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Estimate Minnesota supplemental withholding and the separate 2026 Paid Leave contribution on your bonus.

Your cash bonus

Gross bonus ($)

Regular gross already paid in this period ($)

Bonus payment date

Regular pay frequency

Federal methodFederal income tax was withheld from regular wages this or last year, and this bonus is separately identifiedFederal filing status

SS wages BEFORE regular pay and bonus ($)

Medicare wages BEFORE regular pay and bonus ($)

Earlier supplemental wages this year ($)

Federal prior wages exclude both the entered regular pay and bonus. Earlier supplemental wages include common-control employers. W-4 Step 2 is off, adjustments zero. No earlier bonus in this same pay period.

Minnesota settings

The state method below is independent of the federal method.

State leave wages BEFORE bonus, INCLUDING regular pay ($)

Actual employee leave share (%)

Additional income withholding on bonus ($)

Other incremental local / payroll deductions ($)

Bonus is separately paid or identified; employer uses Minnesota’s 6.25% supplemental method.Payroll confirmed public-plan coverage, the employee share and prior covered wages INCLUDING the entered regular pay. Gross includes any taxable employer-paid share and all required covered wage additions, with minimum-wage protections satisfied.Payroll confirmed all remaining deductions attributable to this bonus, including zero if none; no duplicated state/county/premium amountsI live and work in Minnesota. This is a separately paid cash W-2 bonus AFTER the entered regular wages, in the same payroll period, with no earlier bonus that period. No pretax benefit deductions, state exemptions, stock awards, gross-up or cross-state wages apply.

State treatment of this bonus

Separately paid or identified bonus wages can use 6.25% state withholding. Employee Paid Leave uses its own covered-wage cap of $185,000.

A worked bonus example

A $5,000 bonus produces $312.50 state withholding. If prior Paid Leave wages already equal $184,500, only $500 remains under the cap: at 0.44%, the contribution is $2.20.

When this estimate does not apply

Prior Paid Leave wages include the regular pay already paid before this bonus. Confirm actual employee share and minimum-wage protections.

Regular resident W-2 wages, separately paid cash bonus after the entered regular wages, in the same payroll period only. A bonus paid before those regular wages is not supported. No benefit changes, state exemptions, stock awards, gross-up, or earlier supplemental payment in that period. Federal assumptions are shown in the form. Withholding is a payment toward tax, not the final tax bill.

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Reviewed August 31, 2026. Calculate regular Minnesota pay · Federal bonus methods · Coverage and methodology