Enter your annual salary, country, and pay frequency to see take-home pay per paycheck — after income tax and the major payroll deduction for your country.
This models national/federal income tax plus the single largest payroll deduction for supported countries (US Social Security + Medicare, UK National Insurance, India EPF, Canada CPP + EI). It doesn't include state or provincial tax, health insurance premiums, retirement plan contributions, or other benefits deductions your actual paystub may include — treat this as a solid baseline estimate, not a payroll-office figure.
Weekly = 52 paychecks/year, biweekly = 26 (every two weeks), semi-monthly = 24 (twice a month, typically the 1st and 15th), monthly = 12. Biweekly and semi-monthly are often confused: biweekly occasionally produces a 3-paycheck month (since 26 × 2 weeks doesn't divide evenly into 12 months), while semi-monthly never does, since it's defined as exactly twice per calendar month.
US: Social Security (6.2% up to the annual wage base) plus Medicare (1.45%, uncapped). UK: National Insurance (8% between the primary threshold and upper earnings limit, 2% above it). India: a simplified 12% EPF employee contribution. Canada: CPP plus EI, each capped at their annual maximum insurable/pensionable earnings. Germany, France, Australia, Singapore, and the UAE show income tax only in this tool — their payroll/social contribution systems are structured differently enough that a single simplified number would be misleading.
Want the full annual tax picture with itemized deductions? Use the Tax Calculator.