{"id":1064,"date":"2026-03-16T15:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:21:09","slug":"states-with-the-highest-and-lowest-income-tax-overall-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/states-with-the-highest-and-lowest-income-tax-overall-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"STATES WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST INCOME TAX OVERALL RATES!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Taxes never feel so burdensome as during tax season, which runs for another month in 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">And if you\u00a0happen to\u00a0live in Oregon, you\u00a0may be\u00a0feeling that burden more than most.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Oregon has the highest\u00a0effective\u00a0tax\u00a0rate\u00a0of any state, according to\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/financebuzz.com\/tax-rate-by-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">report<\/a>\u00a0from the personal finance site\u00a0FinanceBuzz, which uses median income and state and federal tax rates to measure the total average tax\u00a0rate\u00a0in\u00a0all 50\u00a0states.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/profile.usatoday.com\/newsletters\/daily-briefing\/?utm_source=syndication&amp;utm_medium=microsoftnews&amp;utm_campaign=dailybriefing&amp;utm_content=inlinearticle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">day smyour inbox each morning.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The lowest overall tax rate\u00a0is in Florida,\u00a0FinanceBuzz\u00a0found, followed by Nevada:\u00a0two states with no income tax.<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-read-break\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The report illustrates how tax rates and incomes interact.\u00a0States with the highest effective tax rates tend to have higher tax rates and\u00a0larger median incomes. States with the lowest tax rates\u00a0generally have\u00a0no income tax and lower incomes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image-slot image-slot-placeholder\" data-doc-id=\"cms\/api\/amp\/image\/AA1YJqVS\">\n<div class=\"article-image-slot\">\n<div class=\"article-image-container polished\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;OpenModal&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:8,&quot;c.i&quot;:&quot;AA1YIYSJ&quot;,&quot;c.l&quot;:false,&quot;c.t&quot;:13,&quot;c.v&quot;:&quot;finance&quot;,&quot;c.c&quot;:&quot;personalfinance&quot;,&quot;c.b&quot;:&quot;USA TODAY&quot;,&quot;c.bi&quot;:&quot;AAnTEc&quot;,&quot;c.tv&quot;:&quot;finance&quot;,&quot;c.tc&quot;:&quot;economy&quot;,&quot;c.hl&quot;:&quot;These states have the highest and lowest income tax rates for 2026&quot;}\" data-test-id=\"AA1YJqVS\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"article-image-height-wrapper expandable article-image-height-wrapper-new\" data-customhandled=\"true\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;OpenModalButton&quot;,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.i&quot;:&quot;AA1YIYSJ&quot;,&quot;c.l&quot;:false,&quot;c.t&quot;:13,&quot;c.v&quot;:&quot;finance&quot;,&quot;c.c&quot;:&quot;personalfinance&quot;,&quot;c.b&quot;:&quot;USA TODAY&quot;,&quot;c.bi&quot;:&quot;AAnTEc&quot;,&quot;c.tv&quot;:&quot;finance&quot;,&quot;c.tc&quot;:&quot;economy&quot;,&quot;c.hl&quot;:&quot;These states have the highest and lowest income tax rates for 2026&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image article-image-ux-impr article-image-new expandable\" title=\"map visualization\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1YJqVS.img?w=534&amp;h=432&amp;m=6\" alt=\"map visualization\" \/><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-caption-container image-caption-container-ux-impr articlewc-image-caption-container\"><span class=\"image-caption\">map visualization<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">An \u201ceffective\u201d tax rate is the percentage of annual income that you pay as tax: total tax divided by income.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading article-sub-heading\">Oregon, Massachusetts have the highest overall tax rates<\/h2>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Oregonians have a\u00a0relatively high\u00a0median income, $65,249\u00a0for individual taxpayers. Based on that income, and\u00a0relatively high\u00a0state taxes, the typical Oregonian faces a total tax burden of $15,925, or 24.4% of their income, the report found.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The\u00a0February\u00a0report looks at tax\u00a0rates in every state for 2025, estimating what the typical individual and married couple will\u00a0owe\u00a0in taxes\u00a0with the returns they file in 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">For simplicity\u2019s sake,\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0focus mostly on individual tax rates.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Massachusetts has the second-highest\u00a0individual\u00a0tax burden: $18,538 in total tax, or 23.5% of the median individual income in that state, $78,811.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">\u201cMassachusetts has one of the, if not the highest median incomes of any state in the country, which puts them into the highest tax bracket,\u201d said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/financebuzz.com\/authors\/josh-koebert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Josh Koebert<\/a>, data scientist and researcher at\u00a0FinanceBuzz.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">\u201cOregon, on the other hand, is at the top because they just have remarkably higher state taxes than anyone else,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Oregon\u2019s effective state tax rate is 7.9% for an individual filer with a median income, the report found.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0nearly three\u00a0percentage points higher than the next-highest\u00a0effective\u00a0state tax rate, 5.1%, for Hawaii.