Phoenix sales tax rate (AZ)

8.6% in Phoenix — high. It ranks 28 of 94 covered metros, +0.65 pts against the 7.95% median. On $26,000 of taxable household spending that is $2,236 a year, $169 above it.

Local government sets 3% of the total, 35% of the bill; the state takes 5.6%. 3 layers stack: Arizona transaction privilege tax 5.6%, Maricopa County 0.7%, City of Phoenix 2.3%. The City of Phoenix increment at 2.3% is the largest local piece — 77% of everything local, worth $598 a year on its own.

2 of 4 covered Arizona metros, +0.15 pts from the 8.45% state median. The in-state spread runs 7.8% in Chandler to 8.7% in Tucson — 0.9 points wide. Buying a $35,000 vehicle in Chandler instead of Phoenix saves $280, though Arizona normally taxes vehicles where they are registered.

Same bracket nationally: San Francisco, CA (8.625%); Oklahoma City, OK (8.625%); Little Rock, AR (8.625%). A household relocating between Phoenix and any of them sees no meaningful change in sales tax.

Scale: 1,650,070 residents, roughly 660,028 households. At $26,000 of taxable spend each, the 3% local share pulls about $514,821,840 a year from residents alone — before any visitor or business spending, which in a metro this size is where the rest comes from.

Phoenix applies a higher city rate to some categories, including a separate rate tier on retail sales of single items above a threshold.

Rates move when a district measure passes or a local option expires. Confirm the current figure with the Arizona Department of Revenue before filing or quoting it to a customer.