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St. Paul sales tax rate (MN)

St. Paul's own 1% street-maintenance sales tax took effect in 2024, putting it above Minneapolis.

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Quick answer

The combined sales tax rate in St. Paul, MN is 9.875% as of January 1, 2026 — 6.875% state + 0.5% county + 1% city + 1.5% special district. On a $100 purchase that is $9.88 in tax, for a total of $109.88. Minnesota's statewide base is 6.875%.

Components estimatedEffective January 1, 2026 · rank 7 of 94 covered metros
Combined rate
9.875%
State share
6.875%
Local share
3%County + city + districts
Tax on $100
$9.88

Calculate St. Paul sales tax

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The full combined rate of 9.875% applies to general merchandise.

Enter a pre-tax amount to see the tax due in St. Paul, MN.

Pre-tax
$100
Sales tax at 9.875%
$9.88
Total
$109.88

Tax is rounded to the nearest cent on the full transaction, which is how most registers compute it. Line-item rounding can differ by a cent or two on long receipts.

Is 9.875% high?

Where St. Paul sits against the state and the covered-metro median, in points and in dollars.

vs covered median
+1.925 ptsMedian 7.95%
Local share
30%3% of the total
Cost per household
$2,568Per year on $26,000 taxable spend
Jurisdiction layers
4Stacked into the combined rate

9.875% in St. Paul — high. It ranks 7 of 94 covered metros, +1.925 pts against the 7.95% median. On $26,000 of taxable household spending that is $2,568 a year, $501 above it.

Local government sets 3% of the total, 30% of the bill; the state takes 6.875%. 4 layers stack: Minnesota state 6.875%, Ramsey County 0.5%, City of St. Paul 1%, Metro-area transportation and housing sales taxes 1.5%. The Metro-area transportation and housing sales taxes increment at 1.5% is the largest local piece — 50% of everything local, worth $390 a year on its own.

1 of 2 covered Minnesota metros, +0.425 pts from the 9.45% state median. The in-state spread runs 9.025% in Minneapolis to 9.875% in St. Paul — 0.85 points wide. Buying a $35,000 vehicle in Minneapolis instead of St. Paul saves $298, though Minnesota normally taxes vehicles where they are registered.

No other covered metro sits within 0.05 points of 9.875%. St. Paul is an outlier in the national distribution, which usually means a district measure the surrounding region never adopted.

Scale: 303,176 residents, roughly 121,270 households. At $26,000 of taxable spend each, the 3% local share pulls about $94,590,600 a year from residents alone — before any visitor or business spending, which in a metro this size is where the rest comes from.

St. Paul's own 1% street-maintenance sales tax took effect in 2024, putting it above Minneapolis.

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

Jurisdiction breakdown

Every layer that makes up the combined rate, and how much of the total each one contributes.

Sales tax rate composition for St. Paul, MN: 6.875% Minnesota state, 0.5% Ramsey County, 1% City of St. Paul, 1.5% Metro-area transportation and housing sales taxes, totalling 9.875%.
Sales tax rate components for St. Paul, MN
JurisdictionLevelRateShare of total
Minnesota statestate6.875%
70%
Ramsey Countycounty0.5%
5%
City of St. Paulcity1%
10%
Metro-area transportation and housing sales taxesspecial district1.5%
15%
Combined rate9.875%
Source: Minnesota Department of Revenue rate tables · rates as published for 2026

St. Paul sales tax reference table

Tax due at 9.875% on common purchase amounts.

Tax due at 9.875% for common purchase amounts
PurchaseSales taxTotal
$10$0.99$10.99
$25$2.47$27.47
$50$4.94$54.94
$100$9.88$109.88
$500$49.38$549.38
$1,000$98.75$1098.75
$5,000$493.75$5493.75
$25,000$2468.75$27468.75

Reverse out sales tax

Enter a receipt total and we split the item price from the 9.875% tax collected.

Backing out 9.875% for St. Paul, MN.

Item price before tax
$100
Sales tax collected
$9.87

What this rate applies to

Minnesota publishes the taxable base separately from the rate. Groceries, prescription drugs, clothing and services are treated differently state to state, and several categories in Minnesota are taxed at reduced rates or exempt entirely. St. Paul's own 1% street-maintenance sales tax took effect in 2024, putting it above Minneapolis. Check the Minnesota Department of Revenue guidance for the category you are pricing before assuming 9.875% applies.

St. Paul at a glance

Population
303,176
Median household income
$70,632
County
Ramsey County
ZIP codes covered
11
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