental wages paid with regular wages taxed as one payment; tips of $20 or more a month reported to the employer
- Hawaii Department of Taxation — Tax Announcement 2025-07 (Dec. 1, 2025) — amended rules with withholding tables for tax years beginning after December 31, 2025, effective December 5, 2025
- Hawaii Department of Taxation — 2026 Employer Payroll Updates
- Hawaii Department of Taxation — Withholding Tax for Employers — no HW-4: withhold as single with zero exemptions; more than 10 allowances: send the HW-4 to the Department
- Hawaii Department of Taxation — Form HW-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance and Status Certificate (Rev. 2022) — line 3 Single / Married / Married, but withhold at higher Single rate; allowance worksheet; line 5 additional withholding; no 'exempt' status
- Hawaii Disability Compensation Division — 2026 Maximum Weekly Wage Base and Maximum Weekly Benefit Amounts (Dec. 10, 2025) — TDI maximum weekly wage base $1,500.21; maximum weekly employee deduction $7.50; maximum weekly benefit $871; employer may withhold half the premium cost but not more than 0.5% of weekly wages; PHC minimum monthly wage $1,387
- Hawaii Disability Compensation Division — About Temporary Disability Insurance — employer may pay the entire cost or share it equally; employee share not over 0.5% of weekly wages or the maximum weekly deduction; 58% of average weekly wages; from the eighth day, up to 26 weeks; 14 weeks of 20+ hours and $400+
- Hawaii Disability Compensation Division — About Prepaid Health Care — 20 hours a week and 86.67 × minimum wage a month; employee share at most 50% of premium or 1.5% of monthly gross, whichever is less
- Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations — Minimum Wage and Overtime — $16.00 an hour from January 1, 2026; $18.00 from January 1, 2028; overtime after 40 hours in a workweek
- Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations — Hawaiʻi's minimum wage increases to $16.00 on January 1 — $16.00 from January 1, 2026; $18.00 on January 1, 2028
- Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations — Minimum wage poster HWHL-1 (Rev. 06/22) — tip credit up to $1.25 an hour from January 1, 2024; $1.50 from January 1, 2028
- U.S. Department of Labor — Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees — Hawaii: $16.00 combined, $1.25 tip credit, $14.75 cash wage; tip credit only if wages plus tips are at least $7.00 more than the minimum wage
- Hawaii Wage Standards Division — Unpaid Wages — paid at least twice a month; within 7 days after the pay period; final pay at discharge or next working day; quitting: next regular payday, or at quitting with one pay period's notice; complaints to the Wage Standards Division
- HRS § 388-2 — Semimonthly payday — at least twice a month; wages due within seven days after the pay period; the director may allow fifteen days
Questions
What are the Hawaii withholding rates in 2026?
The 2026 tables use eight rates: 1.4%, 3.2%, 5.5%, 6.4%, 6.8%, 7.2%, 7.6%, 7.9%. Which rate applies to your top dollars depends on your yearly taxable pay after allowances.
How much is taken out of a $1,000 paycheck in Hawaii?
For a single filer paid every two weeks with nothing else on the W-4, a $1,000 paycheck has about $38.08 of federal income tax, $62.00 of Social Security and $14.50 of Medicare taken out, $24.45 of Hawaii income tax, leaving $855.97. Enter your own details in the calculator for your exact figure.
What is $20 an hour after taxes in Hawaii?
Working 40 hours a week and paid every two weeks, $20 an hour is $1,600.00 before tax and about $1,296.73 after tax per paycheck — $33,714.88 a year — for a single filer with a standard W-4.
How much is a Hawaii withholding allowance worth?
Each HW-4 allowance takes $1,144 a year off the pay the table sees. Everyone also gets an extra lump sum allowance of $4,350.
What is TDI on my Hawaii pay stub?
Temporary disability insurance. Your employer can take up to 0.5% of your weekly wages for it, but not more than $7.50 a week in 2026.
When do I get my last paycheck in Hawaii?
If you are let go, at that time or by the next working day. If you quit, by the next regular payday — or when you leave, if you gave one pay period's notice.