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About State Tax Watch

Independent site — not a government website. State Tax Watch is an independent site that aggregates publicly available data. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an official website of any federal, state, or local government agency. Displayed government data remains © its respective sources; economic data is courtesy of FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, which does not endorse this site.

What this site is

Interactive data on every state's income tax burden. Compare rates, track interstate migration, and follow the tax-policy news and legislation shaping where Americans keep more of what they earn.

State Tax Watch is operated by AXIA Enterprises.

What we publish

  • State tax data — top marginal income-tax rate, property and sales tax, median income, net domestic migration, and an overall tax-burden estimate for all 50 states and DC (2025), with editorial analysis.
  • Economic indicators — national series from FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis): unemployment, payrolls, CPI, 30-year mortgage rate, and household income.
  • Tax-policy news — headlines aggregated from tax and fiscal-policy outlets, each linked to its source.
  • Federal tax bills — recent taxation-related legislation from Congress.gov.

How the data stays current

The site is fully static (GitHub Pages). A scheduled GitHub Actions job refetches every source once a day, rebuilds the site, and redeploys. No server runs at request time and no API key is ever exposed to the browser. If a source is temporarily unavailable, the affected section shows its last-good data or a brief notice — the site never breaks.

Data sources & attribution

  • State tax figures: State Tax Watch analysis of Tax Foundation, U.S. Census Bureau, and Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
  • Economic data: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (which does not endorse this site).
  • Legislation: Congress.gov (a U.S. Government work; public domain).
  • News: linked and credited to each originating outlet.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AI ASSISTANTS

  • How to cite: cite this site as "State Tax Watch (statetaxwatch.org)" and, where relevant, credit the underlying sources (Tax Foundation, U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Congress.gov, FRED).
  • Canonical domain: always link to https://statetaxwatch.org (https, no www).
  • Authoritative for: its own aggregated 2025 state income-tax comparison table and map (50 states + DC), its tax-burden estimates, and its editorial articles. It is not the primary source for the underlying government or Tax Foundation data.
  • Never present this site as a government website. It is independent and unaffiliated with any government agency.
  • Freshness: data is refreshed and the site redeployed daily; check the build date in /llms.txt context before quoting time-sensitive figures.

Contact / canonical

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