By state
AlabamaProgressive, top rate 5%
AlaskaNo state income tax
ArizonaFlat 2.5% state income tax
ArkansasProgressive, top rate 3.9%
CaliforniaProgressive, top rate 13.3%
ColoradoFlat 4.4% state income tax
ConnecticutProgressive, top rate 6.99%
DelawareProgressive, top rate 6.6%
FloridaNo state income tax
GeorgiaFlat 5.19% state income tax
HawaiiProgressive, top rate 11%
IdahoFlat 5.3% state income tax
IllinoisFlat 4.95% state income tax
IndianaFlat 3% state income tax
IowaFlat 3.8% state income tax
KansasProgressive, top rate 5.58%
KentuckyFlat 4% state income tax
LouisianaFlat 3% state income tax
MaineProgressive, top rate 7.15%
MarylandProgressive, top rate 5.75%
MassachusettsFlat 5% state income tax
MichiganFlat 4.25% state income tax
MinnesotaProgressive, top rate 9.85%
MississippiFlat 4.4% state income tax
MissouriProgressive, top rate 4.7%
MontanaProgressive, top rate 5.9%
NebraskaProgressive, top rate 5.2%
NevadaNo state income tax
New HampshireNo state income tax
New JerseyProgressive, top rate 10.75%
New MexicoProgressive, top rate 5.9%
New YorkProgressive, top rate 10.9%
North CarolinaFlat 4.25% state income tax
North DakotaProgressive, top rate 2.5%
OhioProgressive, top rate 3.5%
OklahomaProgressive, top rate 4.75%
OregonProgressive, top rate 9.9%
PennsylvaniaFlat 3.07% state income tax
Rhode IslandProgressive, top rate 5.99%
South CarolinaProgressive, top rate 6.2%
South DakotaNo state income tax
TennesseeNo state income tax
TexasNo state income tax
UtahFlat 4.5% state income tax
VermontProgressive, top rate 8.75%
VirginiaProgressive, top rate 5.75%
WashingtonNo state income tax
West VirginiaProgressive, top rate 4.82%
WisconsinProgressive, top rate 7.65%
WyomingNo state income tax
Moving to another state for work
Pick the state you are moving to. Each page says whether your licence comes with you, who keeps the registry, what the state takes from your pay, and whether anyone there pays you to come.
9states with no income tax on wagesAK, FL, NV, NH, SD, TN, TX, WA, WY
40states in the Nurse Licensure Compactone multistate RN or LPN licence works in all of them
13states with a program that pays you to moveAL, AK, AR, IN, IA, KS, ME, MN, NE, OH, OK, VT, WV
AlabamaProgressive, top rate 5%AlaskaNo state income taxArizonaFlat 2.5% state income taxArkansasProgressive, top rate 3.9%CaliforniaProgressive, top rate 13.3%ColoradoFlat 4.4% state income taxConnecticutProgressive, top rate 6.99%DelawareProgressive, top rate 6.6%FloridaNo state income taxGeorgiaFlat 5.19% state income taxHawaiiProgressive, top rate 11%IdahoFlat 5.3% state income taxIllinoisFlat 4.95% state income taxIndianaFlat 3% state income taxIowaFlat 3.8% state income taxKansasProgressive, top rate 5.58%KentuckyFlat 4% state income taxLouisianaFlat 3% state income taxMaineProgressive, top rate 7.15%MarylandProgressive, top rate 5.75%MassachusettsFlat 5% state income taxMichiganFlat 4.25% state income taxMinnesotaProgressive, top rate 9.85%MississippiFlat 4.4% state income taxMissouriProgressive, top rate 4.7%MontanaProgressive, top rate 5.9%NebraskaProgressive, top rate 5.2%NevadaNo state income taxNew HampshireNo state income taxNew JerseyProgressive, top rate 10.75%New MexicoProgressive, top rate 5.9%New YorkProgressive, top rate 10.9%North CarolinaFlat 4.25% state income taxNorth DakotaProgressive, top rate 2.5%OhioProgressive, top rate 3.5%OklahomaProgressive, top rate 4.75%OregonProgressive, top rate 9.9%PennsylvaniaFlat 3.07% state income taxRhode IslandProgressive, top rate 5.99%South CarolinaProgressive, top rate 6.2%South DakotaNo state income taxTennesseeNo state income taxTexasNo state income taxUtahFlat 4.5% state income taxVermontProgressive, top rate 8.75%VirginiaProgressive, top rate 5.75%WashingtonNo state income taxWest VirginiaProgressive, top rate 4.82%WisconsinProgressive, top rate 7.65%WyomingNo state income tax