# Paycheck Calculator Muse connector

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## Paycheck Calculator

Calculate take-home pay with federal, state and FICA taxes for any US state and job offer.

- Record: https://musedirectory.ai/connector/paycheck-calculator
- Category: Finance & Bills
- Developer: theluckystrike (https://statewage.com)
- Muse status: Extra setup. Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
- Health: Working, 299ms, checked 2026-10-30T01:01:21Z
- Endpoint: https://paycheck-calculator-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp
- Auth: No account needed; Pricing: unknown
- Screening: Screened, no issues found (2026-10-30T01:01:21Z)
- Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (io.github.theluckystrike/paycheck-calculator-mcp) https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=io.github.theluckystrike%2Fpaycheck-calculator-mcp

Calculates net pay for US employees using 2025-2026 IRS tax brackets, state income tax schedules (exact for 7 states, estimates for others), Social Security and Medicare. Handles 401(k) and HSA deductions. Compare take-home across states for relocation decisions.

Example request: "Show me my take-home pay if I earn $120,000 in California versus Texas."

How to connect: Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use Paycheck Calculator to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://paycheck-calculator-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp. It does not need an API key. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.

Tools:
- calculate_take_home_pay: Calculates take-home (net) pay for a US employee in any of the 50 states or DC for tax year 2025 or 2026: federal income tax from the IRS Rev. Proc. 2024-40 / 2025-32 bracket tables with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act standard deduction ($15,750 single for 2025, $16,100 for 2026)
- compare_states_take_home: Runs the same gross pay through 2 to 10 states (or DC) and ranks them by annual take-home pay for tax year 2025 or 2026, showing state income tax, the method for each state (exact 2026 schedule for CA, NY, NJ, IL, PA, GA, NC; labeled estimate elsewhere; no wage income tax in AK, 
- salary_to_hourly: Converts an annual salary to an hourly rate and to weekly, biweekly (26), semimonthly (24) and monthly gross pay. Defaults: 40 hours a week, 52 weeks (2,080 hours). Gross pay only; use calculate_take_home_pay for net.
- hourly_to_salary: Converts an hourly wage to weekly, monthly and annual gross pay, with optional weekly overtime hours at a multiplier (1.5 by default). Defaults: 40 hours a week, 52 weeks. Gross pay only; use calculate_take_home_pay for net.
- get_federal_tax_brackets: Returns the exact federal income tax brackets (rate, lower and upper bound, tax on lower brackets) and standard deduction for tax year 2025 or 2026 and a filing status, from IRS Rev. Proc. 2024-40 and Rev. Proc. 2025-32, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) stan

Screening checks:
- MCP handshake: pass (Answered in 299ms)
- Domain against threat feeds (Cloudflare security DNS): pass (paycheck-calculator-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev, statewage.com not flagged)
- Published packages against the OSV malicious-package database: n/a (No npm or PyPI package published)
- Hidden instructions or invisible characters in tool text: pass (5 tools read, nothing found)
- Inputs asking for passwords, card numbers or seed phrases: pass (None found)
- Domain and redirects: pass (No redirects off the domain)
- AI review of purpose and tool behavior: pass (No concerns)