What each state taxes from your paycheck

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Annual income

Effective rate by state

Darker means a bigger share of income goes to state income tax. The color scale stays fixed across incomes. Hover or tap a state for detail.

How the rate climbs with income

Each row is a state. Dots mark the effective rate at the six incomes; a long line means a steeply progressive system, a single dot means a flat tax. Sorted by the income you picked. New York State and New York City (state + city tax) are shaded.

Every state, side by side

Effective rates at each income, the tax bill at the income you picked, and the deductions applied. Click a header to sort.

What “effective rate” means. State income tax owed divided by total income, for a single filer in 2026.

Method. Rates and brackets are the Tax Foundation’s 2026 single-filer schedules (as of January 1, 2026). Taxable income is income minus each state’s standard deduction and personal exemption; each marginal rate applies to the slice of income in its bracket; flat per-filer credits are subtracted.

High-income recapture. New York takes back the benefit of its lower brackets from high earners, so above about $265K they pay their top bracket rate on all taxable income (2026 Form IT-2105). Connecticut phases out its $15,000 exemption between $30K and $45K, phases out its 2% rate and adds recapture amounts of up to $3,650 (CGA OLR Report 2024-R-0130).

New York City. The NYC row adds the 2026 city resident tax (3.078% to 3.876%) to New York State tax on the same taxable income. It is not on the map or in the headline figures.

Not included. Other local income taxes, federal and payroll taxes, Connecticut’s personal tax credit, and phase-outs in other states (e.g. Minnesota’s deduction, Utah’s credit).

Sources. Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2026; NY Form IT-2105 instructions, 2026; CT OLR Report 2024-R-0130.