A press release from the Milken Institute’s annual Cost-of-Doing-Business Index lists the most expensive states for doing business and the least expensive.
First, the top of the list:
Ten Most Expensive
1 Hawaii
2 New York
3 Alaska
4 Massachusetts
5 Connecticut
6 California
7 New Jersey
8 Vermont
9 Delaware
10 Rhode Island
And then the inexpensive list:
Ten Least Expensive Rank
50 South Dakota
49 Iowa
48 North Dakota
47 Nebraska
46 Idaho
45 South Carolina
44 Montana
43 Missouri
42 Tennessee
41 Arkansas
I see lists like this and think one thing – taxes.