Multiple Jobs Worksheet Tab
Use the Multiple Jobs Worksheet if you choose the option in Step 2(b) on Form W-4.
Complete this worksheet (which calculates the total extra tax for all jobs) on only one Form W-4. Withholding will be most accurate if you enter the result on the Form W-4 for the highest paying job.
Multiple Jobs Worksheet
If you choose the option in Step 2(b) on Form W-4, complete this worksheet (which calculates the total extra tax for all jobs) on only ONE Form W-4. Withholding will be most accurate if you complete the worksheet and enter the result on the Form W-4 for the highest paying job. To be accurate, submit a new Form W-4 for all other jobs if you have not updated your withholding since 2019.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| 1. Two jobs. If you have two jobs or you're married filing jointly and you and your spouse each have one job, find the amount from the appropriate table on page 4 of Form W-4. Using the "Higher Paying Job" row and the "Lower Paying Job" column, find the value at the intersection of the two household salaries and enter that value on line 1. Then skip to line 3 | .
If employee has two jobs or is married filing jointly and employee's spouse also works, the amount determined from the appropriate table on page 4 of Form W-4 must be entered in this field. |
2. Three jobs.
If you and/or your spouse have three jobs at the same time, complete lines 2a, 2b, and 2c below. Otherwise skip to line 3.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| 2a; a. Find the amount from the appropriate table on page 4 of Form W-4 using the annual wages from the highest paying job in the "Higher Paying Job" row and the annual wages for your next highest paying job in the "Lower Paying Job" column. Find the value at the intersection of the two household salaries and enter that value on line 2a. |
Enter the amount from the appropriate table on page 4 of Form W-4 using the annual wages from the highest paying job in the "Higher Paying Job" row and the annual wages of employee's next highest paying job in the "Lower Paying Job" column. |
| 2b; b. Add the annual wages of the two highest paying jobs from line 2a together and use the total as the wages in the "Higher Paying Job" row and use the annual wages for your third job in the "Lower Paying Job" column to find the amount from the appropriate table on page 4 of Form W-4 and enter on line 2b. |
Enter the sum of the annual wages of the two highest paying jobs from line 2a will be used as the wages in the "Higher Paying Job" row and the annual wages for employee's third job should be used in the "Lower Paying Job" column to find the amount from the appropriate table on page 4 of Form W-4. |
| 2c; c. Add the amounts from lines 2a and 2b. |
If employee and/or employee's spouse have three jobs at the same time, lines 2a and 2b must be completed. This non-editable field displays the sum of 2a and 2b. |
| 3; 3. Number of pay periods per year for the highest paying job. Enter the number of pay periods per year for the highest paying job. For example, if that job pays weekly, enter 52; if it pays every other week, enter 26; if it pays monthly, enter 12, etc. |
Enter the number of pay periods per year for the highest paying job in this field. |
| 4; 4. Divide the annual amount on line 1 or 2 by the number of pay periods on line 3. This is the additional amount entered on Step 4(c) of Form W-4 for the highest paying job (along with any other additional amount you want withheld). |
This non-editable field displays the quotient of the annual amount on line 1 or 2 by the number of pay periods on line 3. |
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Calculate | Click this button to compute additional withholding amount and populate the corresponding fields on Form W-4. |