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.
Source dates vary by dataset
Tax-record sample: 9 states; each card lists its exact home and income sample counts.
Texas
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$283,978
Avg Income
$80,374
Property-Tax Proxy
1.6%
Sales Tax
8.2%
423 cities tracked · 420 exact home estimates · 419 exact income estimates
Florida
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$388,905
Avg Income
$76,322
Property-Tax Proxy
0.86%
Sales Tax
7.0%
477 cities tracked · 477 exact home estimates · 477 exact income estimates
Washington
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$607,078
Avg Income
$102,372
Property-Tax Proxy
0.98%
Sales Tax
9.2%
195 cities tracked · 192 exact home estimates · 195 exact income estimates
Tennessee
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$312,747
Avg Income
$68,859
Property-Tax Proxy
0.66%
Sales Tax
9.6%
115 cities tracked · 115 exact home estimates · 115 exact income estimates
Nevada
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$440,991
Avg Income
$80,354
Property-Tax Proxy
0.53%
Sales Tax
8.2%
33 cities tracked · 33 exact home estimates · 33 exact income estimates
New Hampshire
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$458,573
Avg Income
$86,709
Property-Tax Proxy
1.86%
Sales Tax
0.0%
26 cities tracked · 26 exact home estimates · 26 exact income estimates
Alaska
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$339,388
Avg Income
$94,042
Property-Tax Proxy
1.04%
Sales Tax
1.8%
24 cities tracked · 24 exact home estimates · 24 exact income estimates
South Dakota
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$237,337
Avg Income
$70,292
Property-Tax Proxy
1.08%
Sales Tax
6.1%
19 cities tracked · 19 exact home estimates · 19 exact income estimates
Wyoming
No broad wage-income taxAvg Home
$337,924
Avg Income
$75,773
Property-Tax Proxy
0.55%
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.