State rankings
Every state on the same footing: the same salary, the same tax rules and county costs averaged by population.
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Take-Home Pay by State
What a $60,000 and a $100,000 salary leave after federal, Social Security, Medicare and state income tax in every state.
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Where $60,000 Goes Furthest
States ranked by what a $60,000 salary leaves after taxes, rent, food, home energy and gasoline.
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Rent by State
HUD one-bedroom Fair Market Rent and Census median rent in every state, cheapest first.
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Property Tax by State
Census median property tax, home value and the ratio of the two, highest first.
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States With No Income Tax
The nine states that do not tax wages: take-home pay, rent and what is left over.
Compare neighboring states
Pick two states that share a border to see taxes, rent and what a $60,000 salary leaves in each.
- Alabama vs. Florida
- Alabama vs. Georgia
- Alabama vs. Mississippi
- Alabama vs. Tennessee
- Arizona vs. California
- Arizona vs. Nevada
- Arizona vs. New Mexico
- Arizona vs. Utah
- Arkansas vs. Louisiana
- Arkansas vs. Mississippi
- Arkansas vs. Missouri
- Arkansas vs. Oklahoma
- Arkansas vs. Tennessee
- Arkansas vs. Texas
- California vs. Nevada
- California vs. Oregon
- Colorado vs. Kansas
- Colorado vs. Nebraska
- Colorado vs. New Mexico
- Colorado vs. Oklahoma
- Colorado vs. Utah
- Colorado vs. Wyoming
- Connecticut vs. Massachusetts
- Connecticut vs. New York
- Connecticut vs. Rhode Island
- Delaware vs. Maryland
- Delaware vs. New Jersey
- Delaware vs. Pennsylvania
- District of Columbia vs. Maryland
- District of Columbia vs. Virginia
- Florida vs. Georgia
- Georgia vs. North Carolina
- Georgia vs. South Carolina
- Georgia vs. Tennessee
- Idaho vs. Montana
- Idaho vs. Nevada
- Idaho vs. Oregon
- Idaho vs. Utah
- Idaho vs. Washington
- Idaho vs. Wyoming
- Illinois vs. Indiana
- Illinois vs. Iowa
- Illinois vs. Kentucky
- Illinois vs. Missouri
- Illinois vs. Wisconsin
- Indiana vs. Kentucky
- Indiana vs. Michigan
- Indiana vs. Ohio
- Iowa vs. Minnesota
- Iowa vs. Missouri
- Iowa vs. Nebraska
- Iowa vs. South Dakota
- Iowa vs. Wisconsin
- Kansas vs. Missouri
- Kansas vs. Nebraska
- Kansas vs. Oklahoma
- Kentucky vs. Missouri
- Kentucky vs. Ohio
- Kentucky vs. Tennessee
- Kentucky vs. Virginia
- Kentucky vs. West Virginia
- Louisiana vs. Mississippi
- Louisiana vs. Texas
- Maine vs. New Hampshire
- Maryland vs. Pennsylvania
- Maryland vs. Virginia
- Maryland vs. West Virginia
- Massachusetts vs. New Hampshire
- Massachusetts vs. New York
- Massachusetts vs. Rhode Island
- Massachusetts vs. Vermont
- Michigan vs. Ohio
- Michigan vs. Wisconsin
- Minnesota vs. North Dakota
- Minnesota vs. South Dakota
- Minnesota vs. Wisconsin
- Mississippi vs. Tennessee
- Missouri vs. Nebraska
- Missouri vs. Oklahoma
- Missouri vs. Tennessee
- Montana vs. North Dakota
- Montana vs. South Dakota
- Montana vs. Wyoming
- Nebraska vs. South Dakota
- Nebraska vs. Wyoming
- Nevada vs. Oregon
- Nevada vs. Utah
- New Hampshire vs. Vermont
- New Jersey vs. New York
- New Jersey vs. Pennsylvania
- New Mexico vs. Oklahoma
- New Mexico vs. Texas
- New York vs. Pennsylvania
- New York vs. Vermont
- North Carolina vs. South Carolina
- North Carolina vs. Tennessee
- North Carolina vs. Virginia
- North Dakota vs. South Dakota
- Ohio vs. Pennsylvania
- Ohio vs. West Virginia
- Oklahoma vs. Texas
- Oregon vs. Washington
- Pennsylvania vs. West Virginia
- South Dakota vs. Wyoming
- Tennessee vs. Virginia
- Utah vs. Wyoming
- Virginia vs. West Virginia