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Taxes
Top personal income tax rate:0%
Top corporate income tax rate:4.5%
Energy costs
Electricity:9.87 cents/kilowatthour
Gas (avg. price/gallon):$2.08
Labor
Minimum wage:$5.15/hour*
State has no minimum wage. This is the federal minimum wage.
9. Texas
Index score: 42.71

Texas has no personal income, capital gains or estate taxes. However property taxes, health-insurance regulations and crime rates are relatively high. "It's a good place to do business," says Kerrigan. "It used to be better" before it instituted a corporate income tax, but, she says, cities like Austin, Dallas and Houston are still "great hubs for business activity." Keeping and attracting talent isn't a problem, she says. The K-through-12 education system could be better, but its institutions of higher learning are strong.
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