Aurora sales tax rate (CO)

8% in Aurora — ordinary. It ranks 44 of 94 covered metros, +0.05 pts against the 7.95% median. On $26,000 of taxable household spending that is $2,080 a year, $13 above it.

Local government sets 5.1% of the total, 64% of the bill; the state takes 2.9%. 4 layers stack: Colorado state 2.9%, Arapahoe County 0.25%, City of Aurora 3.75%, RTD and cultural districts 1.1%. The City of Aurora increment at 3.75% is the largest local piece — 74% of everything local, worth $975 a year on its own.

3 of 3 covered Colorado metros, -0.2 pts from the 8.2% state median. The in-state spread runs 8% in Aurora to 8.81% in Denver — 0.81 points wide. Aurora is the cheapest covered metro in Colorado; no in-state line is worth crossing.

Same bracket nationally: Cleveland, OH (8%); Philadelphia, PA (8%); Jackson, MS (8%). A household relocating between Aurora and any of them sees no meaningful change in sales tax.

Scale: 395,052 residents, roughly 158,021 households. At $26,000 of taxable spend each, the 5.1% local share pulls about $209,535,846 a year from residents alone — before any visitor or business spending, which in a metro this size is where the rest comes from.

Aurora spans three counties — Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas — so the county component depends on which side of the city line an address sits.

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