With tax day behind us, US taxpayers should have a better idea of how much they contribute to their local, state, and federal governments through taxes.
Federal taxes apply nationwide, but local taxes like income, property, sales, and excise taxes — taxes paid by retailers and passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices — can add up differently in each state.
While some states have higher overall tax rates, tax burden measures how taxes compare to personal income in each state, or what share of their income residents of every state pay in taxes.
A WalletHub study ranked all US states by their tax burden on residents. The study used data from the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan DC-based think tank, on property taxes, individual income taxes, and sales and excise taxes as shares of personal income to calculate the tax burden of every US state.
“It’s easy to be dismayed at tax time when you see just how much of your income you lose,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo said in the study. “Living in a state with a low tax burden can alleviate some of that stress.”
Nine US states have no state income tax in 2026, while others, like California, have individual income tax rates of up to 13.3% according to the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan research think tank.
Five states also don’t have a state sales tax, according to the Tax Foundation. While Alaska residents may still pay up to 7.85% in local sales taxes, the other four states also have no local sales taxes in place.
See how every US state ranks by residents’ tax burden, according to WalletHub’s report.
50. Alaska
Alaska has the lowest tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 4.92%
Property tax burden: 3.32%
Sales and excise tax burden: 1.60%
Income tax burden: 0%
49. New Hampshire
New Hampshire has the lowest sales and excise tax burden in the US, but the third-highest property tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 5.38%
Property tax burden: 4.33%
Sales and excise tax burden: 0.91%
Income tax burden: 0.13%
While New Hampshire historically taxed dividend and interest income at a 3% rate, the tax was repealed in 2025, adding the state to the list of eight other US states that do not impose a state income tax.
48. Tennessee
Tennessee doesn’t have a state income tax, but its sales and excise tax burden ranks as the seventh highest in the country.
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Total tax burden: 6.21%
Property tax burden: 1.60%
Sales and excise tax burden: 4.61%
Income tax burden: 0%
47. Florida
Florida is one of nine US states with no state income tax.
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Total tax burden: 6.27%
Property tax burden: 2.52%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.74%
Income tax burden: 0%
46. Delaware
Delaware has the second-lowest sales and excise tax burden but the fourth-highest income tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 6.28%
Property tax burden: 1.67%
Sales and excise tax burden: 0.98%
Income tax burden: 3.62%
45. South Dakota
South Dakota doesn’t have a state income tax, but it has the 12th-highest tax burden in sales and excise taxes.
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Total tax burden: 6.38%
Property tax burden: 2.32%
Sales and excise tax burden: 4.06%
Income tax burden: 0%
44. Wyoming
Wyoming has the 10th-highest property tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 6.70%
Property tax burden: 3.42%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.28%
Income tax burden: 0%
43. North Dakota
North Dakota has the eighth-lowest tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 7.02%
Property tax burden: 2.23%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.91%
Income tax burden: 0.88%
42. Idaho
Idaho has the seventh-lowest property tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 7.04%
Property tax burden: 1.92%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.29%
Income tax burden: 1.84%
41. Oklahoma
Oklahoma has the fifth-lowest property tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 7.05%
Property tax burden: 1.78%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.50%
Income tax burden: 1.78%
40. Arizona
Arizona ranked 40th among all US states for its total tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 7.24%
Property tax burden: 1.95%
Sales and excise tax burden: 4.28%
Income tax burden: 1.01%
39. Montana
Montana has the 9th-highest income tax burden but the third-lowest sales and excise tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 7.29%
Property tax burden: 3.04%
Sales and excise tax burden: 1.20%
Income tax burden: 3.05%
38. South Carolina
South Carolina ranks 36th for its income tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 7.49%
Property tax burden: 2.56%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.07%
Income tax burden: 1.86%
37. Colorado
Colorado ranks 37th for total tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 7.56%
Property tax burden: 2.77%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.36%
Income tax burden: 1.43%
36. Texas
Although Texas doesn’t have a state income tax, its property tax burden ranks 9th highest in the country.
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Total tax burden: 7.69%
Property tax burden: 3.43%
Sales and excise tax burden: 4.27%
Income tax burden: 0%
35. North Carolina
North Carolina has the sixth-lowest property tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 7.81%
Property tax burden: 1.92%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.41%
Income tax burden: 2.49%
34. Missouri
Missouri ranks 35th for income tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 7.84%
Property tax burden: 2.35%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.11%
Income tax burden: 2.38%
33. Alabama
Alabama has the lowest property tax burden of all US states.
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Total tax burden: 7.93%
Property tax burden: 1.40%
Sales and excise tax burden: 4.36%
Income tax burden: 2.17%
32. Michigan
Michigan has the 16th-highest property tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 7.98%
Property tax burden: 2.99%
Sales and excise tax burden: 2.99%
Income tax burden: 2.00%
31. Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s sales and excise tax burden ranks 39th in the country.
