Source: WalletHub
Overall Rank
(1=Highest)
 
State Total Tax Burden
(%)
 
Property Tax Burden
(%)
 
Individual Income Tax Burden
(%)
 
Total Sales & Excise Tax Burden
(%)
 
1 New York 12.28% 4.44%
(6)
4.40%
(1)
3.44%
(26)
2 Hawaii 11.48% 2.34%
(38)
2.78%
(10)
6.36%
(1)
3 Vermont 10.73% 5.12%
(2)
2.28%
(25)
3.33%
(28)
4 Maine 10.57% 4.60%
(4)
2.47%
(18)
3.50%
(24)
5 Minnesota 10.19% 2.94%
(23)
3.61%
(4)
3.64%
(20)
6 Connecticut 9.99% 4.19%
(7)
3.09%
(8)
2.71%
(40)
7 New Jersey 9.88% 5.01%
(3)
2.40%
(21)
2.47%
(43)
8 Rhode Island 9.84% 4.55%
(5)
2.21%
(29)
3.08%
(33)
9 Illinois 9.62% 4.13%
(8)
1.91%
(33)
3.58%
(21)
10 Iowa 9.53% 3.47%
(15)
2.54%
(16)
3.52%
(22)
11 Maryland 9.34% 2.66%
(31)
3.91%
(3)
2.77%
(39)
12 Ohio 9.34% 2.82%
(27)
2.58%
(15)
3.94%
(17)
13 California 9.27% 2.68%
(30)
3.56%
(5)
3.03%
(34)
14 Louisiana 9.15% 2.06%
(43)
1.44%
(39)
5.65%
(4)
15 Wisconsin 9.12% 3.38%
(16)
2.75%
(11)
2.99%
(36)
16 Nebraska 9.10% 3.85%
(10)
2.28%
(25)
2.97%
(37)
17 West Virginia 9.06% 2.46%
(35)
2.60%
(14)
4.00%
(16)
17 Mississippi 9.06% 2.78%
(29)
1.65%
(36)
4.63%
(7)
19 Arkansas 8.98% 1.81%
(48)
2.24%
(27)
4.93%
(6)
20 Kansas 8.83% 3.17%
(18)
1.65%
(36)
4.01%
(15)
21 Kentucky 8.80% 2.05%
(44)
3.23%
(6)
3.52%
(22)
22 Massachusetts 8.76% 3.60%
(13)
3.17%
(7)
1.99%
(45)
23 Utah 8.75% 2.39%
(37)
2.69%
(12)
3.67%
(19)
24 New Mexico 8.74% 1.99%
(45)
1.61%
(38)
5.14%
(5)
25 Pennsylvania 8.53% 2.86%
(25)
2.51%
(17)
3.16%
(32)
26 Colorado 8.40% 2.83%
(26)
2.22%
(28)
3.35%
(27)
27 Nevada 8.39% 2.17%
(42)
0.00%
(44)
6.22%
(2)
28 Oregon 8.34% 3.09%
(20)
4.20%
(2)
1.05%
(50)
29 Washington 8.32% 2.59%
(34)
0.00%
(44)
5.73%
(3)
30 Michigan 8.27% 3.06%
(21)
2.18%
(30)
3.03%
(34)
31 Arizona 8.25% 2.61%
(33)
1.39%
(40)
4.25%
(9)
32 Texas 8.20% 3.95%
(9)
0.00%
(44)
4.25%
(9)
33 North Carolina 8.17% 2.20%
(41)
2.66%
(13)
3.31%
(29)
34 North Dakota 8.06% 3.16%
(19)
0.81%
(41)
4.09%
(12)
35 Indiana 8.01% 2.30%
(40)
2.01%
(31)
3.70%
(18)
36 Georgia 7.98% 2.63%
(32)
2.38%
(22)
2.97%
(37)
37 Idaho 7.93% 2.44%
(36)
2.31%
(24)
3.18%
(31)
38 Virginia 7.93% 3.00%
(22)
2.80%
(9)
2.13%
(44)
39 Missouri 7.90% 2.31%
(39)
2.38%
(22)
3.21%
(30)
40 South Dakota 7.86% 3.33%
(17)
0.00%
(44)
4.53%
(8)
41 South Carolina 7.48% 2.88%
(24)
1.98%
(32)
2.62%
(42)
42 Alabama 7.36% 1.43%
(50)
1.88%
(34)
4.05%
(13)
43 Montana 7.22% 3.51%
(14)
2.47%
(18)
1.24%
(47)
44 Oklahoma 6.94% 1.65%
(49)
1.79%
(35)
3.50%
(24)
45 New Hampshire 6.85% 5.57%
(1)
0.08%
(42)
1.20%
(48)
46 Florida 6.82% 2.79%
(28)
0.00%
(44)
4.03%
(14)
47 Wyoming 6.47% 3.81%
(11)
0.00%
(44)
2.66%
(41)
48 Tennessee 6.18% 1.92%
(46)
0.08%
(42)
4.18%
(11)
49 Delaware 5.52% 1.85%
(47)
2.47%
(18)
1.20%
(48)
50 Alaska 5.16% 3.71%
(12)
0.00%
(44)
1.45%
(46)