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Albuquerque sales tax rate (NM)

New Mexico levies a gross receipts tax on the seller rather than a sales tax; it applies to most services as well as goods, which is broader than a typical sales tax.

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Quick answer

The combined sales tax rate in Albuquerque, NM is 7.625% as of January 1, 2026 — 4.875% state + 1.313% county + 1.438% city. On a $100 purchase that is $7.63 in tax, for a total of $107.63. New Mexico's statewide base is 4.875%.

Components estimatedEffective January 1, 2026 · rank 55 of 94 covered metros
Combined rate
7.625%
State share
4.875%
Local share
2.75%County + city + districts
Tax on $100
$7.63

Calculate Albuquerque sales tax

Pre-filled with the Albuquerque combined rate.

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The full combined rate of 7.625% applies to general merchandise.

Enter a pre-tax amount to see the tax due in Albuquerque, NM.

Pre-tax
$100
Sales tax at 7.625%
$7.63
Total
$107.63

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 7.625% high?

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

vs covered median
-0.325 ptsMedian 7.95%
Local share
36%2.75% of the total
Cost per household
$1,983Per year on $26,000 taxable spend
Jurisdiction layers
3Stacked into the combined rate

7.625% in Albuquerque — low. It ranks 55 of 94 covered metros, -0.325 pts against the 7.95% median. On $26,000 of taxable household spending that is $1,983 a year, $84 below it.

Local government sets 2.75% of the total, 36% of the bill; the state takes 4.875%. 3 layers stack: New Mexico gross receipts tax 4.875%, Bernalillo County 1.313%, City of Albuquerque 1.438%. The City of Albuquerque increment at 1.438% is the largest local piece — 52% of everything local, worth $374 a year on its own.

No other covered metro sits within 0.05 points of 7.625%. Albuquerque is an outlier in the national distribution, which usually means a district measure the surrounding region never adopted.

Scale: 560,274 residents, roughly 224,110 households. At $26,000 of taxable spend each, the 2.75% local share pulls about $160,238,650 a year from residents alone — before any visitor or business spending, which in a metro this size is where the rest comes from.

New Mexico levies a gross receipts tax on the seller rather than a sales tax; it applies to most services as well as goods, which is broader than a typical sales tax.

Rates move when a district measure passes or a local option expires. Confirm the current figure with the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department 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 Albuquerque, NM: 4.875% New Mexico gross receipts tax, 1.313% Bernalillo County, 1.438% City of Albuquerque, totalling 7.625%.
Sales tax rate components for Albuquerque, NM
JurisdictionLevelRateShare of total
New Mexico gross receipts taxstate4.875%
64%
Bernalillo Countycounty1.313%
17%
City of Albuquerquecity1.438%
19%
Combined rate7.625%
Source: New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department rate tables · rates as published for 2026

Albuquerque sales tax reference table

Tax due at 7.625% on common purchase amounts.

Tax due at 7.625% for common purchase amounts
PurchaseSales taxTotal
$10$0.76$10.76
$25$1.91$26.91
$50$3.81$53.81
$100$7.63$107.63
$500$38.13$538.13
$1,000$76.25$1076.25
$5,000$381.25$5381.25
$25,000$1906.25$26906.25

Reverse out sales tax

Enter a receipt total and we split the item price from the 7.625% tax collected.

Backing out 7.625% for Albuquerque, NM.

Item price before tax
$100
Sales tax collected
$7.63

What this rate applies to

New Mexico publishes the taxable base separately from the rate. Groceries, prescription drugs, clothing and services are treated differently state to state, and several categories in New Mexico are taxed at reduced rates or exempt entirely. New Mexico levies a gross receipts tax on the seller rather than a sales tax; it applies to most services as well as goods, which is broader than a typical sales tax. Check the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department guidance for the category you are pricing before assuming 7.625% applies.

Albuquerque at a glance

Population
560,274
Median household income
$62,634
County
Bernalillo County
ZIP codes covered
12
Albuquerque demographicsZIP codesSeller registration

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