Tax by State
Compare income tax rates across all 50 US states for the 2025 tax year. Find out which states have no income tax, flat rates, or progressive brackets.
9
States with no income tax
14
States with flat tax rates
28
States with progressive brackets
Which states have no income tax?
9 states have no individual income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. None of them withholds state income tax from wages or salary, so the state line on a paycheck earned there is $0. Federal income tax and FICA still apply, and you can still owe income tax to another state you work in or move from part-way through the year.
The other 42 jurisdictions — 14 flat-rate states and 28 with progressive brackets, including the District of Columbia — all tax wage income. The table below lists the rate range for every one of them.
New Hampshire counts now
New Hampshire has no income tax on an individual's reported W-2 wages, and its Interest & Dividends tax — 3% in its final year — was repealed for taxable periods beginning after December 31, 2024. From the 2025 tax year onward the state taxes no individual income at all, which is why older lists still show only eight no-income-tax states.
Washington taxes capital gains
No tax on wages, but Washington levies a 7% excise tax on long-term capital gains above a standard deduction of $278,000 for 2025, plus an additional 2.9% on gains over $1 million. A separate 9.90% tax on individual income above a $1,000,000 deduction was enacted in 2026 and takes effect January 1, 2028.
Tennessee's Hall tax is gone
Tennessee has no tax on wages either. Its Hall income tax on interest and dividends was phased down and set to 0% for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, so nothing remains of it today.
No income tax is not the same as low tax. These states raise the money elsewhere — Washington's Department of Revenue points to its business & occupation tax and retail sales and use tax in place of an income tax, and sales, property and severance taxes carry more of the load across the group. Compare the whole bill, not just the income line: compare two states side by side or check property tax and sales tax.
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Need the exact bracket thresholds first? Browse 2025 state tax bracket pages for every income-tax state and DC.