Moving from New York 2026: where a high earner keeps most

Moving from New York, for a high earner.

Ranked on what $1,000,000 of income keeps over 10 years, with what New York charges on the way out.

In short, current to October 2026

On the Patrician.ch board, the address that leaves a $1,000,000 earner leaving New York with the most after 10 years is Dubai, UAE, at $10M kept against an effective 0%. Staying in New York keeps $5.7M over the same 10 years, a difference of $4.3M.
Within 5 hours of New York, the address that keeps the most is Anguilla, at $10M over 10 years.
On the way out of New York: No exit tax for a non citizen leaving the US, unless a long term green card holder, resident 8 of the last 15 years, gives up the card. A US citizen is taxed worldwide after leaving. Renouncing, or giving up a long term green card, triggers the expatriation tax for a covered expatriate, meaning net worth of $2M or more, average income tax above $211K over the last 5 years, or 5 years of compliance not certified. It is a deemed sale of everything, with long term gains taxed at up to 23.8%, tax deferred retirement accounts treated as paid out, and the first $910K of gain excluded in 2026.
Deferral: Not applicable unless you renounce.
A US citizen is taxed by the United States on worldwide income wherever they live, so for a US passport holder every rate below is floored at the US rate. The ranking applies to a non-US passport holder.
Figures are current to October 2026 and modeled on indicative 2026 headline brackets for a single filer. Confirm with counsel before relying on any of them.

Each address on this page was last checked against its official sources between 14 October 2026 and 30 October 2026. The sources for each are named on its page.

Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 47 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to October 2026. Updated 5 November 2026. Cite as: Patrician.ch, Moving from New York 2026: where a high earner keeps most, patrician.ch/answers/moving-from-new-york/, October 2026.

Ranked

Leaving New York: where $1,000,000 goes furthest.

Ordered by what a single filer keeps over 10 years after income tax, on Patrician.ch's 2026 model, with the flight time from New York. The engine reorders this on your own income, liquidity event, passports and household.

Dubai 🇦🇪 UAE0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 12h 45m nonstop from New York

$10M

Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 UAE0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 12h 40m nonstop from New York

$10M

Punta del Este 🇺🇾 Uruguay0% effective on $1M, foreign gains untaxed 11 years by qualifying election, 13h 35m with 1 stop from New York, special regime for arrivals

$10M

Anguilla 🇦🇮 Anguilla0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 4h 40m nonstop from New York

$10M

Monaco 🇲🇨 Monaco0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 8h nonstop from New York

$10M

Christophe Harbour 🇰🇳 St Kitts and Nevis0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 4h 15m nonstop from New York

$10M

George Town 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 4h 05m nonstop from New York

$10M

St John's 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 4h 20m nonstop from New York

$10M

Providenciales 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 3h 40m nonstop from New York

$10M

Nassau 🇧🇸 Bahamas0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 3h 20m nonstop from New York

$10M

Within 5 hours of New York.

The same ranking, kept to addresses a direct flight of 5 hours or less from New York.

Anguilla 🇦🇮 Anguilla0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 4h 40m nonstop from New York

$10M

Christophe Harbour 🇰🇳 St Kitts and Nevis0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 4h 15m nonstop from New York

$10M

George Town 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 4h 05m nonstop from New York

$10M

St John's 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 4h 20m nonstop from New York

$10M

Providenciales 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 3h 40m nonstop from New York

$10M

Model note. Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled. Where a place is modeled on a regime for new arrivals, its city page says so. Flight times are scheduled gate to gate times on the fastest routing, from airline schedules read October 17, 2026. The exit charge from New York is modeled separately and is not netted into the figures above.

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Questions

The short answers.

Where should a high earner move from New York?

On $1,000,000 of income, Dubai keeps the most over 10 years, $10M, followed by Abu Dhabi and Punta del Este.

Within 5 hours of New York, Anguilla keeps the most. The ranking changes with the passports held, the household and a liquidity event, all of which the engine takes as inputs.

Does New York charge an exit tax?

No exit tax for a non citizen leaving the US, unless a long term green card holder, resident 8 of the last 15 years, gives up the card.

A US citizen is taxed worldwide after leaving. Renouncing, or giving up a long term green card, triggers the expatriation tax for a covered expatriate, meaning net worth of $2M or more, average income tax above $211K over the last 5 years, or 5 years of compliance not certified. It is a deemed sale of everything, with long term gains taxed at up to 23.8%, tax deferred retirement accounts treated as paid out, and the first $910K of gain excluded in 2026.

Can the exit tax on leaving New York be deferred?

Not applicable unless you renounce.

Which addresses on the board levy no capital gains tax?

39 of the 100 addresses on the board levy no personal capital gains tax on listed securities, among them Abu Dhabi, Andorra la Vella, Anguilla, Athens, Bora Bora, Christophe Harbour.

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Moving from New York, for a high earner.

Leaving New York: where $1,000,000 goes furthest.

Within 5 hours of New York.

The short answers.

Where should a high earner move from New York?

Does New York charge an exit tax?

Can the exit tax on leaving New York be deferred?

Which addresses on the board levy no capital gains tax?

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