Which states tax Social Security benefits

Most do not. This is the list of the ones that still do, what kind of rule each one uses, and where that state says so itself.

This page does not give you a number. Every state on this list sets its own income limits, and most of them change each year. What it gives you is whether your state taxes benefits at all, what kind of rule it uses, and a link to that state's own page — which is the thing worth reading if the answer matters to your return.

States that still tax benefits

Everywhere else

What this does and does not mean

Also on this site

Your retirement timeline, the Social Security calculator, the married-couple figures, the required withdrawal calculator, and the Roth conversion calculator — which asks you for your own state rate rather than guessing it, for the reason at the top of this page.

Estimates and general information only — not tax, investment or financial advice, and not affiliated with any state revenue department, the Social Security Administration or the IRS. State rules change, sometimes mid-year and sometimes retroactively; the date above is when this list was last checked against each state's own materials, and it is the only claim being made about how current it is.