Take-home pay calculator by business structure
Enter your yearly profit and state. The result shows what you keep under each structure after every tax and fee the site counts.
$76,823 a year
kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in California, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $9,038 more than as a C corporation.
California, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer
| Structure | Taxes and fees | You keep | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sole proprietorship | $26,916 | $73,084 | 73% |
| Single-member LLC | $27,409 | $72,591 | 73% |
| LLC taxed as an S corp most | $23,177 | $76,823 | 77% |
| S corporation | $23,188 | $76,812 | 77% |
| C corporation | $32,215 | $67,785 | 68% |
What "keep" means here
Profit minus federal and state income tax, Social Security and Medicare on both sides, state entity taxes and fees, and payroll and tax-return costs for S and C corps. For a C corporation it assumes all profit after corporate tax is paid out as dividends. All five structures in California has the line-by-line figures. How owners pay themselves.