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New Yorkers have it the worst, Forbes said.
1. New York
- State and local tax burden: 12.60%
- Effective state tax rate ($50,000 taxable income): 5.46%
- Highest tax bracket: $1,115,850
- Rate at highest tax bracket: 8.82%
- Per Capita Income: $52,417
New Jersey was second -- at only 30 hundredths of a percent less than New York.
2. New Jersey
- State and local tax burden: 12.30%
- Effective state tax rate ($50,000 taxable income): 2.54%
- Highest tax bracket: $500,000
- Rate at highest tax bracket: 8.97%
- Per Capita Income: $54,422
- And Connecticut rounded out the NY Metro region at third:
3. Connecticut
- State and local tax burden: 11.90%
- Effective state tax rate ($50,000 taxable income): 4.60%
- Highest tax bracket: $250,000
- Rate at highest tax bracket: 6.70%
- Per Capita Income: $60,287
California came in at No. 4.
Forbes based its analysis on an average taxable income of $50,000, and obtained 2015 tax data from the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank that tracks tax policy, based in Washington, D.C.
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