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Where sales tax is highest

Each shape carries the rate typically charged there — the median across its ZIP codes, with state, county, city and district all added together. The deepest red is 10.5% and over. Blue is a state that levies no general sales tax at all; grey is not a low rate but no rate on record, which is a different thing.

By state By county
US sales tax map by state, 2026 51 states, 47 of them with a rate on record, shaded pale to deep red by the sales tax typically charged. Alabama — 9% Alaska — 3% Arizona — 8.7% Arkansas — 9.125% California — 8.75% Colorado — 8.2% Connecticut — 6.35% Delaware — no general sales tax@else — no rate on record District of Columbia — 6% Florida — 7% Georgia — 8% Hawaii — 4.5% Idaho — 6% Illinois — 7.75% Indiana — 7% Iowa — 7% Kansas — 8.5% Kentucky — 6% Louisiana — 5% Maine — 5.5% Maryland — 6% Massachusetts — 6.25% Michigan — 6% Minnesota — 7.375% Mississippi — 7% Missouri — 7.6% Montana — no general sales tax@else — no rate on record Nebraska — 7% Nevada — 8.265% New Hampshire — no general sales tax@else — no rate on record New Jersey — 6.625% New Mexico — 6.875% New York — 8% North Carolina — 7% North Dakota — 5.5% Ohio — 7.25% Oklahoma — 9% Oregon — no general sales tax@else — no rate on record Pennsylvania — 6% Rhode Island — 7% South Carolina — 8% South Dakota — 6.2% Tennessee — 9.75% Texas — 8% Utah — 7.25% Vermont — 6% Virginia — 5.3% Washington — 8.6% West Virginia — 6% Wisconsin — 5.5% Wyoming — 5%
Boundaries: Census TIGER/Line 2024, simplified to 2 km for drawing. Alaska and Hawaii are moved to fit the frame, which is a mapping convention rather than a claim about geography. Puerto Rico levies sales tax but is not in this projection.

Typical combined rate

  • under 5%
  • 5 – 6.5%
  • 6.5 – 7.5%
  • 7.5 – 8.5%
  • 8.5 – 9.5%
  • 9.5 – 10.5%
  • 10.5% and over
  • no general sales tax
  • no rate on record

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Each state map shades its counties and marks every ZIP code with a rate.

A shape's colour is the median across its ZIP codes, not the highest rate in it: a single bad estimate cannot repaint a county, and the underlying figures support a typical rate rather than a ceiling. For one address, use the calculator; for the figures behind the colours, see rates by state.