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$200 Million Powerball After Taxes

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A $200 million jackpot puts the cash option around $120 million pre-tax. State-by-state take-home, with the highest- and lowest-rate states ranked.

$200 Million cash lump sum — 50 states ranked

Sorted by cash take-home, descending. Click a state to open its dedicated page.

#StateRateCash take-homeAnnuity total
1Alaska (AK)0%$75.7M$128.5M
2California (CA)0%$75.7M$128.5M
3Florida (FL)0%$75.7M$128.5M
4Nevada (NV)0%$75.7M$128.5M
5New Hampshire (NH)0%$75.7M$128.5M
6South Dakota (SD)0%$75.7M$128.5M
7Tennessee (TN)0%$75.7M$128.5M
8Texas (TX)0%$75.7M$128.5M
9Washington (WA)0%$75.7M$128.5M
10Wyoming (WY)0%$75.7M$128.5M
11Arizona (AZ)2.5%$72.7M$123.5M
12North Dakota (ND)2.5%$72.7M$123.5M
13Pennsylvania (PA)3.07%$72.0M$122.4M
14Indiana (IN)3.15%$71.9M$122.2M
15Ohio (OH)3.5%$71.5M$121.5M
16Iowa (IA)3.8%$71.1M$120.9M
17Kentucky (KY)4%$70.9M$120.5M
18Mississippi (MS)4%$70.9M$120.5M
19Louisiana (LA)4.25%$70.6M$120.0M
20Michigan (MI)4.25%$70.6M$120.0M
21North Carolina (NC)4.25%$70.6M$120.0M
22Arkansas (AR)4.4%$70.4M$119.7M
23Colorado (CO)4.4%$70.4M$119.7M
24Utah (UT)4.65%$70.1M$119.2M
25Oklahoma (OK)4.75%$70.0M$119.0M
26Missouri (MO)4.8%$69.9M$118.9M
27West Virginia (WV)4.82%$69.9M$118.9M
28Illinois (IL)4.95%$69.7M$118.6M
29Georgia (GA)4.99%$69.7M$118.5M
30Alabama (AL)5%$69.7M$118.5M
31Massachusetts (MA)5%$69.7M$118.5M
32Kansas (KS)5.2%$69.4M$118.1M
33Nebraska (NE)5.2%$69.4M$118.1M
34South Carolina (SC)5.21%$69.4M$118.1M
35Virginia (VA)5.75%$68.8M$117.0M
36Idaho (ID)5.8%$68.7M$116.9M
37Montana (MT)5.9%$68.6M$116.7M
38New Mexico (NM)5.9%$68.6M$116.7M
39Rhode Island (RI)5.99%$68.5M$116.5M
40Delaware (DE)6.6%$67.8M$115.3M
41Connecticut (CT)6.99%$67.3M$114.5M
42Maine (ME)7.15%$67.1M$114.2M
43Wisconsin (WI)7.65%$66.5M$113.2M
44Maryland (MD)8.75%$65.2M$111.0M
45Vermont (VT)8.75%$65.2M$111.0M
46Minnesota (MN)9.85%$63.9M$108.8M
47Oregon (OR)9.9%$63.8M$108.7M
48New Jersey (NJ)10.75%$62.8M$107.0M
49New York (NY)10.9%$62.6M$106.7M
50Hawaii (HI)11%$62.5M$106.5M

Frequently asked questions

Which state gets the largest $200 Million Powerball take-home?

For a $200 Million advertised jackpot taken as cash, the top take-home state is Alaska at roughly $75,683,278; the worst is Hawaii at $62,483,278. The gap is $13,200,000.

What's the effective tax rate on a $200 Million cash payout?

Using this site's assumptions (cash = 60% of advertised, 24% federal withholding, ~13% top-bracket adjustment above $640,600, plus state tax), $200 Million cash in the best state nets about $75,683,278 — an effective rate of roughly 36.93%.

How much more does annuity pay vs cash for $200 Million?

Annuity pays the full advertised jackpot over 30 graduated instalments. For $200 Million, the best state would net about $128,498,340 across the 30 years versus $75,683,278 taken as cash today — a meaningful gap if you can avoid the lump sum.