[Straight Vermonter]

The federal tax is income based most local taxes (property tax, sales tax etc) is not income based. A state like Connecticut with high income is going to pay a higher federal rate and skew the percentages. That was the reason for breaking out the federal tax.

[k2blader]

Makes sense to me. Average income here is lower than the national average, methinks. Post #39 is a nice addition to the breakdown as well.