Elizabethtown Paycheck Calculator

Elizabethtown, Kentucky withholds a 1.95% local occupational (payroll) tax on wages earned in the city — $19.50 out of every $1,000 you earn. Hardin County levies its own 1.00% fee, but only outside the city limits, so working in Elizabethtown you owe the city rate and not both.

Elizabethtown withholds 1.95% of your gross wages for the local occupational tax — about $19.50 on every $1,000 of pay. It is withheld on gross wages, before federal income tax, Kentucky's 3.5% flat state tax, and FICA (Social Security and Medicare) are applied.

The 1.95% Elizabethtown occupational tax is based on where you work, not where you live. If you earn wages in Elizabethtown (Hardin County), it is generally withheld even if you live in another city or county. If you live in Elizabethtown but work elsewhere, you usually owe that other jurisdiction's rate instead.

An Elizabethtown paycheck is reduced by four layers: federal income tax (progressive brackets), Kentucky's 3.5% flat state tax after the $3,360 standard deduction, FICA at 6.2% Social Security plus 1.45% Medicare, and Elizabethtown's 1.95% occupational tax. Enter your pay above to see all four broken out line by line.

No. Elizabethtown withholds 1.95% on wages earned inside the city. Hardin County's separate 1.00% fee covers only the unincorporated county — outside the municipalities — so it is not added on top of Elizabethtown's rate. Working in Elizabethtown you pay the city's 1.95% and nothing to Hardin County, so the two rates should not be added together — the combined 1.95% + 1.00% figure some calculators show is not a rate anyone actually owes.