Personal Finance
How Income Taxes Shrink a $100,000 Salary in All 50 States
See how a six-figure salary is reduced to teeny-tiny take-home pay where you live.
Not happy when you look closely at your paycheck and compare the gross amount with the far more puny net? It sure seems like a lot is lost to taxes — but do you have any idea just how much? You might be surprised. Using a SmartAsset paycheck calculator, we determined how income taxes shrink a hypothetical $100,000 salary in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
See how a good-sized salary is reduced to teeny-tiny take-home pay where you live.
No wonder it's so tough to save money. (But you can do it!)
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What happens to paychecks in Texas?
Dallas, Texas cityscape with blue sky at sunset, Texas.
Texas is the second-largest state by population, after California, and second-largest in size, after Alaska. Yep, as they say, everything IS big in Texas.
Except for income taxes. Texas also is one of the [states with no income tax](https://link.wisepublishing.com/l/AExmUG8Izb), so your take-home from a $100,000 salary (maybe earned at one of the giant oil companies operating in Texas) is **$76,096**, with only federal taxes taken out.
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The Lone Star State also doesn't have an inheritance tax. But there are sales taxes: a 6.25% state sales tax plus local ones that can add up to 2% more to the cost of most purchases.
See the complete story on MoneyWise.com and find out how workers fare in other states.