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Your Paycheck
Filing Status
Credits & Adjustments (Optional)
Leave blank if you're not sure — these only affect your federal withholding.
$2,200 per child under 17 · $500 per other dependent. Reduces your withholding.
Add extra to cover side income, freelance, or investment income each paycheck.
Non-wage income: freelance, dividends, rental income. Annual total.
If you itemize and deductions exceed the standard deduction. Annual total.
File your Rhode Island return
Total withholding per paycheck
$308
$8,020 / year
Gross pay minus federal, FICA, and state taxes
Federal
Rhode Island State Tax
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Rhode Island requires its own form: the RI W-4
Employers can no longer rely on the federal W-4 for Rhode Island. Every employee must complete the RI W-4, the Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate (a 2026 version is published), showing the exemptions and allowances claimed.
How Rhode Island calculates withholding for 2026
The Division of Taxation's 2026 booklet has employers multiply the value of one exemption ($1,000 a year, or $19.23 weekly) by the exemptions and allowances claimed, subtract it from the wages, and apply a rate table that is the same for all filing statuses: 3.75% up to $82,050 a year, $3,076.88 plus 4.75% to $186,450, and $8,035.88 plus 5.99% above. If annual wages exceed $290,800 the exemption is phased out to zero. The supplemental wage rate is 5.99%.
The booklet's example: an unmarried employee paid $2,195 weekly with one exemption has $87.57 withheld a week.
Rhode Island W-4 FAQ
What are Rhode Island's income tax rates for withholding?+
3.75% on the first $82,050 a year, 4.75% to $186,450 and 5.99% above. The supplemental wage rate is 5.99%.
Does Rhode Island use the federal W-4?+
No. Employers must have employees complete the RI W-4.
How much is a Rhode Island exemption worth?+
$1,000 a year ($19.23 weekly), and it phases out to zero above $290,800 of annual wages.
Do the rate tables depend on filing status?+
No. Rhode Island's percentage-method tables are the same for all filing statuses.
Does Rhode Island have local income tax?+
No. Rhode Island towns do not levy an income tax on wages.
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