Nanny tax & paycheck calculator
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
$872
$45,330/yr
Your employer taxes
$107
$5,538/yr
Total cost to you
$1,107
$57,538/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 |
| HI Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) — employee share 0.50% employee premium on the first $78,010.92. | −$5.00 |
| Hawaii income tax Hawaii HW-4 percentage method: annualized wages $52,000.00, less standard deduction $4,350.00, less 1 allowance(s) $1,144.00, → $46,506.00 taxable at 7.20% bracket = $2,431.43/yr ÷ 52 periods. | −$46.76 |
| Take-home pay | $871.74 |
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 |
| Hawaii unemployment tax 2.40% on the first $64,500.00 of wages each year (Form UC-B6, Quarterly Wage, Contribution and Employment & Training Assessment Report, quarterly). Using the new-employer rate; replace with your rate notice. | $24.00 |
What you'll have to file in Hawaii
- Register with Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Unemployment Insurance Division once you pay $1,000 or more in cash wages for domestic service in a calendar quarter (current or preceding year); file Form UC-B6, Quarterly Wage, Contribution and Employment & Training Assessment Report quarterly.
- Hawaii income tax: withholding is voluntary for household employers.
- HI Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) — employee share: 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 $18.00/h; no state sick-leave mandate. Workers' comp: Required for household employees unless the domestic worker earns less than $225 in cash in the calendar quarter (DLIR DCD FAQ; HRS 386-1 exclusion also covers domestic workers of public welfare recipients). 2026 WC maximum weekly benefit $1,240.
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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.