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Tax heatmap Β· 2026

Income tax comparison across every state

A state-by-state heatmap of state income tax. Enter your income to see federal + state tax, and rank every state by what you’d keep.

Effective state tax rate
1.6%
7.9%
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Effective state tax rate
1.6%
7.9%

Gross employment income. Federal figures and the map update as you type.

Federal tax

Federal tax$5,620
Federal effective rate8.6%
Federal marginal rate12.0%
Every state ranked
Every state ranked by effective state tax rate, lowest to highest. Click a column to sort. Take-home pay is after federal, state, and payroll (FICA) tax; differences in take-home across states are mostly the state tax.
Alaska$54,408No taxNo tax1
Florida$54,408No taxNo tax1
Nevada$54,408No taxNo tax1
New Hampshire$54,408No taxNo tax1
North Dakota$54,4080.0%0.0%1
South Dakota$54,408No taxNo tax1
Tennessee$54,408No taxNo tax1
Texas$54,408No taxNo tax1
Washington$54,408No taxNo tax1
Wyoming$54,408No taxNo tax1
Ohio$53,3361.6%2.8%2
Arizona$53,1851.9%2.5%3
Louisiana$52,8442.4%3.0%4
New Mexico$52,5182.9%4.7%5
Arkansas$52,4613.0%3.7%6
Indiana$52,4902.9%2.9%6
Pennsylvania$52,4123.1%3.1%7
Rhode Island$52,3903.1%3.8%7
South Carolina$52,4133.1%5.2%7
Mississippi$52,3003.2%4.0%8
New Jersey$52,3093.2%5.5%8
North Carolina$52,3233.2%4.0%8
Wisconsin$52,2983.2%4.4%8
California$52,2803.3%8.0%9
Kentucky$52,2503.3%3.5%9
Missouri$52,2903.3%4.7%9
Vermont$52,2723.3%6.6%9
West Virginia$52,2283.4%4.6%10
Nebraska$52,1543.5%4.5%11
Montana$52,0963.6%5.7%12
Oklahoma$51,9833.7%4.5%13
Iowa$51,9383.8%3.8%14
Georgia$51,7634.1%5.0%15
Connecticut$51,5834.3%5.5%16
District of Columbia$51,6294.3%6.5%16
Michigan$51,6454.3%4.3%16
Colorado$51,5484.4%4.4%17
Maryland$51,5344.4%4.8%17
Minnesota$51,5114.5%6.8%18
New York$51,4954.5%5.4%18
Utah$51,5154.5%4.5%18
Virginia$51,4314.6%5.8%19
Alabama$51,3484.7%5.0%20
Delaware$51,3494.7%6.6%20
Maine$51,3134.8%6.8%21
Idaho$51,2174.9%5.3%22
Hawaii$51,1845.0%7.6%23
Illinois$51,1905.0%5.0%23
Massachusetts$51,1585.0%5.0%23
Kansas$51,0695.1%5.6%24
Oregon$49,2947.9%8.8%25