Money guides

Clear, up-to-date guides to take-home pay, tax, freelancing, mortgages and saving. Every guide has a live calculator you can change.

US$20, $25, $30 an Hour Is How Much a Year After Taxes? (2026 Table)Turn any hourly wage into a yearly salary and after-tax pay. Full 2026 table from $15 to $100 an hour, with Texas…
US$200,000 a Year After Taxes: The 2026 Take-Home BreakdownA single filer on $200,000 keeps $148,927 in a no-income-tax state and $129,839 in New York City. Why Social Security stops at…
US$150,000 After Taxes: Monthly Take-Home Pay by State (2026)A $150,000 salary is worth $113,791 after tax in Texas but $102,121 in California, a $11,670 gap. See the 2026 breakdown, your…
US$100,000 Salary After Taxes (2026): Take-Home Pay in All 50 StatesOn a $100,000 salary a single filer takes home $79,180 in states without income tax and as little as $71,303 in Oregon.…
US$50,000 a Year After Taxes: What You Really Take Home in 2026A $50,000 salary leaves a single filer between $38,794 and $42,355 a year after taxes in 2026, depending on the state. That…