Sales tax in Nebraska
Last verified
The Nebraska state sales tax rate is 5.5%. Cities, counties and districts add their own on top, so the combined rate depends on where in Nebraska you are.
State rate from Current jurisdiction rate and boundary files, checked Sep 3, 2026.
What a $100.00 purchase costs in tax across Nebraska
General merchandise. Prepared food, lodging and other categories can be taxed differently, and a tilde marks a figure estimated from ZIP-code data rather than a verified rate for one address.
- State rate only (5.5%)
- $5.50
- Verified
- Most common combined rate (~5.5%)
- ~$5.50
- Estimated
- Highest combined rate (~7.5%)
- ~$7.50
- Estimated
What makes up a sales tax rate in Nebraska
- The state's share: 5.5%. Levied on every taxable sale in Nebraska, wherever it happens.
- Local shares: nothing to ~2% on top. Counties, cities and special districts each add their own, and a seller collects them together. 270 cities in Nebraska have their own pages with a figure below.
- Your exact address decides. A ZIP code is a postal route and was never drawn to follow tax boundaries, so two addresses sharing one can owe different totals. The calculator narrows it down from your ZIP code.
How combined rates are spread across Nebraska
Number of Nebraska ZIP codes at each combined general sales tax rate. Figures are estimates: a ZIP code that crosses a tax boundary is counted at its most likely rate.
| Combined rate | ZIP codes | Share of the state |
|---|---|---|
| ~0% | 6 | |
| ~5.5% | 263 | |
| ~6% | 5 | |
| ~6.5% | 84 | |
| ~7% | 185 | |
| 7.25% | 28 | |
| ~7.5% | 51 |
Sales tax by city in Nebraska
270 cities with a published or estimated rate. A tilde marks an estimate; the figure shown is the highest an address in that city is estimated to pay.
Cities covering the most ZIP codes
All 270 cities, A to Z
A 13 cities
B 26 cities
- Bancroft7%
- Bassett7%
- Battle Creek7%
- Bayard6.5%
- Beatrice7.5%
- Beaver City6.5%
- Beaver Crossing6.5%
- Beemer~7%
- Bellevue7.5%
- Bellwood7%
- Benedict7%
- Benkelman7%
- Bennet6.5%
- Bennington7%
- Bertrand7%
- Big Springs~6.5%
- Blair7%
- Bloomfield~6.5%
- Blue Hill~7%
- Brainard6.5%
- Bridgeport~6.5%
- Broken Bow~7%
- Brownville6.5%
- Bruning7%
- Burwell7%
- Byron6.5%
C 25 cities
- Cairo~6.5%
- Callaway~6.5%
- Cambridge7.5%
- Cedar Rapids6.5%
- Central City~7%
- Ceresco7%
- Chadron~7.5%
- Chambers~6.5%
- Chappell7.5%
- Chester6.5%
- Clarks7%
- Clarkson~7%
- Clatonia6%
- Clay Center7%
- Clearwater7%
- Coleridge6.5%
- Columbus7%
- Cordova7.5%
- Cortland6.5%
- Cozad7%
- Crawford7%
- Creighton6.5%
- Crete7.5%
- Crofton~7%
- Curtis7%
D 15 cities
- Dakota City7%
- Dannebrog~6.5%
- Davey7.25%
- David City7.5%
- Daykin6.5%
- De Witt6.5%
- Decatur7.5%
- Deshler6.5%
- Deweese~6.5%
- Diller6.5%
- Dodge7%
- Doniphan7.5%
- Dorchester~7%
- Douglas~7%
- Duncan7%
E 11 cities
F 11 cities
G 14 cities
- Geneva7.5%
- Genoa7.5%
- Gering7.5%
- Gibbon7%
- Gordon~7%
- Gothenburg7%
- Grafton7%
- Grand Island7.5%
- Grant~6.5%
- Greeley Center7%
- Greenwood6.5%
- Gresham7%
- Gretna7.5%
- Guide Rock7%
H 20 cities
I 1 city
- Imperial~6.5%
L 13 cities
M 17 cities
N 9 cities
- Nebraska City7%
- Nehawka6.5%
- Neligh~6.5%
- Nelson7%
- Newman Grove7%
- Niobrara~6.5%
- Norfolk7.5%
- North Bend7%
- North Platte7.5%
O 12 cities
P 16 cities
- Palmer7%
- Palmyra6.5%
- Papillion7.5%
- Pawnee City7.5%
- Paxton7.5%
- Pender7%
- Peru6.5%
- Petersburg6.5%
- Pierce~6.5%
- Pilger7%
- Plainview7%
- Platte Center~7%
- Plattsmouth7%
- Pleasanton6.5%
- Plymouth7%
- Ponca7%
R 9 cities
- Ralston7%
- Randolph7%
- Ravenna7%
- Red Cloud7%
- Republican City~6.5%
- Rising City6.5%
- Roca7.25%
- Rulo6.5%
- Rushville7%
S 24 cities
- Sargent7.5%
- Schuyler7%
- Scottsbluff~7%
- Scribner7%
- Seward7.5%
- Shelby7%
- Shickley~6.5%
- Sidney7.5%
- Silver Creek6.5%
- South Sioux City7%
- Spalding7%
- Spencer6.5%
- Springfield7.5%
- Springview~6.5%
- St. Edward7%
- St. Paul7%
- Stanton7%
- Sterling6.5%
- Stromsburg7%
- Stuart~7%
- Superior7%
- Sutherland7%
- Sutton~7%
- Syracuse6.5%
W 14 cities
- Wahoo7.5%
- Wakefield~6.5%
- Waterloo7.5%
- Wauneta6.5%
- Wausa6.5%
- Waverly7%
- Wayne~7%
- Weeping Water7%
- West Point7.5%
- Wilber7%
- Wisner7.5%
- Wood River7%
- Wymore~7%
- Wynot7%
Y 1 city
- York7.5%
Why most Nebraska figures are estimates
Of 622 ZIP codes in Nebraska, 260 resolve to a single verified rate for every address inside them. The rest carry an estimate with its range, and the calculator will ask for more than a ZIP code where it needs to.
- 67 This ZIP code crosses a tax boundary, so the rate depends on the street address.
- 55 A local district in this state is not yet mapped, so this may not be the whole rate.
- 6 No tax data is loaded for this area yet.
A ZIP code is a mail route, not a tax boundary. Where one crosses a city or district line, the rate depends on the street address, and no lookup by ZIP code alone can settle it. Enter your ZIP code in the calculator for the closest figure we hold.
Why you can rely on these figures
- Published rates
- State and local rates compiled from the tax authorities that levy them.
- Every figure sourced
- See the jurisdiction breakdown and the document each rate came from.
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- Missing means missing
- Where a rate is not verified we say so instead of showing a short total.
TaxAndTips provides informational estimates from published tax-rate data. Actual tax treatment can depend on the product or service, the exact address, the transaction, exemption status and applicable law. For official obligations, consult the taxing authority or a qualified tax professional.