Hawaii is the state where Americans are most likely to live paycheck to paycheck, whereas residents of Mississippi are least likely, according to the latest GOBankingRates study of income and real estate expense released Monday.
A majority of the 10 states where Americans are most strapped for cash are the same that showed up in last year’s study, the 2017 study found many new states rank as the best for stretching your paycheck, including Michigan, Oklahoma and Mississippi.
States were evaluated and ranked according to the percentage of the median paycheck that was left over after subtracting housing costs, food expenditures, transportation expenses, utilities and healthcare.
Here are the top 10:
Hawaii
California
New York
Massachusetts
Alaska
Maryland
Connecticut
Vermont
New Jersey
Oregon
And the bottom 10:
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Indiana
Alabama
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Michigan
