September 2024) The chart shows top rates in 41 states with an income tax from lowest to highest.  Sources: Federation of State Tax Administrators (2015) and Tax Foundation (2024).

The chart show top rates in 41 states with an income tax from lowest to highest.  Sources: Federation of State Tax Administrators (2015) and Tax Foundation (2024).

State                                                      1/1/2015                                   6/30/2024

Arizona                                                  4.54%                                         2.5%

North Dakota                                      3.22%                                         2.5%

Indiana                                                  3.3%                                           3.05%

Pennsylvania                                       3.07%                                         3.07%

Ohio                                                        5.33%                                         3.50%

Arkansas                                            6.9%                                          3.9%

Kentucky                                               6.0%                                           4.0%

Colorado                                               4.63%                                         4.25%

Louisiana                                              6.0%                                           4.25%

Michigan                                               4.25%                                         4.25%

North Carolina                                    5.75%                                         4.5%

Utah                                                        5.0%                                           4.55%

Mississippi                                           5.0%                                           4.70%

Oklahoma                                             5.25$                                          4.75%

Missouri                                                6.0%                                           4.80%

Illinois                                                   3.75%                                         4.95%

Alabama                                                5.0%                                           5.0%

West Virginia                                      6.5%                                           5.12%

Georgia                                                  6.0%                                           5.39%

Kansas                                                   4.6%                                           5.58%

Idaho                                                      7.4%                                           5.695%

Iowa                                                        8.98%                                        5.70%

Maryland                                              5.75%                                         5.75%

Virginia                                                 5.75%                                         5.75%

Nebraska                                               6.84%                                        5.84%

Montana                                               6.9%                                           5.9%

New Mexico                                         4.9%                                           5.9%

Rhode Island                                       5.99%                                         5.99%

South Carolina                                    7.0%                                           6.4%

Delaware                                               6.6%                                           6.6%

Connecticut                                          6.7%                                           6.99%

Maine                                                     7.95%                                         7.15%

Wisconsin                                             7.65%                                         7.65%

Vermont                                                8.95%                                         8.75%

Massachusetts                                    5.15%                                          9.0%

Minnesota                                            9.85%                                         9.85%

Oregon                                                   9.9%                                            9.9%

New Jersey                                           8.97%                                       10.75%

New York                                              8.82%                                      10.9%

Hawaii                                                   11.0%                                        11.0%

California                                              12.3%                                       13.3%