9 states levy no income tax on wages and salaries: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming. A payslip in any of them carries the federal layers only, with one exception: Washington's WA Cares payroll premium, set out below. This guide takes the list straight from the state data files, sets out what each state taxes instead, and shows what two set salaries actually keep.
No state runs on nothing. The notes below are the ones carried in each state's own data file — they cover the taxes that replace the wage tax, and the payroll items that still come out of a payslip.
Alaska has no state individual income tax (repealed in 1980) and no statewide sales tax; wages are not taxed by the state
Some municipalities levy local sales and property taxes, but no Alaska jurisdiction levies a wage or income tax
The Permanent Fund Dividend is an annual payment to residents, not a tax (it is taxable federally)
See the Alaska salary ladder →Florida levies no personal income tax
Article VII, Section 5 of the Florida Constitution prohibits a tax on the income of natural persons, so the state cannot introduce one without a constitutional amendment
See the Florida salary ladder →Nevada levies no personal income tax; the state constitution (Article 10, Section 1(9)) prohibits one
Nevada employers pay a Modified Business Tax on gross wages, but it is an employer-side tax and is never deducted from an employee payslip
See the Nevada salary ladder →New Hampshire levies no income tax on wages or salaries, and never has.
The state's former tax on interest and dividends (3% in its final year, 2024) was repealed effective 1 January 2025 — a year ahead of the original phase-out schedule — so interest and dividend income is also untaxed from 2025. Nothing remains to model: state income tax on a wage is $0 at every level.
No local income taxes. No employee payroll tax beyond federal FICA.
See the New Hampshire salary ladder →South Dakota levies no individual income tax — no brackets, no standard deduction and no state income tax return to file
It is also one of only two states with neither a corporate income tax nor a gross receipts tax; the state funds itself mainly through sales and property taxes
No local income taxes either
See the South Dakota salary ladder →Tennessee has never taxed wages or salary income
The old Hall income tax reached only interest and dividend income; it was phased down from 2016 and fully repealed on 1 January 2021, so Tennessee now has no individual income tax of any kind
See the Tennessee salary ladder →Texas levies no personal income tax
Article VIII, Section 24-a of the Texas Constitution bars the legislature from imposing one without approval by a majority of voters in a statewide referendum
See the Texas salary ladder →Wyoming levies no individual income tax of any kind; wages are not taxed by the state
The state funds itself mainly from mineral severance taxes, sales tax and property tax instead
See the Wyoming salary ladder →Washington levies no tax on wage and salary income, so a payslip carries no state income tax
Washington does tax long-term capital gains: a 7% excise tax applies to gains above a $278,000 standard deduction (2026), with a higher 9% rate on gains above $1,000,000 — it is not a wage tax and is not in these brackets
The WA Cares Fund premium (0.58% of wages, uncapped, employee-paid since July 2023) is a real payslip deduction. It is a long-term-care payroll premium, not an income tax: it is carried in the payroll lines of the state calculator and in every total on the Washington page, but Washington still levies no income tax on wages
See the Washington salary ladder →| State | Deductions @ $75,000 | Take-home @ $75,000 | Take-home @ $150,000 | Effective rate @ $150,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $13,408 | $61,593 | $113,791 | 24.1% |
| Florida | $13,408 | $61,593 | $113,791 | 24.1% |
| Nevada | $13,408 | $61,593 | $113,791 | 24.1% |
| New Hampshire | $13,408 | $61,593 | $113,791 | 24.1% |
| South Dakota | $13,408 | $61,593 | $113,791 | 24.1% |
| Tennessee | $13,408 | $61,593 | $113,791 | 24.1% |
| Texas | $13,408 | $61,593 | $113,791 | 24.1% |
| Wyoming | $13,408 | $61,593 | $113,791 | 24.1% |
| Washington | $13,843 | $61,158 | $112,921 | 24.7% |
The deductions at $75,000 are federal income tax and FICA, identical in each of these states — plus, in Washington, the WA Cares Fund premium of $435, which is why Washington's take-home pay sits slightly below the other eight at both levels.