With tax day coming on April 15th, Personal Finance’s website Wallethub released a report on the state in 2025 with the best and worst return on taxpayer investment.
Naturally, 66% of Americans believe the current tax rate is too high, and while federal income tax rates are uniform across the country, some states receive far more federal funding.
But federal taxes and support are just part of the story. There are dramatically different tax burdens for each state. This brings about the question of whether people in high-tax states receive excellent government services. Similarly, is the low tax situation more efficient or are you receiving low quality services? In short, where do taxpayers get the most and minimal bang?
In breaking down the numbers by state, Wallethub looked at 29 metrics by comparing state and local tax revenues, by receiving the quality and efficiency of state government services residents receive in each of the 50 states within five categories: education, health, safety, economics, and pollution.
New Hampshire came in number one, but Florida came in second.
Florida has the third best public university in the United States, with high quality primary and secondary education, and high quality primary and secondary education with high-quality primary and secondary education with high-school graduation rates of over 87%, which is one way taxes are striving for.
Florida’s infrastructure is also pretty decent, with the third best bridge quality in the country and the 15th best road quality. When it comes to most other services, Florida is heading into the middle of the pack, but the income tax shortage makes up for that. Florida has the lowest unemployment rate.
Wallethub said Red states have a higher return on taxpayers’ investment compared to blue states.
