{
 "dataset": "What a $75,000 salary is worth in each state",
 "description": "Take-home pay on $75,000 (single filer, tax year 2026) divided by the state's BEA all-items regional price parity — the purchasing power of the same salary in each state, in national-average dollars. Ranked best first.",
 "publisher": "How Much It Really Costs",
 "url": "https://howmuchitreallycosts.com/data#salary-purchasing-power-by-state",
 "taxYear": 2026,
 "computedByPublisher": true,
 "sources": [
  {
   "label": "Federal and state income tax schedules",
   "url": "https://howmuchitreallycosts.com/sources",
   "asOf": "2026-01-01"
  },
  {
   "label": "US Bureau of Economic Analysis — Regional Price Parities by state (SARPP), 2023",
   "url": "https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SARPP.zip",
   "asOf": "2023-12-31"
  }
 ],
 "columns": [
  {
   "name": "rank",
   "meaning": "1 = the salary goes furthest"
  },
  {
   "name": "state",
   "meaning": "Two-letter postal code"
  },
  {
   "name": "state_name",
   "meaning": "State or DC"
  },
  {
   "name": "take_home_usd",
   "meaning": "After federal, FICA and state income tax"
  },
  {
   "name": "price_level_index",
   "meaning": "BEA all-items regional price parity, 100 = national average"
  },
  {
   "name": "housing_price_index",
   "meaning": "BEA housing (rents) parity, 100 = national average"
  },
  {
   "name": "purchasing_power_usd",
   "meaning": "take_home_usd ÷ (price_level_index ÷ 100)"
  }
 ],
 "rows": [
  {
   "rank": 1,
   "state": "SD",
   "state_name": "South Dakota",
   "take_home_usd": 61592.5,
   "price_level_index": 88.095,
   "housing_price_index": 64.873,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 69916
  },
  {
   "rank": 2,
   "state": "ND",
   "state_name": "North Dakota",
   "take_home_usd": 61389.21,
   "price_level_index": 88.572,
   "housing_price_index": 69.363,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 69309.95
  },
  {
   "rank": 3,
   "state": "AR",
   "state_name": "Arkansas",
   "take_home_usd": 59276.09,
   "price_level_index": 86.508,
   "housing_price_index": 56.669,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 68520.93
  },
  {
   "rank": 4,
   "state": "WY",
   "state_name": "Wyoming",
   "take_home_usd": 61592.5,
   "price_level_index": 90.848,
   "housing_price_index": 75.925,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 67797.31
  },
  {
   "rank": 5,
   "state": "LA",
   "state_name": "Louisiana",
   "take_home_usd": 59728.75,
   "price_level_index": 88.345,
   "housing_price_index": 65.091,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 67608.52
  },
  {
   "rank": 6,
   "state": "MS",
   "state_name": "Mississippi",
   "take_home_usd": 58684.5,
   "price_level_index": 87.292,
   "housing_price_index": 54.899,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 67227.81
  },
  {
   "rank": 7,
   "state": "IA",
   "state_name": "Iowa",
   "take_home_usd": 59354.3,
   "price_level_index": 88.767,
   "housing_price_index": 65.995,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 66865.28
  },
  {
   "rank": 8,
   "state": "TN",
   "state_name": "Tennessee",
   "take_home_usd": 61592.5,
   "price_level_index": 92.515,
   "housing_price_index": 77.87,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 66575.69
  },
  {
   "rank": 9,
   "state": "OK",
   "state_name": "Oklahoma",
   "take_home_usd": 58718,
   "price_level_index": 88.286,
   "housing_price_index": 65.005,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 66508.85
  },
  {
   "rank": 10,
   "state": "WV",
   "state_name": "West Virginia",
   "take_home_usd": 59046.6,
   "price_level_index": 89.772,
   "housing_price_index": 56.134,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 65773.96
  },
  {
   "rank": 11,
   "state": "OH",
   "state_name": "Ohio",
   "take_home_usd": 60246.37,
   "price_level_index": 91.812,
   "housing_price_index": 72.08,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 65619.28
  },
  {
   "rank": 12,
   "state": "NM",
   "state_name": "New Mexico",
   "take_home_usd": 59233.2,
   "price_level_index": 90.386,
   "housing_price_index": 75.264,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 65533.6
  },
  {
   "rank": 13,
   "state": "KY",
   "state_name": "Kentucky",
   "take_home_usd": 59085.1,
   "price_level_index": 90.468,