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading article-sub-heading\">Florida, Nevada have the lowest tax rates<\/h2>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Florida has the lowest individual tax\u00a0rate. With a median income of $54,375 and no state taxes, the typical Floridian will pay $8,557 in tax, or 15.7% of their income.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The second-lowest tax burden falls on Nevada. That state, too, has no income tax,\u00a0but\u00a0the median income is\u00a0a bit\u00a0higher than Florida\u2019s at $54,796.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">For married couples, oddly enough, the lowest overall tax rate is not in Florida or Nevada, but in Tennessee. The median income for married couples is $105,402 in that state. With no state income tax, the total average tax burden for married couples there is 15.7%.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/politics\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0campaigned on tax cuts. In\u00a0response, a round of \u201ctax competition\u201d has broken out in the states,\u00a0especially\u00a0among\u00a0those led by Republicans,\u00a0according to the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Eight states\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/personalfinance\/2026\/01\/10\/eight-states-lower-income-tax-rates-2026\/88087832007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">lowered their income tax rates<\/a>\u00a0in 2026, the Tax Foundation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/research\/all\/state\/2026-state-tax-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">reports<\/a>.\u00a0Ohio introduced\u00a0a flat\u00a0tax, joining 14 other flat-tax states, another trend.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">\u201cA lot of states are going to flat taxes to try to simplify things,\u201d\u00a0Koebert\u00a0said. \u201cThey\u2019re making it easier for everyone to understand what they owe on their state taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">The\u00a0FinanceBuzz\u00a0analysis uses median income data from the U.S. Census and\u00a0determines\u00a0state-level tax\u00a0rates based on state and federal tax codes for 2025.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading article-sub-heading\">These states have the highest overall tax rates<\/h2>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Here are the 10 states with the highest\u00a0effective individual tax rates:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Oregon: With a median income of $65,249 and an effective state tax rate of 7.9%, Oregon has a total effective tax rate of 24.4%<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Massachusetts: Median income of $78,811. Effective state tax rate of 4.7%. Total effective tax rate of 23.5%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Maryland: Median income of $74,296. Effective state tax rate of 4.3%. Total effective tax rate of 22.4%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">New York: Median income of $70,122. State tax rate of 4.6%. Total tax rate of 22.1%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">New Jersey: Median income of $73,606. State tax rate of 3.4%. Total tax rate of 21.5%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Minnesota: Median income of $66,826. State tax rate of 4.6%. Total tax rate of 21.4%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Virginia: Median income of $67,034. State tax rate of 4.5%. Total tax rate of 21.4%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Illinois: Median income of $65,318. State tax rate of 4.7%. Total tax rate of 21.3%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Hawaii: Median income of $60,531. State tax rate of 5.1%. Total tax rate of 21.2%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Colorado: Median income of $71,700. State tax rate of 3.4%. Total tax rate of 21.16%.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading article-sub-heading\">. . . And these states have the lowest tax rates<\/h2>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">And here are the 10 states with the lowest effective individual tax rates:<\/p>\n<div class=\"intra-article-module-bottom-slot\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;intraArticle&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13}\"><\/div>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Florida: Median income of $54,375. No state\u00a0income\u00a0tax. Total tax rate of 15.7%<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Nevada: Median income of $54,796. No state tax. Total tax rate of 15.77%<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Tennessee: Median income of $55,245. No state tax. Total tax rate of 15.8%<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">South Dakota: Median income of $55,597. No state tax. Total tax rate of 15.82%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Wyoming: Median income of $56,994. No state tax. Total tax rate of 15.9%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Texas: Median income of $58,229. No state tax. Total tax rate of 16%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">North Dakota: Median income of $60,086. No state tax. Total tax rate of 16.1%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Alaska: Median income of $66,828. No state tax. Total tax rate of 16.9%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">New Hampshire: Median income of $69,187. No state tax. Total tax rate of 17.3%.<\/li>\n<li data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Louisiana: Median income of $52,496. State tax rate of 2.3%. Total tax rate of 17.9%.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taxes never feel so burdensome as during tax season, which runs for another month in 2026. And if you\u00a0happen to\u00a0live in Oregon, you\u00a0may be\u00a0feeling that burden more than most. Oregon has the highest\u00a0effective\u00a0tax\u00a0rate\u00a0of any state, according to\u00a0a\u00a0report\u00a0from the personal finance site\u00a0FinanceBuzz, which uses median income and state and federal tax rates to measure the total [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1065,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions\/1065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}