Maryland
High tax burden · COL index 116
Wins 2 categories
Northern Mariana Islands
Low tax burden · COL index 118
Wins 4 categories
Northern Mariana Islands's top income tax rate is 35% vs Maryland's 5.75%. Property taxes are meaningfully different: Maryland averages 0.97% annually vs Northern Mariana Islands's 0.5%.
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On November 4, 1986, the islanders of the Northern Marianas including Saipan became United States citizens and the Northern Marianas formally became a part of the United States of America. This meant that U.S. citizens could visit or live in Saipan and the rest of the CNMI without a passport and vice versa.