   "housing_price_index": 62.885,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 65310.5
  },
  {
   "rank": 14,
   "state": "NE",
   "state_name": "Nebraska",
   "take_home_usd": 58883.54,
   "price_level_index": 90.376,
   "housing_price_index": 74.313,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 65153.96
  },
  {
   "rank": 15,
   "state": "MT",
   "state_name": "Montana",
   "take_home_usd": 58715.9,
   "price_level_index": 90.244,
   "housing_price_index": 76.743,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 65063.49
  },
  {
   "rank": 16,
   "state": "AL",
   "state_name": "Alabama",
   "take_home_usd": 58391,
   "price_level_index": 89.97,
   "housing_price_index": 61.563,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 64900.52
  },
  {
   "rank": 17,
   "state": "IN",
   "state_name": "Indiana",
   "take_home_usd": 59409.5,
   "price_level_index": 92.184,
   "housing_price_index": 71.368,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 64446.65
  },
  {
   "rank": 18,
   "state": "MO",
   "state_name": "Missouri",
   "take_home_usd": 59004.83,
   "price_level_index": 91.762,
   "housing_price_index": 70.433,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 64302.03
  },
  {
   "rank": 19,
   "state": "KS",
   "state_name": "Kansas",
   "take_home_usd": 57696.06,
   "price_level_index": 89.965,
   "housing_price_index": 68.577,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 64131.67
  },
  {
   "rank": 20,
   "state": "ID",
   "state_name": "Idaho",
   "take_home_usd": 58470.8,
   "price_level_index": 91.425,
   "housing_price_index": 86.728,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 63954.94
  },
  {
   "rank": 21,
   "state": "NV",
   "state_name": "Nevada",
   "take_home_usd": 61592.5,
   "price_level_index": 96.98,
   "housing_price_index": 113.327,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 63510.52
  },
  {
   "rank": 22,
   "state": "TX",
   "state_name": "Texas",
   "take_home_usd": 61592.5,
   "price_level_index": 97.175,
   "housing_price_index": 97.436,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 63383.07
  },
  {
   "rank": 23,
   "state": "SC",
   "state_name": "South Carolina",
   "take_home_usd": 58935.47,
   "price_level_index": 93.177,
   "housing_price_index": 80.469,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 63251.09
  },
  {
   "rank": 24,
   "state": "WI",
   "state_name": "Wisconsin",
   "take_home_usd": 58594.78,
   "price_level_index": 93.097,
   "housing_price_index": 78.278,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 62939.49
  },
  {
   "rank": 25,
   "state": "NC",
   "state_name": "North Carolina",
   "take_home_usd": 59108.72,
   "price_level_index": 94.139,
   "housing_price_index": 80.837,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 62788.77
  },
  {
   "rank": 26,
   "state": "MI",
   "state_name": "Michigan",
   "take_home_usd": 58655.75,
   "price_level_index": 94.184,
   "housing_price_index": 78.886,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 62277.83
  },
  {
   "rank": 27,
   "state": "UT",
   "state_name": "Utah",
   "take_home_usd": 58255,
   "price_level_index": 95.002,
   "housing_price_index": 106.232,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 61319.76
  },
  {
   "rank": 28,
   "state": "PA",
   "state_name": "Pennsylvania",
   "take_home_usd": 59290,
   "price_level_index": 97.5,
   "housing_price_index": 85.787,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 60810.26
  },
  {
   "rank": 29,
   "state": "VT",
   "state_name": "Vermont",
   "take_home_usd": 58752.9,
   "price_level_index": 96.635,
   "housing_price_index": 82.013,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 60798.78
  },
  {
   "rank": 30,
   "state": "AK",
   "state_name": "Alaska",
   "take_home_usd": 61592.5,
   "price_level_index": 101.715,
   "housing_price_index": 96.643,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 60554
  },
  {
   "rank": 31,
   "state": "GA",
   "state_name": "Georgia",
   "take_home_usd": 58448.8,
   "price_level_index": 96.699,
   "housing_price_index": 88.252,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 60444.06
  },
  {
   "rank": 32,
   "state": "ME",
   "state_name": "Maine",
   "take_home_usd": 57850.05,
   "price_level_index": 97.097,
   "housing_price_index": 80.445,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 59579.65
