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Tax year 2026

State Income Tax on $50,000 — Every State Ranked (2026)

A single filer earning $50,000 pays nothing in 9 jurisdictions and up to $3,538 in Oregon — a spread of $3,538 a year on identical income. The median jurisdiction charges $1,444.

Lowest
$0
9 jurisdictions
Cheapest taxing state
$0
North Dakota
Median
$1,444
of all 51
Average where tax applies
$1,596
42 taxing jurisdictions
Highest
$3,538
Oregon

Where $50,000 is taxed hardest

State income tax owed on $50,000, single filer, 2026LowerHighertax owed
Alaska: $0AK$0Maine: $1,697ME$1,697Vermont: $1,231VT$1,231New Hampshire: $0NH$0Washington: $0WA$0Idaho: $1,797ID$1,797Montana: $1,593MT$1,593North Dakota: $0ND$0Minnesota: $1,877MN$1,877Illinois: $2,330IL$2,330Wisconsin: $1,577WI$1,577Michigan: $1,874MI$1,874Oregon: $3,538OR$3,538Nevada: $0NV$0Wyoming: $0WY$0South Dakota: $0SD$0Iowa: $1,248IA$1,248Indiana: $1,446IN$1,446Ohio: $938OH$938Pennsylvania: $1,535PA$1,535New Jersey: $1,215NJ$1,215New York: $2,103NY$2,103Connecticut: $1,325CT$1,325Massachusetts: $2,280MA$2,280Rhode Island: $1,258RI$1,258California: $1,040 (tax year 2025 figures)CA$1,040TY2025Utah: $1,666UT$1,666Colorado: $1,492CO$1,492Nebraska: $1,395NE$1,395Missouri: $1,413MO$1,413Kentucky: $1,632KY$1,632West Virginia: $1,444WV$1,444Virginia: $2,061VA$2,061Maryland: $2,011MD$2,011Delaware: $2,098DE$2,098Arizona: $856AZ$856New Mexico: $1,184NM$1,184Kansas: $1,990KS$1,990Arkansas: $1,362AR$1,362Tennessee: $0TN$0North Carolina: $1,486NC$1,486South Carolina: $1,000SC$1,000District of Columbia: $1,900DC$1,900Oklahoma: $1,705OK$1,705Louisiana: $1,114LA$1,114Mississippi: $1,268MS$1,268Alabama: $2,260AL$2,260Georgia: $1,747GA$1,747Hawaii: $2,025HI$2,025Texas: $0TX$0Florida: $0FL$0

California: tax year 2025 figures. The California amounts shown here are the 2025 brackets, standard deduction and exemptions, published for 2026 because California has not yet published its 2026 inflation-indexed brackets, standard deduction or exemption credits. The 2026 Form 540-ES instructions confirm the structure for 2026 — nine brackets from 1% to 12.3% plus the 1% Behavioral Health Services Tax above $1,000,000 — and direct taxpayers to the 2025 standard deduction and exemption credit amounts in the meantime. Source: California Franchise Tax Board, 2025 California Tax Rate Schedules (Form 540 booklet), verified .

The ten most expensive states at this income

Highest state income tax on $50,000, 2026
Oregon: $3,538Oregon$3,538Illinois: $2,330Illinois$2,330Massachusetts: $2,280Massachusetts$2,280Alabama: $2,260Alabama$2,260New York: $2,103New York$2,103Delaware: $2,098Delaware$2,098Virginia: $2,061Virginia$2,061Hawaii: $2,025Hawaii$2,025Maryland: $2,011Maryland$2,011Kansas: $1,990Kansas$1,990

All 51 jurisdictions ranked

Lowest tax first. Difference columns compare each jurisdiction with the cheapest and with the median.

State income tax owed on $50,000 by a single filer, 2026
#JurisdictionState taxEffective ratevs median
1Alaska$00.00%−$1,444
2Florida$00.00%−$1,444
3Nevada$00.00%−$1,444
4New Hampshire$00.00%−$1,444
5North Dakota$00.00%−$1,444
6South Dakota$00.00%−$1,444
7Tennessee$00.00%−$1,444
8Texas$00.00%−$1,444
9Washington$00.00%−$1,444
10Wyoming$00.00%−$1,444
11Arizona$8561.71%−$588
12Ohio$9381.88%−$506
13South Carolina$1,0002.00%−$445
14California2025 brackets$1,0402.08%−$405
15Louisiana$1,1142.23%−$330
16New Mexico$1,1842.37%−$260
17New Jersey$1,2152.43%−$229
18Vermont$1,2312.46%−$213
19Iowa$1,2482.50%−$196
20Rhode Island$1,2582.52%−$186
21Mississippi$1,2682.54%−$176
22Connecticut$1,3252.65%−$119
23Arkansas$1,3622.72%−$82
24Nebraska$1,3952.79%−$49
25Missouri$1,4132.83%−$31
26West Virginia$1,4442.89%$0
27Indiana$1,4462.89%+$1
28North Carolina$1,4862.97%+$42
29Colorado$1,4922.98%+$48
30Pennsylvania$1,5353.07%+$91
31Wisconsin$1,5773.15%+$133
32Montana$1,5933.19%+$149
33Kentucky$1,6323.26%+$188
34Utah$1,6663.33%+$222
35Maine$1,6973.39%+$253
36Oklahoma$1,7053.41%+$260
37Georgia$1,7473.49%+$302
38Idaho$1,7973.59%+$353
39Michigan$1,8743.75%+$430
40Minnesota$1,8773.75%+$433
41District of Columbia$1,9003.80%+$456
42Kansas$1,9903.98%+$546
43Maryland$2,0114.02%+$567
44Hawaii$2,0254.05%+$581
45Virginia$2,0614.12%+$617
46Delaware$2,0984.20%+$654
47New York$2,1034.21%+$659
48Alabama$2,2604.52%+$816
49Massachusetts$2,2804.56%+$836
50Illinois$2,3304.66%+$886
51Oregon$3,5387.08%+$2,094

California: tax year 2025 figures. The California amounts shown here are the 2025 brackets, standard deduction and exemptions, published for 2026 because California has not yet published its 2026 inflation-indexed brackets, standard deduction or exemption credits. The 2026 Form 540-ES instructions confirm the structure for 2026 — nine brackets from 1% to 12.3% plus the 1% Behavioral Health Services Tax above $1,000,000 — and direct taxpayers to the 2025 standard deduction and exemption credit amounts in the meantime. Source: California Franchise Tax Board, 2025 California Tax Rate Schedules (Form 540 booklet), verified .

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California: tax year 2025 figures. The California amounts shown here are the 2025 brackets, standard deduction and exemptions, published for 2026 because California has not yet published its 2026 inflation-indexed brackets, standard deduction or exemption credits. The 2026 Form 540-ES instructions confirm the structure for 2026 — nine brackets from 1% to 12.3% plus the 1% Behavioral Health Services Tax above $1,000,000 — and direct taxpayers to the 2025 standard deduction and exemption credit amounts in the meantime. Source: California Franchise Tax Board, 2025 California Tax Rate Schedules (Form 540 booklet), verified .

Figures are computed from each state's published 2026 rate schedule using the method in our methodology. Jurisdictions whose 2026 data we could not verify against a primary source are excluded rather than estimated. Where a state has not yet published its 2026 figures, its last verified schedule is carried forward and labelled as that year beside every figure it produces.