Reno sales tax rate (NV)

8.265% in Reno — high. It ranks 34 of 94 covered metros, +0.315 pts against the 7.95% median. On $26,000 of taxable household spending that is $2,149 a year, $82 above it.

Local government sets 3.665% of the total, 44% of the bill; the state takes 4.6%. 2 layers stack: Nevada state 4.6%, Washoe County school and flood districts 3.665%. The Washoe County school and flood districts increment at 3.665% is the largest local piece — 100% of everything local, worth $953 a year on its own.

3 of 3 covered Nevada metros, -0.11 pts from the 8.375% state median. The in-state spread runs 8.265% in Reno to 8.375% in Las Vegas — 0.11 points wide. Reno is the cheapest covered metro in Nevada; no in-state line is worth crossing.

Same bracket nationally: Mesa, AZ (8.3%); Bakersfield, CA (8.25%); Houston, TX (8.25%). A household relocating between Reno and any of them sees no meaningful change in sales tax.

Scale: 274,915 residents, roughly 109,966 households. At $26,000 of taxable spend each, the 3.665% local share pulls about $104,786,601 a year from residents alone — before any visitor or business spending, which in a metro this size is where the rest comes from.

Washoe County's WC-1 school construction tax is the main reason Reno sits just below Las Vegas.

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