45. Alaska, cost of living index: 127.1
While Alaska is a major energy-producing state, utility prices there are outrageously expensive. In fact, only residents of Hawaii have more expensive bills to pay.
Housing, groceries, and other essentials are painfully costly too, although it's healthcare that's the biggest shock: health insurance, drugs, medical procedures, and so on are pricier in the Last Frontier than in any other state. That said, there is no personal state income tax.
Daniel Coughlin
10 February 2022
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