State details and scheduled changes
| State | Now | Next change | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 4% | None announced | |
| Alaska | 0% | None announced | No state sales tax; more than 100 local governments levy their own. |
| Arizona | 5.6% | None announced | Transaction privilege tax: 5% plus 0.6% for education through June 30, 2041. |
| Arkansas | 6.5% | None announced | |
| California | 7.25% | None announced | 6% state rate plus a 1.25% local rate that applies everywhere; district taxes add more. |
| Colorado | 2.9% | None announced | |
| Connecticut | 6.35% | None announced | Higher rates for meals and luxury goods; no local sales taxes. |
| Delaware | 0% | None announced | No sales tax; businesses pay a gross receipts tax instead. |
| Florida | 6% | None announced | |
| Georgia | 4% | None announced | |
| Hawaii | 4% | None announced | General excise tax on businesses rather than a sales tax; counties add up to 0.5%. |
| Idaho | 6% | None announced | |
| Illinois | 6.25% | None announced | The state grocery tax ended on January 1, 2026. |
| Indiana | 7% | None announced | No local sales taxes. |
| Iowa | 6% | None announced | |
| Kansas | 6.5% | None announced | |
| Kentucky | 6% | None announced | No local sales taxes. |
| Louisiana | 5% | 4.75% on Jan. 1, 2030 | Raised from 4.45% on January 1, 2025; scheduled to fall to 4.75% on January 1, 2030. |
| Maine | 5.5% | None announced | |
| Maryland | 6% | None announced | A 3% rate applies to some data and IT services since July 1, 2025. |
| Massachusetts | 6.25% | None announced | |
| Michigan | 6% | None announced | |
| Minnesota | 6.875% | None announced | |
| Mississippi | 7% | None announced | Groceries taxed at 5% since July 1, 2025. |
| Missouri | 4.225% | None announced | |
| Montana | 0% | None announced | No general sales tax; lodging, rental cars and some resort areas are taxed. |
| Nebraska | 5.5% | None announced | |
| Nevada | 6.85% | None announced | |
| New Hampshire | 0% | None announced | No general sales tax; meals, rooms and car rentals are taxed at 8.5%. |
| New Jersey | 6.625% | None announced | |
| New Mexico | 4.875% | None announced | Gross receipts tax on businesses rather than a sales tax; local rates add more. |
| New York | 4% | None announced | |
| North Carolina | 4.75% | None announced | |
| North Dakota | 5% | None announced | |
| Ohio | 5.75% | None announced | |
| Oklahoma | 4.5% | None announced | |
| Oregon | 0% | None announced | No general sales tax. |
| Pennsylvania | 6% | None announced | Allegheny County adds 1% and Philadelphia 2%. |
| Rhode Island | 7% | None announced | |
| South Carolina | 6% | None announced | |
| South Dakota | 4.2% | 4.5% on July 1, 2027 | Scheduled to return to 4.5% on July 1, 2027, when a temporary cut expires. |
| Tennessee | 7% | None announced | Groceries are taxed at a lower rate. |
| Texas | 6.25% | None announced | Local taxes can add up to 2%. |
| Utah | 6.1% | None announced | 4.85% state rate plus 1.25% in local rates that apply everywhere. |
| Vermont | 6% | None announced | |
| Virginia | 5.3% | None announced | 4.3% state rate plus a 1% local rate that applies everywhere; some regions add more. |
| Washington | 6.5% | None announced | Many services became taxable on October 1, 2025. |
| West Virginia | 6% | None announced | |
| Wisconsin | 5% | None announced | |
| Wyoming | 4% | None announced |
Common questions
Which states have no sales tax?
Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon have no statewide sales tax. Alaska lets local governments levy their own, and Delaware taxes businesses’ gross receipts instead.
Which state has the highest sales tax?
California, at 7.25% statewide. Because local taxes vary, the highest combined rate a shopper pays can be in a different state.
How much do states collect in taxes per person?
See state tax collections per person, which adds up income, sales, property and all other state taxes.
What this ranking measures
The general statewide sales tax rate in effect on October 23, 2026. For California, Utah and Virginia, it includes the local add-on that applies in every part of the state.
The statewide rate only. Most states also allow cities and counties to add their own sales taxes, so the rate at the register is often higher. Hawaii and New Mexico tax businesses’ gross receipts instead of levying a sales tax on buyers.
The size of the gap
The difference between the highest and lowest state estimates is 7.25 percentage points. There is no national sales tax.
How much should you read into a rank?
These are legal rates, not estimates, so no margin of error applies. Each rate was checked against the state revenue department or statute on October 23, 2026; the source for each state is in the CSV download. “Not published” means uncertainty is not quantified here, not that the estimates are exact.
Ranks use the full precision of the source file, so only truly equal values share a rank (1, 2, 2, 4).
Keep exploring
Explore the same states in a side-by-side comparison, or combine this measure with others in the custom ranking tool.
Source and method
- Producer
- State revenue departments
- Product / file
- State sales tax laws · State sales tax laws, compiled October 23, 2026
- Period
- October 23, 2026
- Unit
- Percent
- Calculation
- Statewide general sales tax rate in effect on October 23, 2026, plus any local rate levied in every locality (California 1.25%, Utah 1.25%, Virginia 1%). States without a general sales tax are 0%. Rank = 1 + number of eligible jurisdictions with a higher value.
- Coverage
- The 50 states are ranked. Washington, D.C., can be added with the toggle above the table; Puerto Rico is shown for reference only, where the source covers it.
- Cadence
- Changes by law; we recheck rates on January 1 and July 1. Rates rechecked on January 1, 2027.
- Independence
- Rank the States is independent. The agencies that produce the source data do not endorse these rankings.
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Download the default full table (CSV) or use the download above for the table’s current filter and order. Data dictionary and source metadata
Updates and corrections
Last updated Oct. 23, 2026. Earlier editions stay available on the data page, and every change is listed in the update log. If a number or definition looks wrong, report an error with the state, value, and source you checked.