US metros ranked by combined sales tax rate
Quick answer
Seattle, WA carries the highest combined sales tax rate among covered metros at 10.45%, and Manchester, NH the lowest at 0%. Local layers — county, city and special districts — account for most of the spread; the state share varies far less than the local one.
| # | City | County | State share | Local share | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle, WA | King County | 6.5% | 3.95% | 10.45% |
| 2 | Long Beach, CA | Los Angeles County | 7.25% | 3% | 10.25% |
| 3 | Oakland, CA | Alameda County | 7.25% | 3% | 10.25% |
| 4 | Chicago, IL | Cook County | 6.25% | 4% | 10.25% |
| 5 | Baton Rouge, LA | East Baton Rouge Parish | 5% | 5% | 10% |
| 6 | Birmingham, AL | Jefferson County | 4% | 6% | 10% |
| 7 | St. Paul, MN | Ramsey County | 6.875% | 3% | 9.875% |
| 8 | Memphis, TN | Shelby County | 7% | 2.75% | 9.75% |
| 9 | Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles County | 7.25% | 2.25% | 9.5% |
| 10 | New Orleans, LA | Orleans Parish | 5% | 4.45% | 9.45% |
| 11 | San Jose, CA | Santa Clara County | 7.25% | 2.125% | 9.375% |
| 12 | Nashville, TN | Davidson County | 7% | 2.25% | 9.25% |
| 13 | Knoxville, TN | Knox County | 7% | 2.25% | 9.25% |
| 14 | Chattanooga, TN | Hamilton County | 7% | 2.25% | 9.25% |
| 15 | Minneapolis, MN | Hennepin County | 6.875% | 2.15% | 9.025% |
| 16 | Spokane, WA | Spokane County | 6.5% | 2.5% | 9% |
| 17 | Charleston, SC | Charleston County | 6% | 3% | 9% |
| 18 | Atlanta, GA | Fulton County | 4% | 4.9% | 8.9% |
| 19 | New York City, NY | New York County | 4% | 4.875% | 8.875% |
| 20 | Denver, CO | Denver County | 2.9% | 5.91% | 8.81% |
| 21 | Sacramento, CA | Sacramento County | 7.25% | 1.5% | 8.75% |
| 22 | Riverside, CA | Riverside County | 7.25% | 1.5% | 8.75% |
| 23 | Kansas City, MO | Jackson County | 4.225% | 4.5% | 8.725% |
| 24 | Tucson, AZ | Pima County | 5.6% | 3.1% | 8.7% |
| 25 | San Francisco, CA | San Francisco County | 7.25% | 1.375% | 8.625% |
| 26 | Oklahoma City, OK | Oklahoma County | 4.5% | 4.125% | 8.625% |
| 27 | Little Rock, AR | Pulaski County | 6.5% | 2.125% | 8.625% |
| 28 | Phoenix, AZ | Maricopa County | 5.6% | 3% | 8.6% |
| 29 | Tulsa, OK | Tulsa County | 4.5% | 4.017% | 8.517% |
| 30 | Las Vegas, NV | Clark County | 4.6% | 3.775% | 8.375% |
| 31 | Henderson, NV | Clark County | 4.6% | 3.775% | 8.375% |
| 32 | Fresno, CA | Fresno County | 7.25% | 1.1% | 8.35% |
| 33 | Mesa, AZ | Maricopa County | 5.6% | 2.7% | 8.3% |
| 34 | Reno, NV | Washoe County | 4.6% | 3.665% | 8.265% |
| 35 | Bakersfield, CA | Kern County | 7.25% | 1% | 8.25% |
| 36 | Houston, TX | Harris County | 6.25% | 2% | 8.25% |
| 37 | Dallas, TX | Dallas County | 6.25% | 2% | 8.25% |
| 38 | San Antonio, TX | Bexar County | 6.25% | 2% | 8.25% |
| 39 | Austin, TX | Travis County | 6.25% | 2% | 8.25% |
| 40 | Fort Worth, TX | Tarrant County | 6.25% | 2% | 8.25% |
| 41 | Arlington, TX | Tarrant County | 6.25% | 2% | 8.25% |
| 42 | El Paso, TX | El Paso County | 6.25% | 2% | 8.25% |
| 43 | Colorado Springs, CO | El Paso County | 2.9% | 5.3% | 8.2% |
| 44 | Aurora, CO | Arapahoe County | 2.9% | 5.1% | 8% |
| 45 | Cleveland, OH | Cuyahoga County | 5.75% | 2.25% | 8% |
| 46 | Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia County | 6% | 2% | 8% |
