Where are NFL players taxed?

I believe their game pay is taxed at the rate of the state where each game is played.

Not sure it makes a big difference in Harper case. California has the 5th highest state and local tax rate. Pennsylvania is 11th, so not a huge difference.

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Pennsylvania is 11th, so not a huge difference.

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This is incorrect.

PA has an across the board 3% state income tax rate foo all earners in PA.

CA has a 13% State max rate that would apply to Harper. It’s acrually 9% if you are single and make just $56,000 and if you are married then you and your spouse can still be in the 9% bracket if your household income doesn’t exceed $112,000.

It is estimated that by Harper signing with Philly, he will save approximately $50,000,000 in taxes over the life of this contract, as opposed to signing a similar deal in CA.


In CA, you factor in 81 home games in CA. You also factor that some of his away games are also in CA against the Angels and:or Dodgers.


He made the right move.

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PA has an across the board 3% state income tax rate foo all earners in PA.

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But, Philadelphia has it's own tax - as does every other jurisdiction in the state of Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia tax is 3.8809%. See Page 3.

But, the above poster is correct in that Pennsylvania/Philadelphia will only be taxing 1/2 of Bryce's wages at 6.8907. The other 1/2 will be taxed in the jurisdictions in which the Phillies play.

I did read an article recently where one athlete has challenged the way states tax an athlete's income. I can't remember who it was. However, the prevailing rule of thump is that each game is taxed based upon the total of games played. So, if Bryce plays 6 games in N.Y., then N.Y. taxes 6/162 of Bryce's salary.

The player who challenged this "rule" is arguing that it should not be done on a game-by-game basis but rather on a total time worked basis.

So, all the time put in training - especially Spring Training should also count. So, instead of Pennsylvania getting 81/162 and N.Y. getting 6/162, some time should be allocated to Florida for Spring Training. Of course, Florida has no state income tax so all of that could go untaxed -- although the player's home state (in this Bryce's case you'd have to think this is Pennsylvania although even that could be challenged) might want to tax it all and give Bryce a credit for taxes paid in other states.

It's actually a very interesting topic.