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Where each city and state stands on state income tax, top rate

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State income tax, top rate, cities 107 cities · lowest first
PlaceState income tax, top rateAs of
1stLas Vegas0%2026
1stNashville0%2026
1stJacksonville0%2026
1stDallas, Texas0%2026
1stChattanooga0%2026
1stTampa0%2026
1stAustin0%2026
1stReno0%2026
1stKnoxville0%2026
1stSarasota0%2026
1stMemphis0%2026
1stHouston, Texas0%2026
1stMiami0%2026
1stOrlando, Florida0%2026
1stSan Antonio, Texas0%2026
1stJacksonville, Florida0%2026
1stMcAllen0%2026
1stEl Paso0%2026
1stCape Coral0%2026
1stLakeland0%2026
1stDaytona Beach0%2026
1stMelbourne0%2026
23rdTucson2.5%2026
23rdPhoenix2.5%2026
25thCincinnati2.8%2026
25thColumbus2.8%2026
25thCleveland2.8%2026
25thDayton2.8%2026
25thAkron2.8%2026
25thToledo2.8%2026
31stIndianapolis3%2026
32ndNew Orleans3%2026
32ndBaton Rouge3%2026
34thPittsburgh3.1%2026
34thPhiladelphia3.1%2026
34thAllentown3.1%2026
34thHarrisburg3.1%2026
38thLouisville3.5%2026
39thDes Moines3.8%2026
40thLittle Rock3.9%2026
40thFayetteville, Arkansas3.9%2026
42ndAsheville4%2026
42ndRaleigh4%2026
42ndCharlotte, NC4%2026
42ndGreensboro4%2026
42ndWinston-Salem4%2026
42ndDurham4%2026
48thJackson, Mississippi4%2026
49thDetroit4.3%2026
49thGrand Rapids4.3%2026
51stDenver4.4%2026
51stColorado Springs4.4%2026
53rdOklahoma City4.5%2026
53rdSalt Lake City4.5%2026
53rdTulsa4.5%2026
53rdProvo4.5%2026
53rdOgden4.5%2026
58thOmaha4.6%2026
59thKansas City4.7%2026
59thSt. Louis4.7%2026
61stChicago5%2026
62ndHuntsville, AL5%2026
62ndBirmingham5%2026
64thSavannah5.2%2026
64thAtlanta, Georgia5.2%2026
64thAugusta, Georgia5.2%2026
67thBoise, Idaho5.3%2026
68thWichita5.6%2026
69thRichmond5.8%2026
69thVirginia Beach5.8%2026
71stAlbuquerque5.9%2026
72ndProvidence6%2026
73rdGreenville, SC6%2026
73rdCharleston6%2026
73rdColumbia, South Carolina6%2026
76thBaltimore6.5%2026
77thHartford7%2026
77thBridgeport7%2026
77thNew Haven7%2026
80thPortland, Maine7.2%2026
81stMilwaukee7.7%2026
81stMadison7.7%2026
83rdVancouver, Washington9%2026
83rdSeattle9%2026
83rdBoston9%2026
83rdSpokane9%2026
83rdWorcester9%2026
88thMinneapolis9.9%2026
89thPortland9.9%2026
90thWashington DC10.8%2026
91stNew York10.9%2026
91stBuffalo10.9%2026
91stRochester, New York10.9%2026
91stAlbany10.9%2026
91stPoughkeepsie10.9%2026
91stSyracuse10.9%2026
97thHonolulu11%2026
98thSan Jose, California13.3%2026
98thSacramento13.3%2026
98thLos Angeles, California13.3%2026
98thSan Francisco13.3%2026
98thRiverside13.3%2026
98thSan Diego13.3%2026
98thFresno13.3%2026
98thBakersfield13.3%2026
98thOxnard13.3%2026
98thStockton13.3%2026
State income tax, top rate, states 49 states · lowest first
PlaceState income tax, top rateAs of
1stNew Hampshire0%2026
1stSouth Dakota0%2026
1stFlorida0%2026
1stTennessee0%2026
1stNevada0%2026
1stWyoming0%2026
1stTexas0%2026
1stAlaska0%2026
9thNorth Dakota2.5%2026
9thArizona2.5%2026
11thOhio2.8%2026
12thIndiana3%2026
13thLouisiana3%2026
14thPennsylvania3.1%2026
15thKentucky3.5%2026
16thIowa3.8%2026
17thArkansas3.9%2026
18thNorth Carolina4%2026
19thMississippi4%2026
20thMichigan4.3%2026
21stColorado4.4%2026
22ndOklahoma4.5%2026
22ndUtah4.5%2026
24thNebraska4.6%2026
25thMissouri4.7%2026
26thWest Virginia4.8%2026
27thIllinois5%2026
28thAlabama5%2026
29thGeorgia5.2%2026
30thIdaho5.3%2026
31stKansas5.6%2026
32ndMontana5.7%2026
33rdVirginia5.8%2026
34thNew Mexico5.9%2026
35thRhode Island6%2026
36thSouth Carolina6%2026
37thMaryland6.5%2026
38thDelaware6.6%2026
39thConnecticut7%2026
40thMaine7.2%2026
41stWisconsin7.7%2026
42ndVermont8.8%2026
43rdMassachusetts9%2026
43rdWashington9%2026
45thMinnesota9.9%2026
46thNew Jersey10.8%2026
47thNew York10.9%2026
48thHawaii11%2026
49thCalifornia13.3%2026
Cite this

The Honest Local, Income tax across America, every city and state on one map, September 2026, https://thehonestlocal.com/map/state_income_tax_top_rate

Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Data last moved September 22, 2026. Each number's source and period sit on its ranking page, one click from its rank.

Sources and method

The map reads the same tables as every ranking on this site: the live tape (Zillow, realtor.com by way of FRED, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, AAA, AirNow, MERIC, the Census Bureau, the FBI, the EIA, the BEA), and The Honest Local's own scores (Sunshine, Heat, Cold, Snow, Clean Air, Bad Air, Disaster, Safety, Affordability), each a blend of at least two public sources. Cities and states rank on separate lists. A place with no reading is left grey rather than estimated.