Bonus calculator

Estimate the take-home amount from a bonus, including withholding and retirement contributions.

Your regular pay & bonus

Bonus amount $

How is your regular pay expressed? Pay frequency

Annual salary before deductions $

State for this paycheck W-4 filing status Tax year Pay date

Uses a current W-4. Add your actual withholding elections, benefits, and earlier wages below for a closer estimate. State coverage includes only the rules listed on our coverage page.

How will it be paid?

Bonus paymentFederal withholding methodApply retirement contributions to the bonus

Your employer chooses the withholding method. A separate bonus excludes regular health premiums and extra withholding in this model. Separate checks using aggregate withholding are not supported. Withholding is an advance payment toward tax, not the bonus’s final tax rate.

Benefits & retirement · none entered

These are payroll elections, not a contribution-compliance check. Limits are applied per modeled job; shared plans, employer contributions and actual YTD allocations need separate verification. Confirm HSA coverage and review benefit limits.

Add deduction Pre-tax for income tax; still subject to Social Security and Medicare.

Birth year (optional, for catch-up limits) Family HSA coverage

Withholding details · federal & state forms

W-4 Step 2(c): multiple jobs or working spouse

W-4 Step 3 · annual credit amount $ W-4 Step 4(c) · extra per check $ W-4 Step 4(a) · other annual income $ W-4 Step 4(b) · annual deductions $

Exempt from federal income tax withholding

Year-to-date & other earnings

Enter wages and contributions before this check for this employer. Zero means none. These affect payroll caps; they are not a record of earlier pay or withholding.

Social Security wages before this check $ Medicare wages before this check $ Supplemental wages before this check $ 401(k) / 403(b) contributions before this check $ HSA contributions before this check $

Tips on the regular paycheck $ Imputed group-term life on the regular paycheck $

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