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Allentown City School District local income tax, 2026

On $60,000 in the Allentown City School District, local tax is $1,237 a year: 1.975% earned income tax ($1,185) plus the $52 Local Services Tax.

For a single filer who lives and works in the same municipality: earned income tax (EIT) on wages, including 401(k) contributions, plus the Local Services Tax (LST). Lehigh County.

Tax year 2026. Rates checked ; page updated .

Local income tax per paycheck, Allentown City School District

$47.58

$1,237.00 a year in local tax, 2.06% of gross pay.

Local income tax per paycheck and per year
LinePer paycheckPer year
Earned Income Tax (resident rate, Allentown City + Allentown City School District) (1.975%)$45.58$1,185.00
Local Services Tax$2.00$52.00
Total local tax$47.58$1,237.00

At least one PA rate has not been confirmed by a second source (DCED register only).

Act 32: the employer withholds the higher of your resident rate and the work location's nonresident rate.

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Rates in each Allentown City School District municipality

Earned income tax and LST by municipality, Allentown City School District
MunicipalityResident EITNonresident EITLSTTax on $60,000Status
Allentown City1.975%1.28%$52 (waived under $12,000)$1,237Single official source

Resident EIT = municipal share + Allentown City School District share (0.5% for the district). Nonresident EIT is what the municipality charges people who work there but live elsewhere. PSD codes for your employer: Allentown City 390101.

All of these rates come from a single official source, the state's Act 32 register (DCED); no independent tax-collector list covered them.

Living here vs working here

  • Where you live sets your EIT rate: 1.975% in the Allentown City School District (0.5% school district share plus each municipality's own share), on all your wages wherever you work in Pennsylvania.
  • Where you work can raise it, never lower it: your employer withholds the higher of your resident rate and the work municipality's nonresident rate (Act 32). The Allentown City School District's municipalities charge nonresidents 1.28%.
  • The LST follows your job: $52 a year in the Allentown City School District's municipalities, charged by where you work and split across paychecks; waived below $12,000 in earnings where adopted.

Worked example. You live in Allentown City (1.975% resident EIT) and earn $60,000. Working in Allentown City, you pay $1,237 a year. Working in Chapman Borough (1% nonresident EIT, None LST), you pay $1,185: Earned Income Tax (resident rate, Allentown City + Allentown City School District) $1,185. Your resident rate is at least as high as Chapman Borough's nonresident rate, so your EIT does not change.

Local tax in Allentown City at other salaries

Local tax at other salaries
SalaryEIT + LST a yearShare of pay
$30,000$644.502.15%
$45,000$940.752.09%
$60,000$1,2372.06%
$80,000$1,6322.04%
$100,000$2,0272.03%
$150,000$3,014.502.01%

School districts nearest to the Allentown City School District

Distance between the districts' municipality centers; ranges cover each district's municipalities, for someone who lives and works in the same municipality.

Nearby school districts
School districtCountyDistanceResident EITLSTTax on $60,000
Salisbury Township School DistrictLehigh3 mi1%$52$652
Parkland School DistrictLehigh4 mi1% to 1.975%$52$652 to $1,237
Catasauqua Area School DistrictLehigh, Northampton4 mi1%$10 to $52$610 to $652
Whitehall-Coplay School DistrictLehigh5 mi1% to 1.5%$10 to $52$610 to $952
East Penn School DistrictLehigh6 mi1% to 1.15%$52$652 to $742
Bethlehem Area School DistrictNorthampton, Lehigh7 mi1%$52$652
Southern Lehigh School DistrictLehigh7 mi1% to 1.1%$52$652 to $712
Saucon Valley School DistrictNorthampton8 mi1%$52$652
Northampton Area School DistrictNorthampton10 mi1.2% to 1.45%$0 to $52$720 to $922
Quakertown Comm School DistrictBucks12 mi1.5% to 1.75%$0 to $52$900 to $1,050
Northern Lehigh School DistrictLehigh, Northampton13 mi1%$10 to $52$610 to $652
Northwestern Lehigh School DistrictLehigh13 mi1% to 1.175%$10 to $52$610 to $715

Sources and verification

  1. Pennsylvania DCED, Act 32 EIT/LST register (current rates with collector)
  2. DCED: PSD codes and EIT rates

Tax collector: Berkheimer Tax Administrator. Register last updated for these municipalities: June 12, 2026.

Rates as of reporting year 2026 (current values as published on retrieval date); checked . "Verified" means a second, independent publisher shows the same rate; "single official source" means only the official register lists it so far, so confirm with the tax collector before relying on it. See how local rates are checked.