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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
$901
$46,849/yr
Your employer taxes
$110
$5,694/yr
Total cost to you
$1,110
$57,694/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
Ohio income tax
Ohio IT 4 percentage method: annualized wages $52,000.00, less 1 allowance(s) $650.00, → $51,350.00 taxable at 2.99% bracket = $1,173.27/yr ÷ 52 periods.
−$22.56
Take-home pay$900.94

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
Ohio unemployment tax
2.70% on the first $9,000.00 of wages each year (Quarterly wage and contribution report (The SOURCE), quarterly). Using the new-employer rate; replace with your rate notice.
$27.00

What you'll have to file in Ohio

  • Register with Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) once you pay $1,000 or more in cash wages for domestic service in a private home in any calendar quarter of the current or preceding calendar year; file Quarterly wage and contribution report (The SOURCE) quarterly.
  • Ohio income tax: withholding is voluntary for household employers.
  • W-2 to your nanny and W-3 to the SSA by Jan 31; Schedule H with your Form 1040.
  • Minimum wage $11.00/h; no state sick-leave mandate. Workers' comp: Ohio BWC coverage is required once a household pays a domestic worker $160 or more in cash in any calendar quarter (BWC Form U-3, Application for Household Domestic Employees Only; $120 non-refundable application fee).

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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.