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Income Tax Rates by State


               
2026 Jan 8, 2:37pm   179 views  14 comments

by Patrick   follow (59)  

Because it has recently become important to me.

Alaska – 0%
Florida – 0%
Nevada – 0%
South Dakota – 0%
Tennessee – 0%
Texas – 0%
Washington – 0%
Wyoming – 0%
New Hampshire – 0% on wages (taxes only interest/dividends)

States with the lowest top marginal income tax rates (among taxing states)
State Top Marginal Rate
North Dakota 2.5%
Arizona 2.5%
Indiana 3.0%
Louisiana 3.0%
Pennsylvania 3.07% (flat)
Ohio 3.5%
Iowa 3.8%
Arkansas 3.9%
Kentucky 4.0%
Colorado 4.4% (flat)
Mississippi 4.4%
Michigan 4.3%
Oklahoma 4.8%
West Virginia 4.8%
Utah 4.6%
Illinois 4.95% (flat)
Massachusetts 5.0% (flat)
Alabama 5.0%
Nebraska 5.2%
Georgia 5.4%
Maryland 5.75%
Virginia 5.75%
New Mexico 5.9%
Montana 5.9%
Rhode Island 6.0%
South Carolina 6.2%
Delaware 6.6%
Connecticut 6.99%

States with the highest top marginal income tax rates
State Top Marginal Rate
Minnesota 9.9%
Oregon 9.9%
Massachusetts (in some high brackets) 9.0%
New Jersey 10.75%
District of Columbia 10.8%
New York 10.9%
Hawaii 11.0%
California 13.3% (highest)

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1   Patrick   2026 Jan 8, 2:46pm  

States will decide for themselves if you are a resident and deserved to be taxed by them, using:

Where you sleep most
Where your spouse lives
Where your personal belongings are
Where doctors, clubs, churches are
Where you vote
Where cars are registered
Where your primary home is

You do not have to spend all your time in the new state — but you must:
Spend more time there than anywhere else
Spend less than ~45–60 days/year in CA/NY (practical safe zone)

Low-tax states require:
Physical presence
Proof of habitation
Local ties

High-tax states require:
Proof you actually left

People lose because they:

Keep their old home
Keep doctors & social life
Keep returning “for a bit”
Underestimate digital trails
Believe tax-planner myths
California in particular has a dedicated residency audit unit.

To gain low-tax residency:
Physically relocate
Buy or rent a real home
Change driver’s license
Register vehicles
Move voter registration
Change doctors & banks
Update estate documents
Sever social & business ties
Spend minimal time in former state

States look at cell phone pings, credit card swipes, flight records, tolls.


So all your digital activity is used to spy on you.
2   stfu   2026 Jan 8, 4:21pm  

NC has a flat 3.99% rate, down from 4.25% last year. I didn't see it in the list.
3   clambo   2026 Jan 8, 4:31pm  

I have already saved over $35,000 in California taxes since becoming a Florida resident in December 2020.
4   GreaterNYCDude   2026 Jan 8, 6:27pm  

We have many snow birds who register their cars in FL and maintain a FL primary address for tax purposes. They winter down south then live up north during the summer.
5   Patrick   2026 Jan 8, 6:31pm  

stfu says


NC has a flat 3.99% rate, down from 4.25% last year. I didn't see it in the list.


Good point, it's missing. The list was from ChatGPT, which seems to have failed there.
6   Patrick   2026 Jan 8, 6:32pm  

And Alaska has a negative income tax, iirc.

They pay you to live there, from oil revenue.
7   declarethecauses   2026 Jan 8, 6:56pm  

Starting this year, Ohio has a flat 2.75% tax rate and the first $26K is excluded, which is nice. But Ohio is also one of the few states with municipal taxes on wages, typically 2.5%.
8   Ceffer   2026 Jan 8, 7:15pm  

My wife has a friend who is retired/teacher's union. She and her husband have had a house in Nevada going on 20 years and declare NV residence, even though it is obvious they live in an owned home in California, all for the tax dodges. They are mostly just in California because my wife sees her friend all the time at the health club.

They have never been audited or caught over it. They have zombie ranches in NV that exist with PO Boxes for fake residency for both companies and for residents. I had another neighbor who did it, NV license plates etc., claimed they were NV residents because he had a biological implant company. They have concierge services that fake your residence presence and create records for you when you aren't there.
9   Patrick   2026 Jan 8, 7:26pm  

Patrick says

California in particular has a dedicated residency audit unit.



10   ForcedTQ   2026 Jan 8, 8:53pm  

declarethecauses says

Starting this year, Ohio has a flat 2.75% tax rate and the first $26K is excluded, which is nice. But Ohio is also one of the few states with municipal taxes on wages, typically 2.5%.

Still less than stupid CA taxes….
11   declarethecauses   2026 Jan 9, 6:15am  

Still less than stupid CA taxes….
Everything is less than stupid CA taxes. I wouldn’t live there unless I were homeless or too wealthy to care. It’s almost as if the state wants you in one category or the other.
12   RWSGFY   2026 Jan 9, 7:30am  

ForcedTQ says

declarethecauses says


Starting this year, Ohio has a flat 2.75% tax rate and the first $26K is excluded, which is nice. But Ohio is also one of the few states with municipal taxes on wages, typically 2.5%.

Still less than stupid CA taxes….


Yeah, but you'd have to actually live in Ohio.
13   FortWayneHatesRealtors   2026 Jan 9, 7:37am  

RWSGFY says

ForcedTQ says


declarethecauses says



Starting this year, Ohio has a flat 2.75% tax rate and the first $26K is excluded, which is nice. But Ohio is also one of the few states with municipal taxes on wages, typically 2.5%.

Still less than stupid CA taxes….



Yeah, but you'd have to actually live in Ohio.


Everyone loves low tax areas until they have to live there.
14   Al_Sharpton_for_President   2026 Jan 9, 8:51am  

And so it begins...

Ferguson backs income tax on WA residents earning over $1M

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ferguson-backs-income-tax-wa-231005302.html

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