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The 15 US states where taxes take the most out of your paycheck

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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

Vicksburg, Mississippi
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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

Des Moines, Iowa
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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

West Virginia Capital Building.
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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

Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, is part of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.
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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

Cleveland, Ohio
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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

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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

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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

Chicago, Illinois
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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

A skyline view of Providence, Rhode Island
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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

Hartford, Connecticut
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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

Scholaroo ranked Minnesota as the best state in the U.S. for millennials.
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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

Vermont was one of the first to get the ball rolling last year with its Remote Worker Grant Program, offering individuals up to $10,000 over two years to move to the Green Mountain State.
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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

Paddleboarding across the harbor in Portland, Maine.
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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

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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

Statue of Liberty and New York City skyline.
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