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Middletown Area School District local income tax, 2026

On $60,000 in the Middletown Area School District, local tax is $1,060 to $1,102 a year, depending on which of its 3 municipalities you live in. In Middletown Borough it is $1,102 (1.75% EIT plus $52 LST).

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). Dauphin County.

Tax year 2026. Rates checked ; page updated .

Local income tax per paycheck, Middletown Area School District

$42.38

$1,102.00 a year in local tax, 1.84% of gross pay.

Local income tax per paycheck and per year
LinePer paycheckPer year
Earned Income Tax (resident rate, Middletown Borough + Middletown Area School District) (1.75%)$40.38$1,050.00
Local Services Tax$2.00$52.00
Total local tax$42.38$1,102.00

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 Middletown Area School District municipality

Earned income tax and LST by municipality, Middletown Area School District
MunicipalityResident EITNonresident EITLSTTax on $60,000Status
Lower Swatara Township1.75%1%$52 (waived under $12,000)$1,102Single official source
Middletown Borough1.75%0.5%$52 (waived under $12,000)$1,102Single official source
Royalton Borough1.75%1%$10 (waived under $12,000)$1,060Single official source

Resident EIT = municipal share + Middletown Area School District share (1.25% for the district). Nonresident EIT is what the municipality charges people who work there but live elsewhere. PSD codes for your employer: Lower Swatara Township 220601, Middletown Borough 220602, Royalton Borough 220603.

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: 1.75% in the Middletown Area School District (1.25% 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 Middletown Area School District's municipalities charge nonresidents 0.5% to 1%.
  • The LST follows your job: $10 to $52 a year in the Middletown Area 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 Middletown Borough (1.75% resident EIT) and earn $60,000. Working in Middletown Borough, you pay $1,102 a year. Working in Harrisburg City (1% nonresident EIT, $156 (waived under $24,500) LST), you pay $1,206: Earned Income Tax (resident rate, Middletown Borough + Middletown Area School District) $1,050; Local Services Tax $156. Your resident rate is at least as high as Harrisburg City's nonresident rate, so your EIT does not change.

Local tax in Middletown Borough at other salaries

Local tax at other salaries
SalaryEIT + LST a yearShare of pay
$30,000$5771.92%
$45,000$839.501.87%
$60,000$1,1021.84%
$80,000$1,4521.82%
$100,000$1,8021.8%
$150,000$2,6771.78%

School districts nearest to the Middletown Area 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
Steelton-Highspire School DistrictDauphin4 mi1%$52$652
Lower Dauphin School DistrictDauphin5 mi1%$10 to $52$610 to $652
Derry Township School DistrictDauphin6 mi1%$52$652
West Shore School DistrictCumberland, York7 mi1.45% to 1.55%$0 to $52$870 to $982
Elizabethtown Area School DistrictLancaster8 mi1%$0 to $52$600 to $652
Northeastern York County School DistrictYork9 mi1%$0 to $52$600 to $652
Harrisburg City School DistrictDauphin9 mi2%$156$1,356
Central Dauphin School DistrictDauphin10 mi2%$0 to $52$1,200 to $1,252
Camp Hill School DistrictCumberland10 mi2%$52$1,252
Susquehanna Township School DistrictDauphin11 mi1%$52$652
Palmyra Area School DistrictLebanon11 mi1%$52$652
East Pennsboro Area School DistrictCumberland12 mi1.6%$52$1,012

Sources and verification

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

Tax collector: Keystone Collections Group. Register last updated for these municipalities: June 26, 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.