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| State | Retire | Quality | Safety | Cost | Tax | Health | Income tax | Sales tax | Taxes SS? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 0.00% | 6.00% | No |
| Tennessee | 2 | 36 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 0.00% | 7.00% | No |
| Arizona | 3 | 38 | 39 | 36 | 15 | 20 | 2.59% | 5.60% | No |
| South Dakota | 4 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 43 | 0.00% | 4.50% | No |
| North Carolina | 5 | 29 | 34 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 5.25% | 4.75% | No |
| Georgia | 6 | 31 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 5.75% | 4.00% | No |
| New Hampshire | 7 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 6 | 13 | 0.00% | 0.00% | No |
| Virginia | 8 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 27 | 15 | 5.75% | 5.30% | No |
| Texas | 9 | 34 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 31 | 0.00% | 6.25% | No |
| Maine | 10 | 11 | 1 | 38 | 38 | 19 | 7.15% | 5.50% | No |
| South Carolina | 11 | 45 | 47 | 26 | 13 | 30 | 7.00% | 6.00% | No |
| Nevada | 12 | 39 | 40 | 28 | 18 | 34 | 0.00% | 6.85% | No |
| Idaho | 13 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 6.93% | 6.00% | No |
| Delaware | 14 | 24 | 33 | 31 | 37 | 9 | 6.60% | 0.00% | No |
| Utah | 15 | 13 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 4.85% | 6.10% | Yes |
| Montana | 16 | 19 | 28 | 33 | 17 | 32 | 5.65% | 0.00% | Yes |
| Missouri | 17 | 37 | 38 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 5.40% | 4.23% | No |
| Colorado | 18 | 20 | 37 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 4.63% | 2.90% | Yes |
| Alabama | 19 | 43 | 41 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 5.00% | 4.00% | No |
| Wyoming | 20 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 39 | 0.00% | 4.00% | No |
| Kentucky | 21 | 42 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 40 | 5.00% | 6.00% | No |
| Wisconsin | 22 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 22 | 7.65% | 5.00% | No |
| Indiana | 23 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 41 | 3.23% | 7.00% | No |
| Nebraska | 24 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 44 | 25 | 6.64% | 5.50% | No |
| Oklahoma | 25 | 44 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 4.75% | 4.50% | No |
| Michigan | 26 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 26 | 29 | 4.25% | 6.00% | No |
| Iowa | 27 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 41 | 21 | 8.53% | 6.00% | No |
| Vermont | 28 | 12 | 2 | 41 | 45 | 17 | 8.75% | 6.00% | Yes |
| Mississippi | 29 | 50 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 50 | 5.00% | 7.00% | No |
| Minnesota | 30 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 33 | 16 | 9.85% | 6.88% | Yes |
| West Virginia | 31 | 41 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 48 | 6.50% | 6.00% | No |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 3.07% | 6.00% | No |
| Ohio | 33 | 33 | 27 | 20 | 28 | 35 | 3.99% | 5.75% | No |
| Arkansas | 34 | 47 | 46 | 8 | 23 | 47 | 4.90% | 6.50% | No |
| Louisiana | 35 | 48 | 48 | 14 | 12 | 46 | 6.00% | 4.45% | No |
| Kansas | 36 | 23 | 36 | 3 | 25 | 36 | 5.70% | 6.50% | No |
| New Mexico | 37 | 46 | 50 | 22 | 32 | 38 | 5.90% | 5.13% | Yes |
| Alaska | 38 | 49 | 43 | 46 | 2 | 27 | 0.00% | 0.00% | No |
| North Dakota | 39 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 37 | 2.90% | 5.00% | No |
| Rhode Island | 40 | 28 | 11 | 37 | 39 | 5 | 5.99% | 7.00% | Yes |
| Massachusetts | 41 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 35 | 2 | 5.00% | 6.25% | No |
| Maryland | 42 | 17 | 21 | 45 | 36 | 7 | 5.75% | 6.00% | No |
| Oregon | 43 | 35 | 42 | 43 | 42 | 23 | 9.90% | 0.00% | No |
| Connecticut | 44 | 25 | 8 | 39 | 40 | 3 | 6.99% | 6.35% | Yes |
| Illinois | 45 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 47 | 28 | 4.95% | 6.25% | No |
| Hawaii | 46 | 40 | 29 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 11.00% | 4.00% | No |
| New York | 47 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 49 | 8 | 8.82% | 4.00% | No |
| New Jersey | 48 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 48 | 4 | 10.75% | 6.63% | No |
| California | 49 | 27 | 32 | 48 | 46 | 6 | 13.30% | 7.25% | No |
| Washington | 50 | 26 | 49 | 44 | 43 | 10 | 0.00% | 6.50% | No |