Answers · current to October 2026
The United States, for a high earner.
17 American addresses on the board, ranked by what $1,000,000 of income keeps. Federal tax is the same at every one of them, so the spread is the state.
In short, current to October 2026
- 17 of the 100 addresses on the Patrician.ch board are in the United States, in 7 states.
- 8 of them levy no state income tax, in Florida, Texas and Nevada: Miami, Coral Gables, Naples, Bal Harbour, Palm Beach, Austin, Dallas and Las Vegas. Each keeps $680K of $1,000,000, an effective 32% of federal tax alone.
- The highest bill on the list is New York, at an effective 43%. On $1,000,000 that is $107K a year more than a no-state-tax address, $1.1M over 10 years.
- Capital gains run from 24% in Miami to 37% in New York, federal and state together.
- Moving between states changes only the state line. Federal tax follows a US taxpayer to every address on this list.
- Figures are current to October 2026.
Each address on this page was last checked against its official sources between and . 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 . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Where should a high earner live in the US, 2026, patrician.ch/answers/where-should-high-earners-live-in-the-us/, October 2026.
