Enter your numbers in each section. Anything you leave blank stays an estimate.

Income tax

Annual income

Filing status

Kids at home

Federal Child Tax Credit — $2,000 per child under 17.

Federal income tax

$29,043

19.36% effective · 2024 · single

Computed on gross income, less the federal Child Tax Credit ($2,000 per child under 17, phasing out above $200k single / $400k married). Still simplified — it ignores the standard deduction, other credits, the refundable-credit cap, and payroll (FICA) taxes.

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Sales tax

Taxable purchases

Yearly spending subject to sales tax

Texas sales tax (state) est.

$2,500

6.25% of purchases

Texas has no state income tax. State sales base is 6.25%; local rates (up to 2%) stack on city pages.

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Austin sales tax (local) est.

$800

2.00% of purchases

City 1% + transit 1%, on top of Texas's 6.25% state base — 8.25% combined (the Texas cap).

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Subtotal $3,300

Gasoline tax

Gas

gal

Gallons of gas a year (~500 typical)

Federal gasoline excise est.

$92

18.4¢/gal

A flat federal excise, unchanged since 1993 and not indexed to inflation: 18.4¢ per gallon (18.3¢ to the Highway Trust Fund plus 0.1¢ for leaking underground storage tanks). It applies in every state; states add their own.

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Texas gasoline tax est.

$100

20.0¢/gal

A flat 20¢ per gallon, unchanged since 1991 — one of the lowest state gas taxes.

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Subtotal $192

Property tax

Home value

Your home's market value

Property tax (Austin) est.

$9,000

1.80% of home value

About 1.8% of market value for a recent purchase (city + Travis County + school + health district). Homestead exemptions and a 10% appraisal cap lower it for long-time owners.

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What's left

Federal incomeSalesGasolinePropertyTake-home

Total tax estimate — add home & spending	$35,702–$51,364
Take-home	$98,636–$114,298

27.69% of your income goes to taxes.

That's $41,535 to federal, state, and local governments this year; you keep $108,465. The gray slice of the bar is what's actually yours.

The same numbers elsewhere

Your inputs, other places — tap to see the breakdown.

New York City, NY$52,931→Chicago, IL$50,492→Los Angeles, CA$49,704→

About Austin

Austin

Texas has no income tax, but Austin's property tax is among the steepest in the nation — for many homeowners it dwarfs what an income tax would cost.