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Best States to Manage Money
Tax burden, real paycheck, household income, fiscal health, energy costs, and the wage floor — from rankings already on this desk. Housing is metro-level here, so it is not in this state composite. Ranks are not for sale.
| # | State | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia (DC) | 64.6 |
| 2 | Colorado (CO) | 60.7 |
| 3 | North Dakota (ND) | 58.2 |
| 4 | Missouri (MO) | 57.0 |
| 5 | Minnesota (MN) | 56.6 |
| 6 | Maryland (MD) | 56.3 |
| 7 | Massachusetts (MA) | 56.3 |
| 8 | Virginia (VA) | 54.4 |
| 9 | South Dakota (SD) | 53.9 |
| 10 | Arkansas (AR) | 53.2 |
| 11 | Nebraska (NE) | 53.1 |
| 12 | South Carolina (SC) | 53.0 |
| 13 | Vermont (VT) | 52.9 |
| 14 | Florida (FL) | 51.9 |
| 15 | Oregon (OR) | 51.9 |
| 16 | Oklahoma (OK) | 51.5 |
| 17 | Wyoming (WY) | 51.1 |
| 18 | Alabama (AL) | 51.0 |
| 19 | Delaware (DE) | 51.0 |
| 20 | Utah (UT) | 50.9 |
| 21 | Michigan (MI) | 50.5 |
| 22 | Tennessee (TN) | 50.3 |
| 23 | Wisconsin (WI) | 50.0 |
| 24 | Kansas (KS) | 49.8 |
| 25 | Washington (WA) | 49.7 |
| 26 | Arizona (AZ) | 49.5 |
| 27 | Iowa (IA) | 49.4 |
| 28 | Maine (ME) | 49.4 |
| 29 | North Carolina (NC) | 49.1 |
| 30 | Rhode Island (RI) | 49.0 |
| 31 | Connecticut (CT) | 48.9 |
| 32 | New Jersey (NJ) | 48.9 |
| 33 | Nevada (NV) | 48.6 |
| 34 | Ohio (OH) | 47.9 |
| 35 | Indiana (IN) | 47.3 |
| 36 | Illinois (IL) | 47.0 |
| 37 | Kentucky (KY) | 47.0 |
| 38 | West Virginia (WV) | 46.6 |
| 39 | California (CA) | 46.2 |
| 40 | New Mexico (NM) | 46.2 |
| 41 | Idaho (ID) | 46.0 |
| 42 | New Hampshire (NH) | 45.9 |
| 43 | Montana (MT) | 45.8 |
| 44 | Georgia (GA) | 45.1 |
| 45 | Louisiana (LA) | 45.1 |
| 46 | Alaska (AK) | 45.0 |
| 47 | Mississippi (MS) | 44.1 |
| 48 | Texas (TX) | 44.0 |
| 49 | Pennsylvania (PA) | 43.0 |
| 50 | Hawaii (HI) | 41.9 |
| 51 | New York (NY) | 38.9 |
Re-skin of existing state franchises. Housing is metro-only on this desk, so it is omitted. Composite built 2026-08-25.