United States · 2026
Compare take-home pay by state
Federal income tax and FICA are the same everywhere in the country — what changes is each state's own income tax, from nothing at all to a top rate above 13%. Figures are shown natively in US dollars, not converted like the European side of Aftertax.
Ranked by take-home pay
Take-homeFederal, FICA & state tax
- 1Florida$50,390
- 2Nevada$50,390
- 3New Hampshire$50,390
- 4North Dakota$50,390
- 5South Dakota$50,390
- 6Tennessee$50,390
- 7Texas$50,390
- 8Wyoming$50,390
- 9Alaska$50,119
- 10Washington$49,558
- 11Ohio$49,522
- 12Arizona$49,199
- 13Louisiana$48,976
- 14Vermont$48,814
- 15Iowa$48,762
- 16New Mexico$48,736
- 17Mississippi$48,722
- 18Utah$48,656
- 19Indiana$48,650
- 20Nebraska$48,540
- 21Wisconsin$48,531
- 22Missouri$48,507
- 23Pennsylvania$48,506
- 24North Carolina$48,505
- 25West Virginia$48,425
- 26Kentucky$48,408
- 27Montana$48,327
- 28Connecticut$48,315
- 29Arkansas$48,263
- 30Oklahoma$48,236
- 31Colorado$48,194
- 32New Jersey$48,179
- 33Rhode Island$48,097
- 34Michigan$48,091
- 35Idaho$48,063
- 36California$47,961
- 37South Carolina$47,947
- 38Washington, D.C.$47,937
- 39Maryland$47,904
- 40Georgia$47,899
- 41Kansas$47,842
- 42Virginia$47,754
- 43Alabama$47,655
- 44Minnesota$47,569
- 45Illinois$47,565
- 46Delaware$47,497
- 47New York$47,457
- 48Massachusetts$47,334
- 49Maine$47,222
- 50Hawaii$47,060
- 51Oregon$45,610
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Every state, plus DC
All 50 states and the District of Columbia, from the nine with no income tax at all to California and New Jersey's double-digit top rates.
- AlabamaProgressive
- AlaskaNo tax
- ArizonaFlat tax
- ArkansasProgressive
- CaliforniaProgressive
- ColoradoFlat tax
- ConnecticutProgressive
- DelawareProgressive
- FloridaNo tax
- GeorgiaFlat tax
- HawaiiProgressive
- IdahoFlat tax
- IllinoisFlat tax
- IndianaFlat tax
- IowaFlat tax
- KansasProgressive
- KentuckyFlat tax
- LouisianaFlat tax
- MaineProgressive
- MarylandProgressive
- MassachusettsProgressive
- MichiganFlat tax
- MinnesotaProgressive
- MississippiProgressive
- MissouriProgressive
- MontanaProgressive
- NebraskaProgressive
- NevadaNo tax
- New HampshireNo tax
- New JerseyProgressive
- New MexicoProgressive
- New YorkProgressive
- North CarolinaFlat tax
- North DakotaProgressive
- OhioProgressive
- OklahomaProgressive
- OregonProgressive
- PennsylvaniaFlat tax
- Rhode IslandProgressive
- South CarolinaProgressive
- South DakotaNo tax
- TennesseeNo tax
- TexasNo tax
- UtahFlat tax
- VermontProgressive
- VirginiaProgressive
- WashingtonNo tax
- Washington, D.C.Progressive
- West VirginiaProgressive
- WisconsinProgressive
- WyomingNo tax