Severance estimate Your state
Pay$1,250 / week
Years of service3
Policy2 weeks / year
Likely severance, before tax
$7,500
6 weeks of pay
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Pay basis
- Annual salary
- Biweekly (every 2 weeks)
- Semimonthly (twice a month)
- Monthly salary
- Weekly pay
- Hourly wage
Weeks per year
- 1 week per year
- 1.5 weeks per year
- 2 weeks per year
- 3 weeks per year
- 4 weeks per year
Est. severance
$7,500
After tax
$5,276
Runway
1.5 mo
Uses 2 weeks per year of service and a 22% federal supplemental rate. How we estimate this →
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You are looking at about $7,500 gross and $5,276 after withholding. The full calculator adds the parts only your paperwork knows.
·Policy floors and caps — 4 weeks minimum, 26 weeks maximum, whatever yours says
·Lump sum or salary continuation, and what each does to your dates
·Your state's unemployment rules and filing deadlines
·A take-home breakdown you can hand to an accountant
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Estimated take-home
$5,276
Federal (22%)−$1,650
Social Security & Medicare (7.65%)−$574
State withholding (Your state)not included
Some of the withholding usually comes back when you file.
Open the take-home estimator → Cash runway 1.5 mo
NowFebAug
Lean
1.9 mo
Stretched
1.2 mo
Monthly burn
$3,500
Your datesMar 14
File for unemploymentnow
Sign, or ask for time21 d
Health coverage60 d
401(k) rolloveropen
Your next-chapter map One page holding all of it — the numbers, the dates, the filing links and what to ask before you sign.
Build your plan →Severance
$7,500
Take-home
$5,276
Runway
1.5 mo
Dates ahead
4
01Ask HR: lump sum or continued pay?
02File for unemployment this week.
03Compare COBRA before day 60.
Worked for the federal government? Use the Federal / RIF calculator →
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Laid off, or terminated? It decides your unemployment claim and your standing. 6 min The first 72 hours Four things to do, and what can safely wait. 4 min Why your cheque looks smaller How severance is taxed — and what comes back. 7 min After a long tenure What changes when you gave a decade or more. 5 min
See all guides → Where the numbers come from
Every figure traces back to a published rule.
Written after my own layoff, because everything I could find was either an advert or a blog post. If a number looks wrong, the methodology page shows the maths and the correction goes up publicly.
IRS Lump-sum withholding, Social Security and Medicare
Dept. of Labor Notice rules and health-coverage timelines
OPM Federal severance and RIF formulas
Your state agency Final-pay timing, benefit amounts and offsets
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