| 47 | Jackson, MS | Hinds County | 7% | 1% | 8% |
| 48 | Milwaukee, WI | Milwaukee County | 5% | 2.9% | 7.9% |
| 49 | Cincinnati, OH | Hamilton County | 5.75% | 2.1% | 7.85% |
| 50 | Chandler, AZ | Maricopa County | 5.6% | 2.2% | 7.8% |
| 51 | San Diego, CA | San Diego County | 7.25% | 0.5% | 7.75% |
| 52 | Anaheim, CA | Orange County | 7.25% | 0.5% | 7.75% |
| 53 | Toledo, OH | Lucas County | 5.75% | 2% | 7.75% |
| 54 | Salt Lake City, UT | Salt Lake County | 4.85% | 2.9% | 7.75% |
| 55 | Albuquerque, NM | Bernalillo County | 4.875% | 2.75% | 7.625% |
| 56 | Tampa, FL | Hillsborough County | 6% | 1.5% | 7.5% |
| 57 | Jacksonville, FL | Duval County | 6% | 1.5% | 7.5% |
| 58 | Wichita, KS | Sedgwick County | 6.5% | 1% | 7.5% |
| 59 | Columbus, OH | Franklin County | 5.75% | 1.75% | 7.5% |
| 60 | Fargo, ND | Cass County | 5% | 2.5% | 7.5% |
| 61 | Charlotte, NC | Mecklenburg County | 4.75% | 2.5% | 7.25% |
| 62 | Raleigh, NC | Wake County | 4.75% | 2.5% | 7.25% |
| 63 | St. Petersburg, FL | Pinellas County | 6% | 1% | 7% |
| 64 | Miami, FL | Miami-Dade County | 6% | 1% | 7% |
| 65 | Indianapolis, IN | Marion County | 7% | 0% | 7% |
| 66 | Des Moines, IA | Polk County | 6% | 1% | 7% |
| 67 | Omaha, NE | Douglas County | 5.5% | 1.5% | 7% |
| 68 | Greensboro, NC | Guilford County | 4.75% | 2.25% | 7% |
| 69 | Pittsburgh, PA | Allegheny County | 6% | 1% | 7% |
| 70 | Providence, RI | Providence County | 7% | 0% | 7% |
| 71 | Burlington, VT | Chittenden County | 6% | 1% | 7% |
| 72 | Charleston, WV | Kanawha County | 6% | 1% | 7% |
| 73 | Newark, NJ | Essex County | 6.625% | 0% | 6.625% |
| 74 | Jersey City, NJ | Hudson County | 6.625% | 0% | 6.625% |
| 75 | Orlando, FL | Orange County | 6% | 0.5% | 6.5% |
| 76 | Bridgeport, CT | Fairfield County | 6.35% | 0% | 6.35% |
| 77 | Hartford, CT | Hartford County | 6.35% | 0% | 6.35% |
| 78 | Boston, MA | Suffolk County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| 79 | Sioux Falls, SD | Minnehaha County | 4.2% | 2% | 6.2% |
| 80 | Boise, ID | Ada County | 6% | 0% | 6% |
| 81 | Louisville, KY | Jefferson County | 6% | 0% | 6% |
| 82 | Baltimore, MD | Baltimore City | 6% | 0% | 6% |
| 83 | Detroit, MI | Wayne County | 6% | 0% | 6% |
| 84 | Virginia Beach, VA | Virginia Beach City | 4.3% | 1.7% | 6% |
| 85 | Richmond, VA | Richmond City | 4.3% | 1.7% | 6% |
| 86 | Cheyenne, WY | Laramie County | 4% | 2% | 6% |
| 87 | Portland, ME | Cumberland County | 5.5% | 0% | 5.5% |
| 88 | Juneau, AK | Juneau City and Borough | 0% | 5% | 5% |
| 89 | Honolulu, HI | Honolulu County | 4% | 0.5% | 4.5% |
| 90 | Portland, OR | Multnomah County | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 91 | Anchorage, AK | Anchorage Municipality | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 92 | Wilmington, DE | New Castle County | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 93 | Billings, MT | Yellowstone County | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 94 | Manchester, NH | Hillsborough County | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Sources & transparency
- State departments of revenue — published rate tables — state, county, city and special-district sales tax components
Last reviewed August 2026. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.