Best states to move for higher take-home pay

Some states have no state income tax, so your take-home pay goes further. Compare moves from high-tax states to low- or no-tax states with our relocation salary calculator.

US states with no state income tax

These states don’t tax wage income: Texas, Florida, Washington, Nevada, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Alaska. Moving from a high-tax state (e.g. California, New York) to one of these can significantly increase your take-home pay.

Use our relocation salary calculator to compare specific cities, see equivalent salary, and get after-tax take-home for both locations. You can also open city-to-city comparison pages (e.g. NYC to Austin, San Francisco to Houston) from the calculator.

How we compare: take-home uses IRS and state revenue rules (US) and CRA rules (Canada); cost-of-living uses widely cited indices and local data. See our Sources page for tax authorities and data sources.