9 States with No Income Tax
These states do not apply a broad state tax to wage income in this model. Federal, payroll, local, investment, property, and sales taxes still apply or vary.
1 source baseline is past its update cadence — newer official vintage not reflected
2026 edition with per-field Tax Foundation vintages: income tax (tax year 2026), sales tax (midyear 2026), and property-tax proxy (Tax Foundation 2026 edition, based on 2024 ACS). Tax-record sample: 9 states; each card lists its exact home and income sample counts.
Texas
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$319,777
Avg Income
$82,640
Property-Tax Proxy
1.4%
Sales Tax
8.2%
429 cities tracked · 426 exact home estimates · 425 exact income estimates
Florida
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$408,005
Avg Income
$78,999
Property-Tax Proxy
0.78%
Sales Tax
7.0%
482 cities tracked · 481 exact home estimates · 482 exact income estimates
Washington
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$637,539
Avg Income
$106,306
Property-Tax Proxy
0.75%
Sales Tax
9.6%
194 cities tracked · 191 exact home estimates · 194 exact income estimates
Tennessee
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$343,350
Avg Income
$71,067
Property-Tax Proxy
0.52%
Sales Tax
9.6%
115 cities tracked · 115 exact home estimates · 115 exact income estimates
Nevada
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$477,826
Avg Income
$83,020
Property-Tax Proxy
0.5%
Sales Tax
8.2%
34 cities tracked · 33 exact home estimates · 34 exact income estimates
New Hampshire
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$502,354
Avg Income
$90,976
Property-Tax Proxy
1.5%
Sales Tax
0.0%
26 cities tracked · 26 exact home estimates · 26 exact income estimates
Alaska
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$379,852
Avg Income
$97,449
Property-Tax Proxy
0.94%
Sales Tax
1.8%
24 cities tracked · 24 exact home estimates · 24 exact income estimates
South Dakota
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$319,820
Avg Income
$74,052
Property-Tax Proxy
1%
Sales Tax
6.1%
19 cities tracked · 19 exact home estimates · 19 exact income estimates
Wyoming
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$454,018
Avg Income
$75,392
Property-Tax Proxy
0.53%
Sales Tax
5.4%
17 cities tracked · 17 exact home estimates · 17 exact income estimates
Important: No broad state wage-income tax does not mean zero tax or a lower total tax bill. Property, sales, payroll, local, and investment taxes are separate; the rates shown here are state-level planning context, not an individual calculation.