Arkansas Paycheck Calculator 2026
This Arkansas paycheck calculator shows what actually lands in your bank account each pay period in 2026. Enter your gross salary and the tool applies 2026 federal brackets, Social Security and Medicare, and Arkansas withholding, then splits the result across weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly and monthly pay schedules. Arkansas uses a progressive income tax with 4 brackets running from 0.00% up to 3.90%, applied after a state standard deduction of $2,340.
Arkansas Paycheck Calculator
Your salary before any deductions.
How Arkansas payroll withholding works
Every Arkansas paycheck is reduced in the same order: pre-tax deductions first (401(k), HSA, employer health premiums), then federal income tax on what remains, then FICA on your full gross, then Arkansas state withholding.
FICA is fixed nationwide in 2026: 6.2% Social Security on the first $184,500 of wages and 1.45% Medicare on everything, with an extra 0.9% Medicare surtax above $200,000. Only the state layer changes when you move, which is why two workers earning the same salary in Arkansas and Texas see different deposits.
Arkansas has no separate city or county income tax, so the state figure above is the full sub-federal income tax you pay.
Pay frequency in Arkansas
Most retail (Walmart HQ) employers around Little Rock run biweekly payroll (26 checks a year), while public-sector and salaried office roles often use semi-monthly (24 checks). Biweekly means two months each year contain three paychecks — a useful budgeting quirk if your rent is around $950.
Switching frequency does not change your annual tax; it only changes how withholding is spread. If your employer withholds per-period using annualized tables, a three-paycheck month can look artificially light on tax.
Budgeting a Little Rock paycheck
Cost of living in Arkansas sits 11% below the national average (index 89), median household income is $56,335, and a one-bedroom apartment in Little Rock rents for roughly $950 a month.
Arkansas cut its top income tax rate from 6.9% in 2019 to just 3.9% in 2026 — one of the steepest reductions in the nation.
Local and payroll taxes Arkansas adds on top
Arkansas adds no state-mandated employee payroll deduction beyond FICA, so nothing extra is taken from your gross pay at the state level.
Arkansas has no separate city or county income tax, so the state figure above is the full sub-federal income tax you pay.
Payroll systems apply these local layers automatically, so check a real Arkansas pay stub against the estimate above: a missing local tax line is the usual reason a paycheck comes in lower than a state-only calculator suggests.
Working across a state line from Arkansas
Arkansas has no income-tax reciprocity agreements, so if you live here and work across a state line you generally file a nonresident return in the work state and claim a credit at home to avoid double taxation.
Remote and hybrid work complicates this further: most states tax income where the work is physically performed, so a Little Rock resident spending part of the year at a client site in Texas may owe a nonresident return there. Keep a day-count log if you split time between states.
The rest of your Arkansas tax bill
Arkansas charges a 6.5% state sales tax, homeowners pay an average effective property tax of 0.62% of market value, and the minimum wage in force during 2026 is $11.00 an hour.
Local add-ons bring the average combined rate near 9.4%.
Income tax is only one part of a state's take. Arkansas recovers revenue through sales and property tax as well, which is why headline income tax rates alone are a poor guide to how far a salary really goes. Arkansas exempts Social Security and the first $6,000 of pension or IRA distributions.
Arkansas vs Texas on the same salary
On a $75,000 salary, a single filer keeps about $59,107 a year in Arkansas against roughly $61,593 in Texas — a difference of $2,486, or $207 a month.
Effective combined rates are 21.2% in Arkansas and 17.9% in Texas. Set that gap against living costs: index 89 here versus 92 there, with property tax at 0.62% and 1.68% respectively.
Arkansas income tax brackets 2026 (single filer)
| Taxable income | Rate |
|---|---|
| $0 – $5,300 | 0.00% |
| $5,300 – $10,600 | 2.00% |
| $10,600 – $15,100 | 3.00% |
| $15,100 and up | 3.90% |