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, 2009 Annual Reports of Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Michigan Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam New Jersey Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Ohio 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 10, 2009	30
Michigan	33-08923	July 13, 2009	30
Minnesota	33-08916	July 9, 2009	30
New Jersey	33-32550	July 14, 2009	21
Ohio	33-08924	July 10, 2009	30
Pennsylvania	33-28321	July 13, 2009	23

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.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
September 22, 2009