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2026 tax year

What an H-1B salary really takes home

Federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare and state tax, worked out with the 2026 brackets. Including the part most calculators get wrong for visa holders: H-1B wages are subject to FICA from day one, whatever your residency status.

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Base salary plus anything else on your W-2 — bonus, RSU vesting, ESPP discount.

Vested RSUs count as salary.
Pre-tax. Cuts income tax, not FICA.
0 for TX, WA, FL, NV, TN, SD, WY, AK.
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General guidance only, not tax or legal advice. Uses the 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction and Social Security wage base published by the IRS in Revenue Procedure 2025-32 and by the Social Security Administration. State tax is applied as a flat rate you enter, which is an approximation — most states have their own brackets, deductions and credits. Itemised deductions, tax credits, the India–US treaty, dual-status years and the 3.8% net investment income tax are not modelled. Nothing you type leaves this browser.