About

LocalTakehome

True take-home pay for where you actually live.

LocalTakehome is a private 2026 U.S. paycheck calculator. It names federal income tax, FICA, state tax, and local tax when you select a place — then shows the deposit. The math stays on your device.

Most paycheck tools bury the city or invent a flat local rate. The local-tax gap is the problem this product is built around: New York City is not “New York,” Philadelphia is not “Pennsylvania,” and most counties are not in any national calculator’s named list. LocalTakehome models a short list of published places and otherwise asks you for a custom percent rather than guessing.

There is no fake team page, no CPA badge, no invented user count, and no chat window pretending to be an advisor. Hairline rules, a large net, and a source under the line. Educational estimate only.

Corrections

Rate corrections belong on the methodology page, next to the sources. If you are adding a city for yourself, the local JSON file is the template: an id, a state, a method, a rate, a source URL, and a last-verified date.

Contact

There is no public support inbox listed yet. A contact email will appear here when one is available — this page will not invent an address. For rate or source corrections, use the methodology corrections guidance. Product and privacy notes live on Privacy and Terms.

Embed

A page can show the calculator without the site chrome by adding ?embed=1 to any calculator URL. The math is the same. The frame still runs in the visitor’s browser. Example:

<iframe title="LocalTakehome calculator" src="https://localtakehome.com/paycheck-calculator?state=TX&embed=1" width="100%" height="900" style="border:0"></iframe>

Do not wrap the frame in an email gate. The estimate is the product.