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Lowest social security tax by state

State tax on Social Security.

Whether the state taxes Social Security benefits. Forty-two states and DC do not. The nine that do almost all exempt lower-income retirees, so “taxed” rarely means taxed in full — and the list shrinks most years as states phase the tax out. Verify against your state revenue department before acting on it.

Not ranked, because this measure is not published for them: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming.

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Source: State revenue departments via Tax Foundation, mid-2026. · How this is built