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Tax year 2026

All 50 states and D.C.

Choose a state for its calculator, tax rates and local taxes. The figure on each card is the take-home pay on an $85,000 salary for a single person.

Alabama$65,1112% to 5%Alaska$68,357No tax on wagesArizona$66,8962.5% flatArkansas$65,9702% to 3.7%California$64,0071% to 13.3%Colorado$65,2224.4% flatConnecticut$64,1282% to 6.99%Delaware$64,0192.2% to 6.6%District of Columbia$64,3714% to 10.75%Florida$68,628No tax on wagesGeorgia$65,1354.99% flatHawaii$63,5811.4% to 11%Idaho$65,2315.3% flatIllinois$64,5654.95% flatIndiana$66,1502.95% flatIowa$66,0493.8% flatKansas$64,6845.2% to 5.58%Kentucky$65,7703.5% flatLouisiana$66,4643% flatMaine$64,1435.8% to 9.15%Maryland$64,9562% to 6.5%Massachusetts$64,2075% to 9%Michigan$65,2664.25% flatMinnesota$63,9975.35% to 9.85%Mississippi$65,9604% flatMissouri$65,6392% to 4.7%Montana$65,1864.7% to 5.65%Nebraska$65,6402.46% to 4.55%Nevada$68,628No tax on wagesNew Hampshire$68,628No tax on wagesNew Jersey$64,8561.4% to 10.75%New Mexico$65,7931.5% to 5.9%New York$64,2363.9% to 10.9%North Carolina$65,7453.99% flatNorth Dakota$68,2511.95% to 2.5%Ohio$66,7272.75% flatOklahoma$65,3482.5% to 4.5%Oregon$62,1974.75% to 9.9%Pennsylvania$65,9593.07% flatRhode Island$65,1223.75% to 5.99%South Carolina$65,3071.99% to 5.21%South Dakota$68,628No tax on wagesTennessee$68,628No tax on wagesTexas$68,628No tax on wagesUtah$64,9494.45% flatVermont$65,5413.35% to 8.75%Virginia$64,5542% to 5.75%Washington$67,448No tax on wagesWest Virginia$65,6242.11% to 4.58%Wisconsin$65,0903.5% to 7.65%Wyoming$68,628No tax on wages

How state income taxes differ

9 states do not tax wages: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming.

15 states charge one flat rate: Arizona (2.5%), Colorado (4.4%), Georgia (4.99%), Idaho (5.3%), Illinois (4.95%), Indiana (2.95%), Iowa (3.8%), Kentucky (3.5%), Louisiana (3%), Michigan (4.25%), Mississippi (4%), North Carolina (3.99%), Ohio (2.75%), Pennsylvania (3.07%), Utah (4.45%).

The rest, and the District of Columbia, tax income in bands, with higher rates on higher income. The state income tax table sets all of them side by side, and the ranking shows where any salary goes furthest.

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