tax rate comparison

Tax Rate Comparison by State: What Movers Need to Know

A state's headline income-tax rate doesn't determine your actual tax bill; the full mix of income, sales, property, and local taxes, weighted to your spending and assets, matters more. Nationwide, the average state-local tax burden was 11.2% of state income in fiscal year 2022, a more useful starting benchmark than an income-tax rate alone. The popular advice to move somewhere without an income tax skips the household calculation. A family buying an expensive home and a family renting mode