Sales Tax by State 2026 — Official Rates Only

Every state's official sales tax rate for 2026 — and a rule this family will not break: a combined city rate is printed only where a state or city publishes it officially. Everywhere else you get the state rate and a plain statement that local taxes add on top.

Five states levy no general sales tax (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon — though Alaska localities and New Hampshire's meals tax still bite). The highest state rate is California's 7.25% — a composite the state itself publishes. The highest officially published combined rate in the family is Seattle's 10.55%, and Los Angeles reached 10.25% on 1 October 2026. Chicago's 10.50% is shown as summed official components, because no official page prints the total.

All 51 jurisdictions — state rate and officially published city rates

State	State rate	Published city rates / notes
California	7.25%	Los Angeles 10.25% · San Jose 10% · San Diego 7.75%
Indiana	7%	Local taxes add on top
Mississippi	7%	Local taxes add on top
Rhode Island	7%	Local taxes add on top
Tennessee	7%	Local taxes add on top
Minnesota	6.875%	Local taxes add on top
Nevada	6.85%	Local taxes add on top
New Jersey	6.625%	Local taxes add on top
Arkansas	6.5%	Local taxes add on top
Kansas	6.5%	Local taxes add on top
Washington	6.5%	Seattle 10.55%
Connecticut	6.35%	Local taxes add on top
Illinois	6.25%	Chicago 10.5%
Massachusetts	6.25%	Local taxes add on top
Texas	6.25%	Houston 8.25% · San Antonio 8.25% · Dallas 8.25% · Austin 8.25% · Fort Worth 8.25%
Florida	6%	Jacksonville 7.5%
Idaho	6%	Local taxes add on top
Iowa	6%	Local taxes add on top
Kentucky	6%	Local taxes add on top
Maryland	6%	Local taxes add on top
Michigan	6%	Local taxes add on top
Pennsylvania	6%	Philadelphia 8%
South Carolina	6%	Local taxes add on top
Vermont	6%	Local taxes add on top
West Virginia	6%	Local taxes add on top
District of Columbia	6%	Local taxes add on top
Ohio	5.75%	Columbus (Franklin Co.) 8%
Arizona	5.6%	Phoenix 9.1%
Maine	5.5%	Local taxes add on top
Nebraska	5.5%	Local taxes add on top
Virginia	5.3%	Local taxes add on top
Louisiana	5%	Local taxes add on top
North Dakota	5%	Local taxes add on top
Wisconsin	5%	Local taxes add on top
New Mexico	4.875%	Local taxes add on top
Utah	4.85%	Local taxes add on top
North Carolina	4.75%	Charlotte 8.25%
Oklahoma	4.5%	Local taxes add on top
Missouri	4.225%	Local taxes add on top
South Dakota	4.2%	Local taxes add on top
Alabama	4%	Local taxes add on top
Georgia	4%	Atlanta 8.9%
Hawaii	4%	Local taxes add on top
New York	4%	New York City 8.875%
Wyoming	4%	Local taxes add on top
Colorado	2.9%	Denver 9.15%
Alaska	0%	No general sales tax
Delaware	0%	No general sales tax
Montana	0%	No general sales tax
New Hampshire	0%	No general sales tax
Oregon	0%	No general sales tax

Frequently asked questions

Why don't you show an average combined rate like other sites?

Because those averages are third-party estimates. Where an official combined figure exists, it is on the state page with its source; where it doesn't, inventing one would be exactly the kind of number this site refuses to print.

Which state has the lowest sales tax?

Five states have no general sales tax at all. Among taxing states, Colorado's 2.9% state rate is lowest — though its home-rule cities add substantially on top.

Sources & verification. State departments of revenue/taxation (2026 published rates and tables, researched 4 November 2026 — every rate links to its official source in the research). City combined rates appear ONLY where an official source publishes the figure (or its components, labelled). An estimator, not tax advice.

Sales tax by state for 2026, from state revenue departments only: state rates from 0% (five states) to 7.25% (California), plus officially published combined city rates — New York City 8.875%, Los Angeles 10.25%, Seattle 10.55% and more. No estimated combined rates, ever.

UNDERSTAND YOUR RESULTS

Sales Tax by State — the 2026 Hub guide

The hub of the sales tax family: every state’s official rate for 2026 and the officially published city rates, with a hard rule against estimated combined rates.

How to use this tool

Find your state’s rate in the table.
Open the state calculator.
Enter the price and choose add or remove.
Pick a city rate where one is officially published.

A worked example

Five states have no general sales tax; the highest state rate is California’s published 7.25% composite.

What you can do with this tool

State rates taken only from state revenue departments for 2026 — including the composite states (CA 7.25%, VA 5.3%, NV 6.85% minimum) presented the way the states present them.
City combined rates printed ONLY where officially published (NYC, LA, Houston, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, Philadelphia and more) — components labelled where no official total exists (Chicago, Phoenix).
Add-tax and remove-tax modes for shoppers and sellers.

How it works

Combined rates vary street by street — that is precisely why only official figures appear.

Frequently asked questions

Why no average combined rate?

Those are third-party estimates; this family prints official figures only.

Do local taxes always add on top?

In most taxing states, yes — unless your state is one of the flat-rate states with no local general tax.