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Maine Salary Calculator
2026 employee withholding estimate using Maine’s revised August 2026 withholding method
Salary & Pay Frequency
Annual gross salary before taxes and employee deductions.
Federal W-4 Settings
Affects federal withholding only. Maine instructs employers not to reduce Maine withholding for federal Step 4(b).
Maine Form W-4ME Settings
Maine Revenue Services revised the 2026 withholding tables in August 2026. The revised percentage method uses a $5,300 allowance value, updated withholding standard deductions, and a 2% high-income withholding surcharge. Maine still uses Single and Married withholding schedules.
Each 2026 Maine withholding allowance is $5,300 annually. If no valid W-4ME is on file, use Single with 0 allowances.
Deductions
Reduces federal and Maine income-tax withholding wages; generally does not reduce Social Security or Medicare wages.
Assumes qualified Section 125 treatment that reduces federal, FICA, Maine withholding, and PFML reportable wages.
Assumes a qualifying Section 125 salary-reduction contribution.
Year-to-Date & Supplemental Options
Used to stop PFML premiums when covered wages reach the 2026 Social Security wage cap of $184,500.
Maine permits a flat 5% withholding rate for separately paid supplemental wages.
Enter the actual employee deduction rate, from 0% through 0.50%. Default is 0 because the amount passed to employees is employer-dependent. PFML premiums are withheld after federal and state taxes.
Local Tax Estimate
Manual simplified estimate only. No general Maine municipal wage-income withholding system is automatically assumed or detected. Leave at 0 unless a separately verified payroll-related local charge applies.
ESTIMATED NET PAY$0.00
Income
Annual Salary$0.00
Regular Gross Pay This Period$0.00
Supplemental Pay$0.00
Total Gross Pay$0.00
Taxable Wages
Federal Taxable Wages$0.00
Social Security Taxable Wages$0.00
Medicare Taxable Wages$0.00
Maine Taxable Wages$0.00
Maine PFML Premium Wages$0.00
Taxes and Employee Payroll Programs
Federal Income Tax$0.00
Social Security$0.00
Medicare$0.00
Additional Medicare$0.00
Maine Income Tax$0.00
Maine PFML Employee Premium$0.00
Local Tax Estimate$0.00
Deductions
Pre-Tax Deductions$0.00
Post-Tax Deductions$0.00
Take-Home Pay Projection
Net Pay Per Paycheck$0.00
Estimated Monthly Take-Home Pay$0.00
Estimated Annual Take-Home Pay$0.00
Calculation Notes
- Uses Maine Revenue Services’ revised August 2026 withholding method, including the 2% high-income withholding surcharge.
- W-4ME allowances are $5,300 each. The revised withholding standard deductions are $12,850 for the Single schedule and $28,550 for the Married schedule, subject to phaseout.
- Maine percentage-method withholding is rounded to the nearest whole dollar before W-4ME additional withholding is added.
- Separately paid Maine supplemental wages may use the optional 5% method.
- The PFML employee rate defaults to 0 because an employer may pay some or all of the employee-share amount; enter the actual deduction rate if applicable.
- Monthly and annual take-home figures repeat current-paycheck assumptions and are projections rather than a year-to-date reconciliation.
Estimates only. Withholding may differ from final tax liability and employer payroll treatment. This calculator does not determine Maine residency, nonresident workday thresholds, tribal-land wage apportionment, military-spouse eligibility, PFML private-plan treatment, employee classification, or local jurisdiction. Not tax, legal, payroll, or accounting advice.