Spokane sales tax rate (WA)

9% in Spokane — high. It ranks 16 of 94 covered metros, +1.05 pts against the 7.95% median. On $26,000 of taxable household spending that is $2,340 a year, $273 above it.

Local government sets 2.5% of the total, 28% of the bill; the state takes 6.5%. 3 layers stack: Washington state 6.5%, Spokane County 1.6%, City of Spokane and transit benefit district 0.9%. The Spokane County increment at 1.6% is the largest local piece — 64% of everything local, worth $416 a year on its own.

2 of 2 covered Washington metros, -0.725 pts from the 9.725% state median. The in-state spread runs 9% in Spokane to 10.45% in Seattle — 1.45 points wide. Spokane is the cheapest covered metro in Washington; no in-state line is worth crossing.

Same bracket nationally: Minneapolis, MN (9.025%); Charleston, SC (9%). A household relocating between Spokane and any of them sees no meaningful change in sales tax.

Scale: 229,447 residents, roughly 91,779 households. At $26,000 of taxable spend each, the 2.5% local share pulls about $59,656,350 a year from residents alone — before any visitor or business spending, which in a metro this size is where the rest comes from.

Spokane's total sits well below Seattle's because Spokane Transit's levy is smaller and there is no regional light-rail authority.

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