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California Has Highest Personal Income Tax Rate, 8 States Have None...

Where you live can make a major difference in the state income tax rate applied to your earnings, with systems ranging from no individual income tax to top marginal rates above 10%.

This map, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, compares U.S. states based on their top marginal individual income tax rate in 2026 using Tax Foundation data. Both local and federal income tax rates are excluded.

Which States Have No Individual Income Tax?

Eight states levy no individual income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming.

New Hampshire is a relatively recent addition to the list, having repealed its tax on interest and dividends in 2025.

The table below lists all U.S. states and Washington, D.C., alongside their top marginal income tax rate and tax system.

State Top marginal tax rate in 2026 (%) Income Tax System Alabama 5 Graduated-Rate Alaska 0 None Arizona 2.5 Flat Arkansas 3.9 Graduated-Rate California 13.3 Graduated-Rate Colorado 4.4 Flat Connecticut 6.99 Graduated-Rate Delaware 6.6 Graduated-Rate Florida 0 None Georgia 5.19 Flat Hawaii 11 Graduated-Rate Idaho 5.3 Flat Illinois 4.95 Flat Indiana 2.95 Flat Iowa 3.8 Graduated-Rate Kansas 5.58 Graduated-Rate Kentucky 3.5 Flat Louisiana 3 Flat Maine 7.15 Graduated-Rate Maryland 6.5 Graduated-Rate Massachusetts 9 Graduated-Rate Michigan 4.25 Flat Minnesota 9.85 Graduated-Rate Mississippi 4 Flat Missouri 4.7 Graduated-Rate Montana 5.65 Graduated-Rate Nebraska 4.55 Graduated-Rate Nevada 0 None New Hampshire 0 None New Jersey 10.75 Graduated-Rate New Mexico 5.9 Graduated-Rate New York 10.9 Graduated-Rate North Carolina 3.99 Flat North Dakota 2.5 Graduated-Rate Ohio 2.75 Flat Oklahoma 4.5 Graduated-Rate Oregon 9.9 Graduated-Rate Pennsylvania 3.07 Flat Rhode Island 5.99 Graduated-Rate South Carolina 6 Graduated-Rate South Dakota 0 None Tennessee 0 None Texas 0 None Utah 4.5 Flat Vermont 8.75 Graduated-Rate Virginia 5.75 Graduated-Rate Washington* 9 Graduated-Rate West Virginia 4.82 Graduated-Rate Wisconsin 7.65 Graduated-Rate Wyoming 0 None D.C. 10.75 Graduated-Rate

*Washington rate only applies to capital gains income above $278k.

Having no individual income tax does not mean residents avoid taxes altogether. Each of these eight states levies other taxes to raise government revenue.

Texas, for example, has some of the highest property tax rates in the country, while Tennessee’s high combined state and local sales tax shifts more of the tax burden toward consumer spending.

Some states also benefit from revenue generated by specific industries. Nevada collects substantial gaming taxes, while Alaska taxes oil and gas companies operating in the state.

How Flat Income Taxes Work

Another 15 states use a flat individual income tax, applying a single statutory rate to taxable income rather than progressively higher rates as income rises.

States with flat income taxes include major Midwestern economies such as Illinois (4.95%) and Michigan (4.25%), as well as Mountain West states including Colorado (4.4%) and Utah (4.5%). Idaho’s 5.3% rate is the highest flat individual income tax rate in the country.

Individual tax bills can still vary based on deductions, exemptions, credits, and other state-specific rules. Efforts to replace flat taxes with graduated systems have also failed in some states. In Illinois, for example, voters rejected a 2020 proposal to allow a graduated income tax.

Where Top Marginal Tax Rates Are Highest

Most states instead use graduated income tax systems, in which higher portions of taxable income are subject to higher rates, similar to the federal tax system. Washington, D.C., also uses a graduated system, with a top marginal rate of 10.75%.

California, the largest state economy in the country, has the highest top marginal rate at 13.3%. This rate applies only to taxable income above $1 million for single filers. California is followed by Hawaii at 11% and New York at 10.9%, which also rank among the states with the highest overall tax burdens nationwide.

Top marginal rates do not tell the whole story. The income threshold at which each rate takes effect can significantly affect how much tax a person ultimately owes. In Virginia, for example, the state’s top rate of 5.75% begins above just $17,000 in taxable income, while California’s 13.3% top rate applies above $1 million for single filers.

To compare personal income tax rates around the world, check out Global Personal Income Tax Rates on Voronoi.

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USAF More Than Doubles Ondas' ULTRA Drone Contract As Potential MQ-9 Reaper Alternative Emerges

Thursday's Department of War contract update signals increased US Air Force investment in long-endurance surveillance drones that could complement the MQ-9 Reaper and help fill intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission gaps following reported heavy losses in the US-Iran conflict.

The USAF more than doubled the value of its contract with DZYNE Technologies, now part of Ondas, bringing the total to about $85.6 million.

As we noted last week, DZYNE's ULTRA platform represents a potential lower-cost Group 5 drone that could complement the MQ-9 Reaper and eventually assume some of its ISR missions.

DoW's contract update:

DZYNE Technologies LLC, Fairfax, Virginia, has been awarded a $46,087,217 modification (P00003) to a previously awarded contract (FA8691-26-C-B007) for Operational Assessment of Uncrewed Long-Endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $85,643,057 from $39,555,840.

Work will be performed stateside and at overseas locations and is expected to be completed by March 26, 2031. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $12,288,390 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Dayton, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

Our read here is that DoW's aircraft description fits DZYNE's ULTRA surveillance-drone program, developed with the Air Force Research Laboratory. The meaningful boost to the contract shows how urgently the USAF needs to replenish its Group 5 drones, given the reported Reaper losses (upwards of 25% of the fleet) in the US-Iran conflict so far.

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Another signal that DoW is likely to boost DZYNE's ULTRA orders even more came at the Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference earlier this month, when the USAF's Troy Meink commented on the need to upgrade the US military's unmanned aircraft fleet over the next six years.

Meink told the audience:

And this is not the only class of autonomous aircraft we are aggressively pursuing. As we saw in Epic Fury, ISR strike platforms have been essential. We have used MQ-9 and even now the ULTRA aircraft to great effect.

Building on these lessons, we are developing a family of low-cost multi-role strike platforms called the Mass Modular Aircraft, or MMAs.

MMAs will provide affordable, attritable, long-range strike, and we will be able to field them at scale. Our intent is to field 100 MMAs in 2029 at even a lower cost than the CCAs and a fraction of the cost of manned aircraft we build today. Then by 2032, 500 of these platforms will join our force operational fleet.

Follow-on orders would likely depend on available funding, with the Trump administration's proposed record defense budget potentially providing a runway for a lot more orders if passed.

Ondas, the company that acquired DZYNE earlier this year, closed around $7.64 on Friday and has a staggering 41% short float.

Any significant contract news on ULTRA orders, coupled with Wall Street waking up to the fact that this Group 5 drone can replace the Reaper for ISR missions, could spark a squeeze.

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