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States With No Income Tax in 2026: What It Means for Your Paycheck
Nine states don't tax wages in 2026. Here is what that means for your take-home pay, where the catches are, and how to estimate your own.
Nine states do not tax wages in 2026: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. If you live and work in one of them, the only income tax taken from your paycheck is federal, plus Social Security and Medicare.
The nine states
| State | State tax on wages | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | None | Employees pay a small unemployment insurance contribution: 0.50% of wages up to $54,200 in 2026, at most $271 a year. The state is funded largely by oil and gas revenue. |
| Florida | None | Relies mainly on sales and tourism-related taxes. |
| Nevada | None | Relies on sales and gaming taxes. |
| New Hampshire | None | Its tax on interest and dividends was fully repealed from 2025. No general sales tax, and property taxes are among the highest in the country. |
| South Dakota | None | Relies mainly on sales tax. |
| Tennessee | None | The old Hall tax on interest and dividends ended in 2021. Combined sales tax rates are among the highest in the country. |
| Texas | None | Relies heavily on sales and property taxes. |
| Washington | None on wages | Payroll premiums for paid family and medical leave and the WA Cares program apply. It also taxes some capital gains (see below). |
| Wyoming | None | Relies on mineral, sales and property taxes. |
What changes in your paycheck
Federal income tax and FICA work the same way in every state. In Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Wyoming there is simply no state income tax line, so the same salary gives the same take-home pay in all of them.
For example, a single filer earning $75,000 takes home about $61,600 a year, roughly $5,100 a month, under 2026 federal rules and the standard deduction. You can try your own numbers in the paycheck calculator, or open the page for Texas, Florida or Tennessee.
Our calculator does not yet include Alaska’s unemployment contribution or Washington’s payroll premiums, so it is not published for those two states.
“No income tax” is not “no tax”
States without an income tax pay for services in other ways, mostly sales taxes, property taxes and business or resource taxes. Whether you come out ahead depends on how much you spend, whether you own a home, and where in the state you live. Compare your whole tax picture, not just the paycheck.
Washington’s catches
Washington does not tax wages in 2026, but it is not a clean no-income-tax state:
- A capital gains excise tax of 7% applies to long-term gains above an annual threshold, with an extra 2.9% on the portion above $1 million.
- A new 9.9% tax on income above $1 million per household was signed in March 2026 and starts January 1, 2028. Legal challenges are expected, and it does not apply to 2026 income.
- Employees pay premiums toward paid family and medical leave and the WA Cares long-term care program, which show up on the paycheck.
Moving from a state with income tax
If you are comparing a job offer in one of these states with another state, the difference in take-home pay can be thousands of dollars a year, depending on your income and the other state’s rules. Use the state selector in the paycheck calculator to compare, for example, Illinois, North Carolina and California against Texas or Florida.
Rules change, and this page is general information, not tax advice. Check your state’s revenue or labor department for the current rules before making decisions. Sources reviewed in October 2026 include the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Washington’s legislature and Department of Revenue, and published summaries of state tax rules.