The deductions that are not income tax
Disability, paid family leave, long-term care, transit and workers' compensation come out of your pay under acronyms nobody explains. Here is what each one is, what it is calculated on, and what it costs.
Alaska employee unemployment contribution
Alaska · Wages up to a cap
0.5%
California State Disability Insurance
California · All wages, no cap
1.3%
Colorado FAMLI employee premium
Colorado · Wages up to a cap
0.44%
Connecticut Paid Leave contribution
Connecticut · Wages up to a cap
0.5%
Delaware Paid Leave employee share
Delaware · Wages up to a cap
0.4%
Maine PFML employee share
Maine · Wages up to a cap
0.5%
Massachusetts PFML maximum employee share
Massachusetts · Wages up to a cap
0.46%
Minnesota Paid Leave employee share
Minnesota · Wages up to a cap
0.44%
New Jersey Unemployment Insurance
New Jersey · Wages up to a cap
0.3825%
New Jersey Workforce Development
New Jersey · Wages up to a cap
0.0425%
New Jersey Disability Insurance
New Jersey · Wages up to a cap
0.19%
New Jersey Family Leave Insurance
New Jersey · Wages up to a cap
0.23%
New Mexico workers' compensation fee
New Mexico · Flat annual fee
$9
New York Paid Family Leave
New York · Wages
0.432%
Paid Leave Oregon employee contribution
Oregon · Wages up to a cap
0.6%
Oregon statewide transit tax
Oregon · All wages, no cap
0.1%
Rhode Island TDI/TCI contribution
Rhode Island · Wages up to a cap
1.1%
Vermont Child Care Contribution employee share
Vermont · All wages, no cap
0.11%
Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave employee share
Washington · Wages up to a cap
0.8072%
WA Cares Fund premium
Washington · All wages, no cap
0.58%
Rates are read from each state's own 2026 publication. Some are a published maximum employee share rather than a fixed deduction — those say so on their own page.
Common questions
What are state payroll assessments?
Charges withheld from wages alongside income tax, funding programmes such as paid family leave, disability insurance or unemployment. They are separate from state income tax, apply in a minority of states, and each has its own rate and often its own annual ceiling.
Can my employer charge less than the rate shown?
For several of these the figure modelled is the maximum an employee can be charged, and an employer may set a lower employee share or cover more of it. A payslip showing less than the figure here can be correct; one showing more generally should not be.