CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective Amendments, as numbered below ("Registration Statements"), to the registration statements on Form N-1A, with file numbers as noted below, of our reports, as dated below, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights appearing in the May 31, 2006 Annual Reports of Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Michigan Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Ohio Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam New Jersey Tax Exempt Income Fund and Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund, which are also incorporated by reference into the Registration Statements:

Fund	File #	Date of Report	Post-Effective
			Amendment
Massachusetts	33-05416	July 14, 2006	27
Michigan	33-08923	July 13, 2006	27
Minnesota	33-08916	July 13, 2006	27
New Jersey	33-32550	July 10, 2006	18
Ohio	33-08924	July 11, 2006	27
Pennsylvania	33-28321	July 14, 2006	20

We also consent to the references to us under the headings "Financial highlights" and "Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Financial Statements" in such Registration Statements.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
September 22, 2006