Take-home pay in Pennsylvania by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Pennsylvania keeps $79,114 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $74,782 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$79,114 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Pennsylvania, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $9,579 more than as a C corporation.

Pennsylvania, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$25,218	$74,782	75%
Single-member LLC	$25,223	$74,777	75%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$20,886	$79,114	79%
S corporation	$20,886	$79,114	79%
C corporation	$30,465	$69,535	70%

What Pennsylvania takes from a business owner

Pennsylvania taxes personal income at a flat 3.07% (2026).pa.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state Annual Report, $7 a yearpa.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
Pennsylvania has no pass-through entity tax electioncbiz.com.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Pennsylvania unemployment tax at 3.822% on the first $10,000 of salary in the first yearpa.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$38,841	$38,836	$38,857	$38,857	$36,163
$100,000	$74,782	$74,777	$79,114	$79,114	$69,535
$150,000	$108,113	$108,109	$115,047	$115,047	$99,024
$250,000	$176,419	$176,415	$185,390	$185,390	$159,734
$500,000	$314,795	$314,791	$341,615	$341,615	$304,370

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

More for Pennsylvania

Other states