Average installed cost per linear foot (wood/vinyl/chain-link/aluminum blend) and typical 150 ft project. National average: $39. Updated 2026-09-01.
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Nine: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. New Hampshire used to tax interest and dividends but repealed that tax effective January 1, 2025, so its wage and investment income is now untaxed at the state level. Washington added a capital-gains excise tax on large gains, but salaries are untouched.
At $75,000 single, about $2,300 to $6,000 a year versus taxed states. Texas take-home is $61,148; Illinois pays $57,577, New York $57,628, and Oregon $55,144. The spread is $500 a month between the extremes — real money, but smaller than most people guess, because federal tax and FICA (about $13,850 combined at this income) apply everywhere.
Not at moderate incomes. California's top rates are high, but they start far up the income scale, so at $75,000 a single filer owes about $3,017 — less than Minnesota, Massachusetts, Hawaii, or Oregon. Oregon actually takes the most at this income ($6,005) because its standard deduction is small. California pulls ahead as income rises: at $150,000 it collects $9,977.
They widen. At $75,000 the gap between the cheapest and priciest state is $6,005; at $150,000 it is $12,822. Graduated brackets push more income into top rates while no-tax states stay at zero, so location matters more, not less, as you earn more.