High earners in Tampa-St. Pete, Sarasota-Bradenton have light tax load

Recent income research finds Tampa-St. Pete-Clearwater area is highly ranked — in low taxes for high earners.

Sarasota-Bradenton-North Port's high earners make more annually, the same research found, but they also pay more in taxes.

Flippa — a firm that helps people sell and buy websites, stores and apps — reported in its Feb. 20 blog that it examined Tampa-St. Pete area households earning more than $200,000 per year. They found these households averaged $574,286 annually. And they paid more than $7,700 in state and local taxes a year.