Pennsylvania
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See Pennsylvania income withholding and employee unemployment deductions separately from local bonus withholding.

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.

Pennsylvania settings

The state method below is independent of the federal method.

Additional income withholding on bonus ($)

Other incremental local / payroll deductions ($)

This ordinary cash bonus is fully PA-taxable; no tax-forgiveness, reciprocal or special exemption claim applies.Payroll confirmed all remaining deductions attributable to this bonus, including zero if none; no duplicated state/county/premium amountsI live and work in Pennsylvania. 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

Ordinary taxable bonuses use 3.07% income withholding plus the 2026 uncapped 0.07% employee unemployment contribution.

A worked bonus example

A $5,000 gross taxable bonus has $153.50 PA income withholding and $3.50 employee unemployment, before federal and confirmed local deductions.

When this estimate does not apply

Confirm EIT or Philadelphia wage tax and any LST attributable to this bonus. This version excludes pretax deductions and special tax-forgiveness or reciprocal cases.

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 Pennsylvania pay · Federal bonus methods · Coverage and methodology