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Total tax burden: 8.12%
Property tax burden: 2.84%
Sales and excise tax burden: 2.89%
Income tax burden: 2.39%
30. Georgia
Georgia ranks 30th overall for state tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 8.15%
Property tax burden: 2.68%
Sales and excise tax burden: 2.97%
Income tax burden: 2.51%
29. Nebraska
Nebraska has the ninth-lowest income tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 8.16%
Property tax burden: 3.22%
Sales and excise tax burden: 2.82%
Income tax burden: 2.11%
28. Virginia
Virginia has the ninth-lowest sales and excise tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 8.26%
Property tax burden: 2.92%
Sales and excise tax burden: 2.75%
Income tax burden: 2.58%
27. Nevada
Nevada has the second-highest sales and excise tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 8.37%
Property tax burden: 2.09%
Sales and excise tax burden: 6.28%
Income tax burden: 0%
26. Arkansas
Arkansas has the second-lowest property tax burden, but the 6th-highest sales and excise tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 8.44%
Property tax burden: 1.59%
Sales and excise tax burden: 5.04%
Income tax burden: 1.81%
25. Washington
Washington has the eighth-lowest income tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 8.47%
Property tax burden: 2.47%
Sales and excise tax burden: 5.87%
Income tax burden: 0.13%
24. Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has the 17th-highest income tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 8.47%
Property tax burden: 2.59%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.23%
Income tax burden: 2.65%
23. Kentucky
Kentucky has the eighth-highest income tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 8.76%
Property tax burden: 1.95%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.66%
Income tax burden: 3.15%
22. Louisiana
Louisiana has the fifth-highest sales and excise tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 8.82%
Property tax burden: 1.84%
Sales and excise tax burden: 5.25%
Income tax burden: 1.73%
21. Massachusetts
Massachusetts residents have the fifth-highest income tax burden and the fifth-lowest sales and excise tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 8.82%
Property tax burden: 3.33%
Sales and excise tax burden: 2.04%
Income tax burden: 3.45%
20. Mississippi
Mississippi has the 8th-highest sales and excise tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 8.84%
Property tax burden: 2.59%
Sales and excise tax burden: 4.60%
Income tax burden: 1.65%
19. Utah
Utah has the 12th-highest state income tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 8.87%
Property tax burden: 2.21%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.73%
Income tax burden: 2.92%
18. West Virginia
West Virginia has the 13th-highest income and sales and excise tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 8.89%
Property tax burden: 2.10%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.92%
Income tax burden: 2.87%
17. Connecticut
Connecticut has the 8th-highest property tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 9.00%
Property tax burden: 3.66%
Sales and excise tax burden: 2.65%
Income tax burden: 2.69%
16. Ohio
Ohio ranks 16th in the country for tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 9.05%
Property tax burden: 2.62%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.88%
Income tax burden: 2.54%
15. Minnesota
Minnesota has the 6th-highest income tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 9.08%
Property tax burden: 2.47%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.27%
Income tax burden: 3.34%
14. Indiana
Indiana has the 10th-highest income tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 9.12%
Property tax burden: 2.15%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.91%
Income tax burden: 3.05%
13. Kansas
Kansas ranks 13th highest in the country for its overall tax burden.
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Total tax burden: 9.20%
Property tax burden: 2.92%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.87%
Income tax burden: 2.40%
12. Iowa
Iowa has the 12th-highest property tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 9.21%
Property tax burden: 3.32%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.53%
Income tax burden: 2.36%
11. California
California has the 11th-highest individual income tax burden in the country.
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Total tax burden: 9.24%
Property tax burden: 2.89%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.32%
Income tax burden: 3.03%
10. Rhode Island
Rhode Island has the seventh-highest property tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 9.29%
Property tax burden: 3.67%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.47%
Income tax burden: 2.16%
9. Oregon
Oregon has the highest income tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 9.46%
Property tax burden: 2.96%
Sales and excise tax burden: 1.74%
Income tax burden: 4.76%
8. New Jersey
New Jersey has the second-highest property tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 9.52%
Property tax burden: 4.38%
Sales and excise tax burden: 2.72%
Income tax burden: 2.42%
7. Maryland
Maryland has the third-highest income tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 9.70%
Property tax burden: 2.54%
Sales and excise tax burden: 2.88%
Income tax burden: 4.28%
6. Illinois
Illinois has the sixth-highest property tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 9.92%
Property tax burden: 3.75%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.77%
Income tax burden: 2.40%
5. Maine
Maine residents pay the fifth-highest share of their income in property taxes.
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Total tax burden: 10.01%
Property tax burden: 3.95%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.35%
Income tax burden: 2.71%
4. New Mexico
New Mexico has the third-highest sales and excise tax burden in the country.
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Total tax burden: 10.75%
Property tax burden: 2.22%
Sales and excise tax burden: 6.28%
Income tax burden: 2.25%
3. Vermont
Vermont has the highest property tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 11.10%
Property tax burden: 4.89%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.46%
Income tax burden: 2.75%
2. New York
New York has the second-highest income tax burden in the US.
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Total tax burden: 12.39%
Property tax burden: 4.22%
Sales and excise tax burden: 3.53%
Income tax burden: 4.65%
1. Hawaii
Hawaii has the highest tax burden in the US, according to WalletHub’s report.
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Total tax burden: 13.30%
Property tax burden: 2.62%
Sales and excise tax burden: 7.48%
Income tax burden: 3.20%