Vermont
In Vermont, 106,070 retirees were collecting Social Security benefits in 2018 that averaged $1,481.62 a month. That amounts to an average of $17,779.39 per year. Vermont also happens to be among the 13 states that collect taxes on Social Security benefits, according to AARP.
Wyoming
This state isn’t very densely populated, but all the same, in 2018, 82,101 retirees were collecting Social Security benefits that averaged $1,485.18 per month. That adds up to an average of $17,822.19 for the whole year altogether.