How it works
Enter your pay and what’s on your W-4 to see each paycheck after taxes in Indiana. Federal income tax is figured with the IRS percentage method for 2026, the same tables payroll software uses, plus Social Security (6.2%) and Medicare (1.45%).
Indiana withholds a flat 2.95% of your yearly wages after subtracting $1,000 for each personal exemption and $1,500 for each dependent exemption.
Every Indiana county levies a county income tax, withheld by the employer at the rate of the employee's county of residence on January 1 (nonresidents: the Indiana county of principal work on January 1). Rates run from 0.5% (Porter) to 3.0% (Randolph).
Withholding is an estimate of your tax, paid as you go. Whether you get a refund depends on your full-year income, deductions and credits; the tax refund calculator estimates that. To compare states, use the paycheck calculator.
Formula
Take-home = gross pay − federal withholding − Social Security − Medicare − Indiana withholding − local tax − pre-tax deductions
Indiana county tax rates
Every Indiana county levies a county income tax, withheld by the employer at the rate of the employee's county of residence on January 1 (nonresidents: the Indiana county of principal work on January 1). Rates run from 0.5% (Porter) to 3.0% (Randolph).
| County | Rate |
|---|---|
| Adams | 1.6% |
| Allen | 1.59% |
| Bartholomew | 1.75% |
| Benton | 1.79% |
| Blackford | 2.5% |
| Boone | 1.71% |
| Brown | 2.523% |
| Carroll | 2.473% |
| Cass | 2.95% |
| Clark | 2% |
| Clay | 2.35% |
| Clinton | 2.65% |
| Crawford | 1.65% |
| Daviess | 1.5% |
| DeKalb | 2.13% |
| Dearborn | 1.4% |
| Decatur | 2.45% |
| Delaware | 1.5% |
| Dubois | 1.2% |
| Elkhart | 2% |
| Fayette | 2.82% |
| Floyd | 1.89% |
| Fountain | 2.1% |
| Franklin | 1.7% |
| Fulton | 2.88% |
| Gibson | 1.3% |
| Grant | 2.75% |
| Greene | 2.35% |
| Hamilton | 1.1% |
| Hancock | 1.94% |
| Harrison | 1% |
| Hendricks | 1.7% |
| Henry | 2.02% |
| Howard | 2.35% |
| Huntington | 1.95% |
| Jackson | 2.1% |
| Jasper | 2.864% |
| Jay | 2.5% |
| Jefferson | 1.03% |
| Jennings | 2.5% |
| Johnson | 1.4% |
| Knox | 1.7% |
| Kosciusko | 1% |
| LaGrange | 1.65% |
| LaPorte | 1.45% |
| Lake | 1.5% |
| Lawrence | 1.75% |
| Madison | 2.25% |
| Marion | 2.02% |
| Marshall | 1.25% |
| Martin | 2.5% |
| Miami | 2.54% |
| Monroe | 2.14% |
| Montgomery | 2.65% |
| Morgan | 2.72% |
| Newton | 1% |
| Noble | 1.75% |
| Ohio | 2% |
| Orange | 1.75% |
| Owen | 2.5% |
| Parke | 2.65% |
| Perry | 1.4% |
| Pike | 1.2% |
| Porter | 0.5% |
| Posey | 1.45% |
| Pulaski | 2.85% |
| Putnam | 2.3% |
| Randolph | 3% |
| Ripley | 2.38% |
| Rush | 2.15% |
| Scott | 2.16% |
| Shelby | 1.7% |
| Spencer | 0.8% |
| St. Joseph | 1.75% |
| Starke | 1.71% |
| Steuben | 1.99% |
| Sullivan | 1.7% |
| Switzerland | 1.45% |
| Tippecanoe | 1.28% |
| Tipton | 2.6% |
| Union | 2.75% |
| Vanderburgh | 1.25% |
| Vermillion | 1.5% |
| Vigo | 2% |
| Wabash | 2.9% |
| Warren | 2.12% |
| Warrick | 1% |
| Washington | 2% |
| Wayne | 1.25% |
| Wells | 2.1% |
| White | 2.32% |
| Whitley | 1.683% |
Sources
- IRS Publication 15-T (2026), Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods: percentage method tables
- IRS Publication 15 (2026), Employer’s Tax Guide: social security wage base and Medicare
- Indiana DOR Departmental Notice #1, How to Compute Withholding for State and County Income Tax, effective Oct. 1, 2026 (R47 / 10-26)
Questions people ask
How much Indiana income tax comes out of a $60,000 salary?
About $66.94 per paycheck, or $1,741 a year, for a single filer paid every two weeks with the default allowances. Take-home pay comes to about $1,871.13 per paycheck after federal tax, Social Security and Medicare as well.
Does Indiana have local income taxes?
Every Indiana county levies a county income tax, withheld by the employer at the rate of the employee's county of residence on January 1 (nonresidents: the Indiana county of principal work on January 1). Rates run from 0.5% (Porter) to 3.0% (Randolph). Choose yours in the calculator to include it.
What is a Indiana withholding exemption worth in 2026?
Each one subtracts $1,000 from your yearly wages before Indiana tax is figured, which lowers state withholding by up to $30 a year at the 2.95% top rate, less in lower brackets.
Why is my real paycheck different?
Employers round to the cent or dollar, some benefits change which wages are taxed, and bonuses are often withheld at a flat supplemental rate. Social Security also stops for the year once your wages pass $184,500. Use your pay stub to check, and this page to see how a change would affect it.