These States Have the Highest and Lowest Income Tax Rates for 2026

Taxes never feel so burdensome as during tax season, when you contemplate how much of your income you hand over to the IRS.

And if you happen to live in Oregon or Massachusetts, you may be feeling that burden more than most.

Oregon has the highest effective tax rate of any state, followed by Massachusetts, according to a report from the personal finance site FinanceBuzz, which uses median income and state and federal tax rates to measure the total average tax rate in all 50 states.

The lowest overall tax rate is in Florida, FinanceBuzz found, followed by Nevada: two states with no income tax.

The report illustrates how tax rates and incomes…

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