Quick Answer
9 states tax no wages: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming. Against Oregon, a single filer keeps $2,714 more a year at $40,000 and $13,592 more at $150,000.
9 states levy no income tax on wages: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming. Two of those deserve a footnote — Washington taxes capital gains and New Hampshire used to tax interest and dividends — but neither takes anything from a paycheck.
The saving is not a percentage you can quote in the abstract; it depends entirely on which state you are comparing against. Here is what a resident of a no-tax state keeps, against the 5 states that take the most at $75,000, at each salary level.
What a no-tax state saves you, by salary
| Salary | No-tax state keeps | vs Massachusetts | vs Hawaii | vs Minnesota | vs Delaware | vs Oregon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $34,320 | +$1,964 | +$1,325 | +$1,497 | +$1,703 | +$2,714 |
| $60,000 | $50,390 | +$3,056 | +$2,756 | +$2,821 | +$2,893 | +$4,394 |
| $75,000 | $61,593 | +$3,875 | +$3,896 | +$3,907 | +$3,909 | +$5,580 |
| $100,000 | $79,180 | +$5,240 | +$5,796 | +$5,717 | +$5,659 | +$7,848 |
| $150,000 | $113,791 | +$7,970 | +$9,644 | +$9,602 | +$9,159 | +$13,592 |
The saving scales with income, which is the part most summaries leave out. Against Oregon, it is $2,714 a year at $40,000 — small enough to be swallowed by one month of higher rent — and $13,592 at $150,000, which is real money every year.
The honest caveat
States without an income tax raise the money somewhere else. Texas and New Hampshire have some of the highest effective property tax rates in the country; Washington and Tennessee lean on sales tax. This site measures the income tax line precisely and makes no claim about the others — treat the figures above as one input, not a verdict.
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Disclaimer: Figures are estimates of annual tax liability from published federal and state rules, not paycheck withholding, and not tax advice. Your own situation may differ.
