State Tax · Sales tax
Sales Tax Rate Calculator
Pick a state and enter a purchase amount to see how much sales tax is added and who gets it. In 16 states you can go on to any county or city and see its combined rate split line by line, with the date each part took effect. Every rate is cited to the state's own revenue department.
On a $100.00 purchase in Texas the state takes $6.25 (6.25%), and local taxes add between $0.00 and $2.00 depending on the city and county, for $6.25 to $8.25 in all.
- State rate
- 6.25%
- Local rates
- 0% to 2%
- Highest combined
- 8.25%
Every state's sales tax
The state rate is what the state itself takes; the local range is what counties, cities and districts add on top. Where a revenue department publishes a usable local rate file, the state's page links every county and city it lists (9,084 pages across 16 states). Elsewhere the state page gives the state rate and the DOR's own description of local rates.
| State | State rate | Local rates | Highest combined | County and city pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 4% | 0.2% to 8.25% | 12.25% | 66 counties, 420 cities |
| Alaska | none | local only | — | state page |
| Arizona | 5.6% | 0% to 5.5% | 11.1% | 15 counties, 90 cities |
| Arkansas | 6.5% | 0% to 6.125% | 12.625% | 75 counties, 350 cities |
| California | 7.25% | 0% to 4.5% | 11.75% | 58 counties, 483 cities |
| Colorado | 2.9% | 0% to 8.3% | 11.2% | 75 counties, 320 cities |
| Connecticut | 6.35% | see state page | — | state page |
| Delaware | none | none | — | state page |
| District of Columbia | 6% | see state page | — | state page |
| Florida | 6% | 0% to 2% | 8% | state page |
| Georgia | 4% | see state page | — | state page |
| Hawaii | 4% | 0.5% to 0.5% | 4.5% | state page |
| Idaho | 6% | see state page | — | state page |
| Illinois | 6.25% | 0% to 5% | 11.25% | 102 counties, 1126 cities |
| Indiana | 7% | see state page | — | state page |
| Iowa | 6% | 0% to 1% | 7% | state page |
| Kansas | 6.5% | 0% to 4.25% | 10.75% | 105 counties, 625 cities |
| Kentucky | 6% | see state page | — | state page |
| Louisiana | 5% | see state page | — | state page |
| Maine | 5.5% | see state page | — | state page |
| Maryland | 6% | see state page | — | state page |
| Massachusetts | 6.25% | see state page | — | state page |
| Michigan | 6% | see state page | — | state page |
| Minnesota | 6.875% | see state page | — | state page |
| Mississippi | 7% | 0% to 1% | 8% | state page |
| Missouri | 4.225% | 1% to 7.263% | 11.488% | 109 counties, 1429 cities |
| Montana | none | none | — | state page |
| Nebraska | 5.5% | 0% to 2% | 7.5% | state page |
| Nevada | 6.85% | see state page | — | state page |
| New Hampshire | none | none | — | state page |
| New Jersey | 6.625% | see state page | — | state page |
| New Mexico | 4.875% | see state page | — | state page |
| New York | 4% | see state page | — | state page |
| North Carolina | 4.75% | 2% to 3.5% | 8.25% | 100 counties, 0 cities |
| North Dakota | 5% | see state page | — | state page |
| Ohio | 5.75% | 0.75% to 2.25% | 8% | 88 counties, 0 cities |
| Oklahoma | 4.5% | 0% to 7% | 11.5% | 78 counties, 823 cities |
| Oregon | none | none | — | state page |
| Pennsylvania | 6% | 0% to 2% | 8% | state page |
| Rhode Island | 7% | see state page | — | state page |
| South Carolina | 6% | 0% to 3% | 9% | state page |
| South Dakota | 4.2% | 1% to 4.2% | 8.4% | 0 counties, 272 cities |
| Tennessee | 7% | 1.5% to 2.75% | 9.75% | state page |
| Texas | 6.25% | 0% to 2% | 8.25% | 250 counties, 1177 cities |
| Utah | 4.85% | 1.5% to 5.2% | 10.05% | 29 counties, 322 cities |
| Vermont | 6% | 0% to 1% | 7% | state page |
| Virginia | 4.3% | 1% to 2.7% | 7% | 95 counties, 38 cities |
| Washington | 6.5% | 1.1% to 4.2% | 10.7% | 39 counties, 325 cities |
| West Virginia | 6% | 0% to 1% | 7% | state page |
| Wisconsin | 5% | 0% to 2.9% | 7.9% | state page |
| Wyoming | 4% | see state page | — | state page |
Methodology
How the combined rate is built
A sales tax rate is a sum. The state sets one rate for every sale in the state; the county, the city and any special district (transit authority, hospital district, improvement district) the address sits in each add their own. The combined rate is those components added together, and the page lists every one with the authority that levies it and the date it took effect, so the total can be checked line by line.
Combined rate = state rate + county rate + city rate + district rates Tax = purchase amount × combined rate ÷ 100
Source and effective date
Every rate on this page comes from the . Sales tax rates are not tax-year figures: they change on the first day of a quarter, most often January, April, July and October 1. The snapshot behind these pages is rebuilt from the DOR file on the fifth of those months.
Limitations
- General merchandise only. Groceries, prepared food, lodging, motor vehicles, fuel, alcohol and services are taxed at different rates or not at all, and that differs by state.
- A ZIP code is not a jurisdiction. ZIP codes cross county, city and district lines, so a receipt's ZIP does not set the rate; the taxing jurisdictions the address sits in do. That is why there are no ZIP pages here.
- Special districts that cover part of a jurisdiction (an address-range improvement district, a transit area that stops at a road) are listed under "other rate areas" where the DOR lists them and left out where it lists them only by address.
- Caps and thresholds (a surtax that applies only to the first $5,000 of an item, a maximum tax per sale) are not modeled; the split assumes the full rate on the full amount.
Last reviewed: October 2026. The state table was checked against each revenue department's page on October 8, 2026; the local snapshots are refreshed from the DOR files every quarter and checked by scripts/check-sales-tax.mjs before each deploy.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the sales tax rate different in two towns in the same state?
Because the state rate is only the first layer. Counties, cities and special districts (transit authorities, hospital and improvement districts) add their own rates, and each town sits in a different set of them. Two towns ten miles apart can differ by two or three percentage points for that reason alone.
Where do these rates come from?
Only from each state's department of revenue or tax commission: the file it publishes for sellers who must collect the tax. No rate on this site comes from a third-party lookup service or aggregator. Every page links the exact DOR publication and prints its date.
Why doesn't the ZIP code on my receipt match a page here?
A ZIP code is a mail route, not a taxing jurisdiction, and it routinely crosses county and city lines. The rate is set by the jurisdictions the address sits in, so the pages here are by county and city, never by ZIP.
Does the rate apply to groceries, restaurant meals, hotels and cars?
Not necessarily. These are general merchandise rates. Most states exempt or reduce groceries, and prepared food, lodging, vehicles, fuel and services often have their own rates or are untaxed. The methodology section on every page says so, and the DOR link is where the category rules live.
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