California is notorious for its high income tax: "9.3 percent on taxable income of $47,056 and above". (From http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/edit/state/profil

California is notorious for its high income tax: "9.3 percent on taxable income of $47,056 and above". (From http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/edit/state/profiles/state_tax_Cal.asp http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/edit/state/profiles/state_t... ) I think the relevant statistic would be tax burden per capita: http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco_tot_tax_bur-total-tax-burden-per-capita http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco_tot_tax_bur-total-tax-b... Texas is around half of CA.