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Pick your state and how you pay. See their take-home pay, what you withhold, and your employer taxes, with the forms you'll have to file. Uses 2026 federal and state rules.

Weekly gross
$1,000
$52,000/yr
Their take-home
$881
$45,813/yr
Your employer taxes
$93
$4,810/yr
Total cost to you
$1,093
$56,810/yr

Each paycheck

Hours worked
40 h × $25.00.
$1,000.00
Social Security
6.2% of gross wages.
−$62.00
Medicare
1.45% of gross wages; no wage cap.
−$14.50
Delaware income tax
Delaware DE-W4 percentage method: annualized wages $52,000.00, less standard deduction $3,250.00, → $48,750.00 taxable at 5.55% bracket = $2,319.13/yr, less credits $110.00 ÷ 52 periods.
−$42.48
Take-home pay$881.02

What you pay on top

Social Security (employer)
Employer match, same base as the employee share.
$62.00
Medicare (employer)
Employer match.
$14.50
Federal unemployment (FUTA)
6.0% less a 5.4% credit for paying state unemployment tax on time, on the first $7,000.00 of wages each year.
$6.00
Delaware unemployment tax
1.00% on the first $14,500.00 of wages each year (UC-8 / UC-8A quarterly tax and wage report, quarterly). Using the new-employer rate; replace with your rate notice.
$10.00

What you'll have to file in Delaware

  • Register with Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Unemployment Insurance once you pay domestic employer is liable when cash wages to household workers are $1,000 or more in any calendar quarter of the current or preceding calendar year (19 del. c. § 3302(15)(b)); file UC-8 / UC-8A quarterly tax and wage report quarterly.
  • Delaware income tax: withhold using DE-W4.
  • Delaware Paid Leave (Healthy Delaware Families Act): employee premium withheld each payday.
  • W-2 to your nanny and W-3 to the SSA by Jan 31; Schedule H with your Form 1040.
  • Minimum wage $15.00/h; no state sick-leave mandate. Workers' comp: Required once a household worker earns $750 or more in cash in any 3-month period from the household (19 Del. C. § 2307(a)); below that the Act does not apply.

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Estimates for planning only, from the published 2026 rules for your state. Not tax advice. CareTab does not file or pay anything for you.