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| Place | Sales tax, state + average local | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Portland | 0% | 2026 midyear |
| 2nd | Honolulu | 4.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 3rd | Portland, Maine | 5.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 4th | Milwaukee | 5.7% | 2026 midyear |
| 4th | Madison | 5.7% | 2026 midyear |
| 6th | Richmond | 5.8% | 2026 midyear |
| 6th | Virginia Beach | 5.8% | 2026 midyear |
| 8th | Baltimore | 6% | 2026 midyear |
| 8th | Detroit | 6% | 2026 midyear |
| 8th | Louisville | 6% | 2026 midyear |
| 8th | Washington DC | 6% | 2026 midyear |
| 8th | Grand Rapids | 6% | 2026 midyear |
| 13th | Boise, Idaho | 6% | 2026 midyear |
| 14th | Boston | 6.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 14th | Worcester | 6.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 16th | Pittsburgh | 6.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 16th | Philadelphia | 6.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 16th | Allentown | 6.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 16th | Harrisburg | 6.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 20th | Hartford | 6.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 20th | Bridgeport | 6.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 20th | New Haven | 6.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 23rd | Des Moines | 6.9% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Jacksonville | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Tampa | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Sarasota | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Miami | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Orlando, Florida | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Jacksonville, Florida | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Omaha | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Cape Coral | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Lakeland | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Daytona Beach | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Melbourne | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 35th | Indianapolis | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 35th | Providence | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 37th | Jackson, Mississippi | 7.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 38th | Asheville | 7.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 38th | Raleigh | 7.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 38th | Charlotte, NC | 7.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 38th | Greensboro | 7.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 38th | Winston-Salem | 7.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 38th | Durham | 7.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 44th | Cincinnati | 7.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 44th | Columbus | 7.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 44th | Cleveland | 7.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 44th | Dayton | 7.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 44th | Akron | 7.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 44th | Toledo | 7.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 50th | Salt Lake City | 7.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 50th | Provo | 7.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 50th | Ogden | 7.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 53rd | Greenville, SC | 7.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 53rd | Charleston | 7.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 53rd | Columbia, South Carolina | 7.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 56th | Savannah | 7.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 56th | Atlanta, Georgia | 7.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 56th | Augusta, Georgia | 7.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 59th | Albuquerque | 7.7% | 2026 midyear |
| 60th | Denver | 7.9% | 2026 midyear |
| 60th | Colorado Springs | 7.9% | 2026 midyear |
| 62nd | Minneapolis | 8.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 63rd | Dallas, Texas | 8.2% | 2026 midyear |
| 63rd | Austin | 8.2% | 2026 midyear |
| 63rd | Houston, Texas | 8.2% | 2026 midyear |
| 63rd | San Antonio, Texas | 8.2% | 2026 midyear |
| 63rd | McAllen | 8.2% | 2026 midyear |
| 63rd | El Paso | 8.2% | 2026 midyear |
| 69th | Las Vegas | 8.2% | 2026 midyear |
| 69th | Reno | 8.2% | 2026 midyear |
| 71st | Kansas City | 8.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 71st | St. Louis | 8.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 73rd | Tucson | 8.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 73rd | Phoenix | 8.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 73rd | New York | 8.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 73rd | Buffalo | 8.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 73rd | Rochester, New York | 8.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 73rd | Albany | 8.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 73rd | Poughkeepsie | 8.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 73rd | Syracuse | 8.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 81st | Wichita | 8.7% | 2026 midyear |
| 82nd | Chicago | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 83rd | San Jose, California | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 83rd | Sacramento | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 83rd | Los Angeles, California | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 83rd | San Francisco | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 83rd | Riverside | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 83rd | San Diego | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 83rd | Fresno | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 83rd | Bakersfield | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 83rd | Oxnard | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 83rd | Stockton | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 93rd | Oklahoma City | 9.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 93rd | Tulsa | 9.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 95th | Huntsville, AL | 9.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 95th | Birmingham | 9.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 97th | Little Rock | 9.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 97th | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 9.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 99th | Vancouver, Washington | 9.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 99th | Seattle | 9.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 99th | Spokane | 9.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 102nd | Nashville | 9.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 102nd | Chattanooga | 9.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 102nd | Knoxville | 9.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 102nd | Memphis | 9.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 106th | New Orleans | 10.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 106th | Baton Rouge | 10.1% | 2026 midyear |
| Place | Sales tax, state + average local | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Montana | 0% | 2026 midyear |
| 1st | New Hampshire | 0% | 2026 midyear |
| 1st | Delaware | 0% | 2026 midyear |
| 4th | Alaska | 1.8% | 2026 midyear |
| 5th | Hawaii | 4.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 6th | Wyoming | 5.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 7th | Maine | 5.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 8th | Wisconsin | 5.7% | 2026 midyear |
| 9th | Virginia | 5.8% | 2026 midyear |
| 10th | Kentucky | 6% | 2026 midyear |
| 10th | Maryland | 6% | 2026 midyear |
| 10th | Michigan | 6% | 2026 midyear |
| 13th | Idaho | 6% | 2026 midyear |
| 14th | South Dakota | 6.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 15th | Massachusetts | 6.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 16th | Pennsylvania | 6.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 17th | Connecticut | 6.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 18th | Vermont | 6.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 19th | West Virginia | 6.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 19th | New Jersey | 6.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 21st | Iowa | 6.9% | 2026 midyear |
| 22nd | Florida | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 22nd | Nebraska | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Indiana | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 24th | Rhode Island | 7% | 2026 midyear |
| 26th | Mississippi | 7.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 27th | North Dakota | 7.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 28th | North Carolina | 7.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 29th | Ohio | 7.3% | 2026 midyear |
| 30th | Utah | 7.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 31st | South Carolina | 7.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 32nd | Georgia | 7.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 33rd | New Mexico | 7.7% | 2026 midyear |
| 34th | Colorado | 7.9% | 2026 midyear |
| 35th | Minnesota | 8.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 36th | Texas | 8.2% | 2026 midyear |
| 37th | Nevada | 8.2% | 2026 midyear |
| 38th | Missouri | 8.4% | 2026 midyear |
| 39th | New York | 8.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 39th | Arizona | 8.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 41st | Kansas | 8.7% | 2026 midyear |
| 42nd | Illinois | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 43rd | California | 9% | 2026 midyear |
| 44th | Oklahoma | 9.1% | 2026 midyear |
| 45th | Alabama | 9.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 46th | Arkansas | 9.5% | 2026 midyear |
| 47th | Washington | 9.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 48th | Tennessee | 9.6% | 2026 midyear |
| 49th | Louisiana | 10.1% | 2026 midyear |
The Honest Local, Sales tax across America, every city and state on one map, September 2026, https://thehonestlocal.com/map/sales_tax_combined_rate
Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Data last moved September 22, 2026. Each number's source and period sit on its ranking page, one click from its rank.
The map reads the same tables as every ranking on this site: the live tape (Zillow, realtor.com by way of FRED, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, AAA, AirNow, MERIC, the Census Bureau, the FBI, the EIA, the BEA), and The Honest Local's own scores (Sunshine, Heat, Cold, Snow, Clean Air, Bad Air, Disaster, Safety, Affordability), each a blend of at least two public sources. Cities and states rank on separate lists. A place with no reading is left grey rather than estimated.