Economy#16 of 102 · Added July 22, 2026
Health Insurance Costs
A typical health plan’s premium as a share of income
Data: WalletHub via Visual Capitalist, 2025 ↗nhmaps.com/57
A silver plan eats 4.0% of the median household income in New Hampshire, the cheapest in the country. Next door in Vermont it costs 19.6% — the worst.
Silver-plan premium as a share of median household income (percent of income)
Map: Visual Capitalist (data: WalletHub) ↗Data: WalletHub via Visual Capitalist, 2025 ↗Found via @GregMooreNH ↗
View the data (50 states)
| # | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Hampshire | 4.0% |
| 2 | Maryland | 4.3% |
| 3 | South Carolina | 4.8% |
| 4 | Minnesota | 4.9% |
| 4 | Virginia | 4.9% |
| 6 | Massachusetts | 5.0% |
| 7 | Washington | 5.3% |
| 8 | Rhode Island | 5.6% |
| 9 | New Jersey | 5.7% |
| 10 | California | 5.8% |
| 11 | Colorado | 5.9% |
| 11 | Hawaii | 5.9% |
| 13 | Arizona | 6.0% |
| 14 | Indiana | 6.5% |
| 15 | Nevada | 6.6% |
| 16 | Michigan | 6.7% |
| 17 | Idaho | 6.9% |
| 17 | Illinois | 6.9% |
| 19 | Iowa | 7.0% |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | 7.0% |
| 19 | Utah | 7.0% |
| 22 | Oregon | 7.4% |
| 23 | Ohio | 7.5% |
| 24 | Texas | 7.6% |
| 25 | Delaware | 7.7% |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 7.7% |
| 27 | Georgia | 7.9% |
| 28 | North Dakota | 8.3% |
| 29 | Kansas | 8.4% |
| 29 | Kentucky | 8.4% |
| 29 | Missouri | 8.4% |
| 32 | Connecticut | 8.5% |
| 33 | Florida | 8.6% |
| 33 | North Carolina | 8.6% |
| 35 | Maine | 9.1% |
| 36 | Arkansas | 9.2% |
| 36 | Tennessee | 9.2% |
| 38 | Montana | 9.3% |
| 38 | Oklahoma | 9.3% |
| 40 | Nebraska | 9.5% |
| 41 | New Mexico | 9.7% |
| 42 | Alabama | 10.1% |
| 43 | Louisiana | 10.2% |
| 43 | South Dakota | 10.2% |
| 45 | Mississippi | 10.5% |
| 46 | New York | 10.9% |
| 47 | Wyoming | 13.8% |
| 48 | Alaska | 14.0% |
| 49 | West Virginia | 18.8% |
| 50 | Vermont | 19.6% |