By Diane Mwai
al.com
(TNS)
Are you aiming for a six-figure salary? While these salaries are often associated with a comfortable lifestyle, the value of $100,000 varies significantly depending on where you live.
Earning $100,000 a year can have different implications based on your state. Furthermore, state and federal taxes are deducted from employees’ gross paychecks, affecting their take-home pay.
GoBankingRates analyzed state and federal data from the Tax Foundation for 2024 to assess what a $100,000 income looks like in each state.
The personal finance website used an in-house calculator to determine the effective and marginal tax rates on a $100,000 income for a single person filing taxes and a married couple filing jointly across all 50 states.
States like Alaska and Florida have an after-tax income of over $78,500 on a $100,000 salary. In contrast, Hawaii has the lowest after-tax income of $71,177 for the same wage—a difference of more than $7,300 annually.
Here’s what GoBankingRates found to be the states with the highest and lowest take-home pay on a $100,000 salary:
Highest
1. Alaska
- Total income taxes for single filer: $21,492
- After-tax income for single filer: $78,508
2. Florida
- Total income taxes for single filer: $21,499
- After-tax income for single filer: $78,501
3. Nevada
- Total income taxes for single filer: $21,518
- After-tax income for single filer: $78,482
4. New Hampshire
- Total income taxes for single filer: $21,519
- After-tax income for single filer: $78,481
5. South Dakota
- Total income taxes for single filer: $21,531
- After-tax income for single filer: $78,469
6. Tennessee
- Total income taxes for single filer: $21,532
- After-tax income for single filer: $78,468
7. Texas
- Total income taxes for single filer: $21,533
- After-tax income for single filer: $78,467
8. Washington
- Total income taxes for single filer: $21,537
- After-tax income for single filer: $78,463
9. Wyoming
- Total income taxes for single filer: $21,540
- After-tax income for single filer: $78,460
10. North Dakota
- Total income taxes for single filer: $22,317
- After-tax income for single filer: $77,683
Lowest
1. Oregon
- Total income taxes for single filer: $29,736
- After-tax income for single filer: $70,264
2. Maine
- Total income taxes for single filer: $27,121
- After-tax income for single filer: $72,879
3. California
- Total income taxes for single filer: $26,949
- After-tax income for single filer: $73,051
4. Iowa
- Total income taxes for single filer: $26,906
- After-tax income for single filer: $73,094
5. Delaware
- Total income taxes for single filer: $26,867
- After-tax income for single filer: $73,133
6. Minnesota
- Total income taxes for single filer: $26,862
- After-tax income for single filer: $73,138
7. Virginia
- Total income taxes for single filer: $26,569
- After-tax income for single filer: $73,431
8. Kansas
- Total income taxes for single filer: $26,549
- After-tax income for single filer: $73,451
9. Massachusetts
- Total income taxes for single filer: $26,511
- After-tax income for single filer: $73,489
10. New York
- Total income taxes for single filer: $26,474
- After-tax income for single filer: $73,526
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Tags: Income Taxes, Payroll, salary, Taxes
Bruce Ver Burg July 2 2025 at 12:53 pm
This article is a joke. You've done nothing to attempt to factor in sales tax paid. Let alone state tax on gas. Average those in and you will get a better picture of reality.