Many families are relocating during this time – some are seeking more space, other are taking advantage of generous remote working policies and others are moving to be closer to family during a time when travel is difficult. No matter the reason, we’ve put together some considerations and benefits of various states. If you do decide to move, rest assured that 百花视频 is here to offer guidance both for hiring staff in a new state and for assisting with relocating current employees.
Tax Considerations
As of 2020, seven states –聽Alaska,聽Florida,聽Nevada,聽South Dakota,聽Texas,聽Washington, and聽Wyoming –聽 have zero income tax. Two others,聽New Hampshire聽and聽Tennessee, don’t tax regular earned income but do tax investment income. Of course, these states do make up for some of this loss by taxing other goods and services so, depending on your financial goals and circumstances, it might be wiser to take a聽state’s overall tax burden, which measures the percent of income paid in state and local taxes, into account. Alaska comes in first here with the lowest rate of聽聽just 5.16% (New York, for example, with 12.28%, is the highest in the country). Following closely behind Alaska are Delaware, Wyoming, Tennessee, Wyoming, Florida and New Hampshire.聽.
State Parks聽
Now that outdoors has become the safest way to see family and friends, many of us are looking for ways to incorporate more time in nature into our lives long-term. Eleven states have more than 100 state parks each. California ranks first with 270 state parks – the Golden State also ranks first for the number of national parks with 9, including Yosemite and Joshua Tree. New York and Washington follow closely behind with 215 and 212 state parks respectively. Others on the top ten list include聽Oregon (195), Florida (191), Massachusetts (154), Illinois (142), Pennsylvania (121), Alaska (119) and Connecticut (109).聽.
Food and Wine聽
If the idea of living near the country’s top wineries or best restaurants sounds appealing, you have more options than just the major cities. Many wine lovers might think of California, New York and Oregon as the top wine-producing regions of the U.S. While these states do have a lot to offer so do Washington, Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania and Ohio.聽Washington is now number聽 2 in the nation in terms of annual wine production, trailing only California. Virginia is home to 276 wineries, including the stunning聽, owned by AOL co-founder Steve Case and his wife Jean Case. In terms of food, New York and California rate highest for the number of Michelin starred restaurants but there are talented chefs making noteworthy food across the country.聽聽awarded the number one position to Texas due to the thriving restaurant scenes in Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. In 2018,聽Bon App茅tit聽awarded聽聽to Portland, Maine, which boasts a range of restaurants from upscale bistros like聽聽(a semi-finalist for 鈥淥utstanding Restaurant鈥� from the James Beard Foundation every year since 2011) to excellent seafood at聽 from award winning chefs Andrew Taylor and Mike Wiley.
Education
There are many metrics by which the country measures education. According to US News, New Hampshire rates number one in the country in terms of college readiness based on SAT and ACT scores while Massachusetts comes in first for top NAEP math and reading scores. Overall,聽Massachusetts ranked as the top state for public schools.聽. Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York lead in terms of ; by most rating systems, all of the schools in the top ten private school lists are located in those three states with California trailing shortly behind.
As always, we’re here to assist with all your household staffing needs during this challenging time. Both childcare and cleaning professionals are considered essential workers and we have implemented strict protocols to make sure your family is as safe as possible.聽Contact us聽today to learn more.