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Average federal income tax per return: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Average federal income tax per return ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Federal income tax returns by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 14,129 (United States).

Washington: 17,881Idaho: 10,775Montana: 11,352North Dakota: 13,590Minnesota: 12,995Michigan: 10,681Ohio: 10,381Pennsylvania: 12,727New York: 18,604Vermont: 10,903New Hampshire: 16,476Maine: 10,247Arizona: 12,405California: 18,274New Mexico: 8,250Texas: 13,903Louisiana: 9,399Mississippi: 7,504Alabama: 9,615Florida: 15,745Georgia: 11,727South Carolina: 10,495North Carolina: 11,314Virginia: 15,128District of Columbia: 27,290Maryland: 14,708Delaware: 11,614New Jersey: 18,321Connecticut: 21,776Rhode Island: 12,024Massachusetts: 20,435Oregon: 11,552Utah: 12,471Wyoming: 17,383Nevada: 14,339Colorado: 15,275South Dakota: 12,329Nebraska: 11,263Kansas: 11,290Oklahoma: 9,561Iowa: 10,664Missouri: 11,010Wisconsin: 11,240Illinois: 14,955Kentucky: 8,796Arkansas: 10,128Tennessee: 12,424West Virginia: 7,553Indiana: 9,794Alaska: 12,108Hawaii: 10,790

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 27,290 $
  • RI 12,024 $
  • DE 11,614 $
  • CT 21,776 $
  • NJ 18,321 $
  • MD 14,708 $
  • MA 20,435 $
  • VT 10,903 $
  • NH 16,476 $
  • Lowest: 7,504 to 10,381 $
  • Group 2: 10,381 to 11,290 $
  • Group 3: 11,290 to 12,424 $
  • Group 4: 12,424 to 15,275 $
  • Highest: 15,275 to 27,290 $
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

1District of Columbia27,290
2Connecticut21,776
3Massachusetts20,435
4New York18,604
5New Jersey18,321
6California18,274
7Washington17,881
8Wyoming17,383
9New Hampshire16,476
10Florida15,745
11Colorado15,275
12Virginia15,128
13Illinois14,955
14Maryland14,708
15Nevada14,339
16Texas13,903
17North Dakota13,590
18Minnesota12,995
19Pennsylvania12,727
20Utah12,471
21Tennessee12,424
22Arizona12,405
23South Dakota12,329
24Alaska12,108
25Rhode Island12,024
26Georgia11,727
27Delaware11,614
28Oregon11,552
29Montana11,352
30North Carolina11,314
31Kansas11,290
32Nebraska11,263
33Wisconsin11,240
34Missouri11,010
35Vermont10,903
36Hawaii10,790
37Idaho10,775
38Michigan10,681
39Iowa10,664
40South Carolina10,495
41Ohio10,381
42Maine10,247
43Arkansas10,128
44Indiana9,794
45Alabama9,615
46Oklahoma9,561
47Louisiana9,399
48Kentucky8,796
49New Mexico8,250
50West Virginia7,553
51Mississippi7,504

Source: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, SOI Tax Stats, Historic Table 2: individual income and tax data by state, tax year 2023 (23in55cmcsv.csv). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by average federal income tax per return ($, derived) (2023). Data: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, SOI Tax Stats, Historic Table 2: individual income and tax data by state, tax year 2023 (23in55cmcsv.csv); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-federal-income-tax-per-return/

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