The amount individuals pay in taxes each year varies based on how much you earn, what kinds of property you own and how you spend and save your money. But where you live plays a role as well.
Each state's tax burden reveals the proportion of total personal income that residents must pay toward state and local taxes, which can vary wildly from place to place. To determine which states carry the highest tax burdens, WalletHub compared property taxes, individual income taxes and sales and excise taxes as a share of personal income for all 50 U.S. states.
Here are the 15 states where residents must put the highest proportions of their paychecks towards taxes.
14. TIE: Mississippi
Total tax burden: 9.32 percent
Property tax burden: 2.8 percent
Individual income tax burden: 1.72 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 4.8 percent
14. TIE: Iowa
Total tax burden: 9.32 percent
Property tax burden: 3.43 percent
Individual income tax burden: 2.5 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 3.39 percent
13. West Virginia
Total tax burden: 9.4 percent
Property tax burden: 2.43 percent
Individual income tax burden: 2.87 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 4.1 percent
12. Maryland
Total tax burden: 9.45 percent
Property tax burden: 2.77 percent
Individual income tax burden: 3.92 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 2.76 percent
11. Ohio
Total tax burden: 9.48 percent
Property tax burden: 2.9 percent
Individual income tax burden: 2.71 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 3.87 percent
10. California
Total tax burden: 9.57 percent
Property tax burden: 2.66 percent
Individual income tax burden: 3.65 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 3.26 percent
9. New Jersey
Total tax burden: 10.02 percent
Property tax burden: 5.12 percent
Individual income tax burden: 2.46 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 2.44 percent
8. Illinois
Total tax burden: 10.08 percent
Property tax burden: 4.11 percent
Individual income tax burden: 2.44 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 3.53 percent
7. Rhode Island
Total tax burden: 10.14 percent
Property tax burden: 4.7 percent
Individual income tax burden: 2.31 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 3.13 percent
6. Connecticut
Total tax burden: 10.19 percent
Property tax burden: 4.17 percent
Individual income tax burden: 3.34 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 2.68 percent
5. Minnesota
Total tax burden: 10.37 percent
Property tax burden: 3 percent
Individual income tax burden: 3.7 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 3.67 percent
4. Vermont
Total tax burden: 10.94 percent
Property tax burden: 5.2 percent
Individual income tax burden: 2.32 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 3.42 percent
3. Maine
Total tax burden: 11.02 percent
Property tax burden: 4.8 percent
Individual income tax burden: 2.69 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 3.53 percent
2. Hawaii
Total tax burden: 11.57 percent
Property tax burden: 2.2 percent
Individual income tax burden: 2.85 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 6.52 percent
1. New York
Total tax burden: 13.04 percent
Property tax burden: 4.62 percent
Individual income tax burden: 4.78 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 3.64 percent
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