Kansas
Moderate tax burden · COL index 86
Wins 7 categories
Vermont
High tax burden · COL index 111
Wins 6 categories
Vermont's top income tax rate is 8.75% vs Kansas's 5.7%. Cost of living in Vermont (index 111) runs 29% higher than Kansas (index 86). Property taxes are meaningfully different: Vermont averages 1.73% annually vs Kansas's 1.24%. The median home in Vermont costs $380K vs $220K in Kansas.
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A single person with no children needs an annual salary of $48,000, while a single parent with one child requires $82,000. For households with two adults and one child, the livable wage is $77,000 when only one adult works and $94,000 when both adults work.