  },
  {
   "rank": 33,
   "state": "FL",
   "state_name": "Florida",
   "take_home_usd": 61592.5,
   "price_level_index": 103.452,
   "housing_price_index": 123.063,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 59537.27
  },
  {
   "rank": 34,
   "state": "AZ",
   "state_name": "Arizona",
   "take_home_usd": 60120,
   "price_level_index": 101.105,
   "housing_price_index": 108.58,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 59462.93
  },
  {
   "rank": 35,
   "state": "MN",
   "state_name": "Minnesota",
   "take_home_usd": 58015.89,
   "price_level_index": 98.417,
   "housing_price_index": 90.622,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 58949.05
  },
  {
   "rank": 36,
   "state": "IL",
   "state_name": "Illinois",
   "take_home_usd": 58024.79,
   "price_level_index": 98.855,
   "housing_price_index": 92.399,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 58696.87
  },
  {
   "rank": 37,
   "state": "NH",
   "state_name": "New Hampshire",
   "take_home_usd": 61592.5,
   "price_level_index": 105.345,
   "housing_price_index": 114.615,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 58467.42
  },
  {
   "rank": 38,
   "state": "RI",
   "state_name": "Rhode Island",
   "take_home_usd": 59200,
   "price_level_index": 101.412,
   "housing_price_index": 102.35,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 58375.73
  },
  {
   "rank": 39,
   "state": "DE",
   "state_name": "Delaware",
   "take_home_usd": 57873.5,
   "price_level_index": 99.253,
   "housing_price_index": 98.942,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 58309.07
  },
  {
   "rank": 40,
   "state": "CO",
   "state_name": "Colorado",
   "take_home_usd": 59000.9,
   "price_level_index": 101.382,
   "housing_price_index": 130.532,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 58196.62
  },
  {
   "rank": 41,
   "state": "VA",
   "state_name": "Virginia",
   "take_home_usd": 58040.62,
   "price_level_index": 100.749,
   "housing_price_index": 105.537,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 57609.13
  },
  {
   "rank": 42,
   "state": "WA",
   "state_name": "Washington",
   "take_home_usd": 61592.5,
   "price_level_index": 108.562,
   "housing_price_index": 125.507,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 56734.86
  },
  {
   "rank": 43,
   "state": "MD",
   "state_name": "Maryland",
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   "price_level_index": 103.965,
   "housing_price_index": 119.879,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 56166.61
  },
  {
   "rank": 44,
   "state": "CT",
   "state_name": "Connecticut",
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   "housing_price_index": 116.815,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 56146.26
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  {
   "rank": 45,
   "state": "NJ",
   "state_name": "New Jersey",
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   "purchasing_power_usd": 54183.39
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  {
   "rank": 46,
   "state": "NY",
   "state_name": "New York",
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   "purchasing_power_usd": 54019.94
  },
  {
   "rank": 47,
   "state": "MA",
   "state_name": "Massachusetts",
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   "price_level_index": 108.238,
   "housing_price_index": 130.13,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 53735.75
  },
  {
   "rank": 48,
   "state": "OR",
   "state_name": "Oregon",
   "take_home_usd": 55580.19,
   "price_level_index": 104.721,
   "housing_price_index": 108.96,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 53074.54
  },
  {
   "rank": 49,
   "state": "HI",
   "state_name": "Hawaii",
   "take_home_usd": 57335.7,
   "price_level_index": 108.609,
   "housing_price_index": 128.89,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 52790.93
  },
  {
   "rank": 50,
   "state": "DC",
   "state_name": "District of Columbia",
   "take_home_usd": 58164,
   "price_level_index": 110.804,
   "housing_price_index": 168.539,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 52492.69
  },
  {
   "rank": 51,
   "state": "CA",
   "state_name": "California",
   "take_home_usd": 58664.93,
   "price_level_index": 112.581,
   "housing_price_index": 157.839,
   "purchasing_power_usd": 52109.09
  }
 ]
}