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Tax year 2026

State Income Tax on $75,000 — Every State Ranked (2026)

A single filer earning $75,000 pays nothing in 9 jurisdictions and up to $5,726 in Oregon — a spread of $5,726 a year on identical income. The median jurisdiction charges $2,550.

Lowest
$0
9 jurisdictions
Cheapest taxing state
$182
North Dakota
Median
$2,550
of all 51
Average where tax applies
$2,806
42 taxing jurisdictions
Highest
$5,726
Oregon

Where $75,000 is taxed hardest

State income tax owed on $75,000, single filer, 2026LowerHighertax owed
Alaska: $0AK$0Maine: $3,385ME$3,385Vermont: $2,426VT$2,426New Hampshire: $0NH$0Washington: $0WA$0Idaho: $3,122ID$3,122Montana: $2,877MT$2,877North Dakota: $182ND$182Minnesota: $3,577MN$3,577Illinois: $3,568IL$3,568Wisconsin: $2,944WI$2,944Michigan: $2,937MI$2,937Oregon: $5,726OR$5,726Nevada: $0NV$0Wyoming: $0WY$0South Dakota: $0SD$0Iowa: $2,198IA$2,198Indiana: $2,183IN$2,183Ohio: $1,626OH$1,626Pennsylvania: $2,303PA$2,303New Jersey: $2,596NJ$2,596New York: $3,453NY$3,453Connecticut: $2,550CT$2,550Massachusetts: $3,530MA$3,530Rhode Island: $2,196RI$2,196California: $2,775 (tax year 2025 figures)CA$2,775TY2025Utah: $3,103UT$3,103Colorado: $2,592CO$2,592Nebraska: $2,533NE$2,533Missouri: $2,588MO$2,588Kentucky: $2,507KY$2,507West Virginia: $2,546WV$2,546Virginia: $3,498VA$3,498Maryland: $3,199MD$3,199Delaware: $3,609DE$3,609Arizona: $1,481AZ$1,481New Mexico: $2,359NM$2,359Kansas: $3,385KS$3,385Arkansas: $2,287AR$2,287Tennessee: $0TN$0North Carolina: $2,484NC$2,484South Carolina: $2,657SC$2,657District of Columbia: $3,500DC$3,500Oklahoma: $2,830OK$2,830Louisiana: $1,864LA$1,864Mississippi: $2,268MS$2,268Alabama: $3,510AL$3,510Georgia: $2,994GA$2,994Hawaii: $3,896HI$3,896Texas: $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 $75,000, 2026
Oregon: $5,726Oregon$5,726Hawaii: $3,896Hawaii$3,896Delaware: $3,609Delaware$3,609Minnesota: $3,577Minnesota$3,577Illinois: $3,568Illinois$3,568Massachusetts: $3,530Massachusetts$3,530Alabama: $3,510Alabama$3,510District of Columbia: $3,500District of Columbia$3,500Virginia: $3,498Virginia$3,498New York: $3,453New York$3,453

All 51 jurisdictions ranked

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

State income tax owed on $75,000 by a single filer, 2026
#JurisdictionState taxEffective ratevs median
1Alaska$00.00%−$2,550
2Florida$00.00%−$2,550
3Nevada$00.00%−$2,550
4New Hampshire$00.00%−$2,550
5South Dakota$00.00%−$2,550
6Tennessee$00.00%−$2,550
7Texas$00.00%−$2,550
8Washington$00.00%−$2,550
9Wyoming$00.00%−$2,550
10North Dakota$1820.24%−$2,368
11Arizona$1,4811.98%−$1,069
12Ohio$1,6262.17%−$924
13Louisiana$1,8642.48%−$686
14Indiana$2,1832.91%−$367
15Rhode Island$2,1962.93%−$354
16Iowa$2,1982.93%−$352
17Mississippi$2,2683.02%−$282
18Arkansas$2,2873.05%−$263
19Pennsylvania$2,3033.07%−$247
20New Mexico$2,3593.15%−$191
21Vermont$2,4263.23%−$124
22North Carolina$2,4843.31%−$66
23Kentucky$2,5073.34%−$43
24Nebraska$2,5333.38%−$17
25West Virginia$2,5463.39%−$4
26Connecticut$2,5503.40%$0
27Missouri$2,5883.45%+$38
28Colorado$2,5923.46%+$42
29New Jersey$2,5963.46%+$46
30South Carolina$2,6573.54%+$107
31California2025 brackets$2,7753.70%+$225
32Oklahoma$2,8303.77%+$280
33Montana$2,8773.84%+$327
34Michigan$2,9373.92%+$387
35Wisconsin$2,9443.92%+$394
36Georgia$2,9943.99%+$444
37Utah$3,1034.14%+$553
38Idaho$3,1224.16%+$572
39Maryland$3,1994.27%+$649
40Maine$3,3854.51%+$835
41Kansas$3,3854.51%+$835
42New York$3,4534.60%+$903
43Virginia$3,4984.66%+$948
44District of Columbia$3,5004.67%+$950
45Alabama$3,5104.68%+$960
46Massachusetts$3,5304.71%+$980
47Illinois$3,5684.76%+$1,018
48Minnesota$3,5774.77%+$1,027
49Delaware$3,6094.81%+$1,059
50Hawaii$3,8965.20%+$1,346
51Oregon$5,7267.63%+$3,176

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.