New York Taxes Highest in Entire United States: New Report Shows NYC Residents Give 12.6 Percent of Income to Government

A yearly roundup from the Tax Foundation has revealed that New Yorkers fork over the most state and local taxes in America.

Citizens living in New York pay almost 12.6 percent of their income to the state for taxes, according to the report, published on Wednesday.

Overall, United States residents pay 9.8 percent of their income toward these state and local taxes.

For the survey, Tax Foundation researchers probed information from 2011.

"The residents of three states stand above the rest, experiencing the highest state-local burdens in the country: New York, New Jersey and Connecticut," the study reported. "These are the only states where taxpayers forego over 11.9 percent of their income in state-local taxes, one half of a percentage point above the next highest state, California."

The report stated that one potential difference in New York's tax count is that Connecticut residents who work in New York City and pay income tax at both the state and local levels are counted as New York tax collections. However, the Tax Foundation still regarded those payments as portions of the tax burden for residents of Connecticut.

States that paid low taxes included Louisiana, at 7.6 percent, Texas, at 7.5 percent, and Alaska, at 7.0 percent.

The area with the lowest tax payments of the entire United States went to Wyoming, where residents hand over 6.9 percent of their income to the government.

See more on the Tax Foundation's report here.