Colorado
Moderate tax burden · COL index 110
Wins 7 categories
Washington
Moderate tax burden · COL index 117
Wins 6 categories
Washington has no state income tax. Colorado's top rate is 4.4%. Property taxes are meaningfully different: Washington averages 0.84% annually vs Colorado's 0.48%.
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