This Is The Average Social Security Check In Each State - Page 28 of 51

24. Nebraska

Average annual benefit: $17,620

Monthly benefits for 250,014 retirees from the Cornhusker State averaged $1,468.36. Nebraska levies retirement income and benefits. High taxes juxtapose lower living costs, making it one of the least retirement-friendly states.

State sales tax is 5.5%, medicine and groceries exempt. But local rates can add up to 2.5% to the sales tax, averaging 6.93%. There are also inheritance taxes and some of the country’s highest property taxes to consider.