Moving from Pennsylvania to New York
At $100,000 a single filer pays $1,790 a year for moving from Pennsylvania to New York — $149 a month. Pennsylvania charges $3,070 at that income and New York charges $4,860, an effective 3.07% against 4.86%.
The gap is not constant. At $50,000 it is $568; at $500,000 it is $15,737. Pennsylvania is a flat-rate state and New York is graduated, which is why the gap widens as income rises.
The move priced at every income
State income tax in both jurisdictions for tax year 2026, at the standard tiers. Change the filing status to see how the answer moves.
| Income | Pennsylvania tax | New York tax | Change per year | Change per month | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $1,535 | $2,103 | +$568 | +$47 | 3.07% → 4.21% |
| $75,000 | $2,303 | $3,453 | +$1,151 | +$96 | 3.07% → 4.60% |
| $100,000 | $3,070 | $4,860 | +$1,790 | +$149 | 3.07% → 4.86% |
| $150,000 | $4,605 | $7,810 | +$3,205 | +$267 | 3.07% → 5.21% |
| $250,000 | $7,675 | $13,962 | +$6,287 | +$524 | 3.07% → 5.58% |
| $500,000 | $15,350 | $31,087 | +$15,737 | +$1,311 | 3.07% → 6.22% |
Want a figure for your own income? Open this pair in the moving calculator, which also takes Maryland county and New York City local taxes.
Both states at $100,000
Pennsylvania (leaving)
$100,000 · Single · TY2026New York (arriving)
$100,000 · Single · TY2026How many people make this move
23,152 people moved from Pennsylvania to New York in 2024, give or take 3,265 — the American Community Survey is a sample, and its margin of error on a flow this size is wide. That makes it the 34th busiest of the 40 routes this site covers.
The traffic runs both ways: 29,274 people moved the other way, from New York to Pennsylvania, in the same year. That is a net 6,122 toward Pennsylvania. The return trip has its own page: moving from New York to Pennsylvania.
Movers: U.S. Census Bureau, Table 1. State-to-State Migration Flows: 2024 (American Community Survey 1-year estimates) (retrieved 2026-09-19). Universe: population 1 year and over in the united states. Tax figures are computed from each state's own rate schedule and are unrelated to this dataset.
What else changes between Pennsylvania and New York
Local income tax. Both Pennsylvania and New York have localities that levy their own income tax on top of the state figures above. See what they cost.
Capital gains. A long-term gain meets a top rate of 3.07% in Pennsylvania and 10.90% in New York.
Pennsylvania, today: Pennsylvania's own PIT Guide puts it in one line: "Pennsylvania makes no provision for capital gains. There are no provisions for long-term and short-term gains." Net gains from the disposition of property are simply one of Pennsylvania's eight classes of income, taxed at the flat 3.07%.
New York, after the move: New York taxes a capital gain at the ordinary rates, up to 10.9%. There is no preferential rate and no general exclusion. Compare every state.
Retirement income. New York: Social Security and Tier 1 railroad retirement benefits may be excluded from New York adjusted gross income to the extent they are included in federal AGI. Compare every state.
Direction of travel. Pennsylvania's top rate has not moved since 2021. New York's top rate has risen 2.08 points since 2021. Pennsylvania history · New York history.
What this does not answer
State income tax only. Property tax, sales tax and housing costs usually matter more to a moving decision than the figures on this page, and none of them is here.
A full year in each state. In the year you move you will normally file part-year returns in both, splitting the income between them, so neither column is what you will actually pay that year.
Rates are tax year 2026. Sources: Pennsylvania Department of Revenue and New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. How we verify this data · Disclaimer