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What does it ring up at?
Most calculators ask you for the tax rate. This one already knows it. Pick your state and what you are buying, and it uses the real rate for that county. Food and medicine are treated differently from other things in a lot of states, and that changes the answer more than the rate does.
We apply the selected location's state and local rates, category exemptions, special food rates and per-item clothing caps. A state-level exemption may leave local tax in place. The reverse mode uses the same rule and reports when no whole-cent item price could have produced the entered total.
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10.25% effectiveThe general rate applies here: 10.25%, state and local combined. “Statewide average” is a comparison estimate. Named locations use the stored local rate; city and special-district coverage varies, so an address may differ. Rate source · as of 2026-10-01.
States charging it
47
Groceries exempt here
32
Groceries taxed less
12
Clothing exempt at $100
6
Every state, and what it spares
Each row names the location behind its rates. Some are statewide averages; others are named counties or cities. Groceries use that location's food rate. Clothing is one item priced at one hundred dollars, because a price cap can change its tax. Your address may differ.
The combined figure uses the first stored location for each state, identified in its row. Grocery rates include state-only exemptions and flat category rates. Clothing treatment is measured on one item priced at one hundred dollars, including local elections and price caps. The summary counts use these same locations; city and district coverage varies.
51 states
| State | Combined | Groceries rate | Clothing at $100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Los Angeles County | 10.25% | 0% | 10.25% |
| Louisiana Statewide average | 10.13% | 0% | 10.13% |
| Tennessee Statewide average | 9.61% | 5.49% | 9.61% |
| Washington Statewide average | 9.57% | 0% | 9.57% |
| Arkansas Statewide average | 9.48% | 2.98% | 9.48% |
| Alabama Statewide average | 9.46% | 4.73% | 9.46% |
| Oklahoma Statewide average | 9.06% | 4.56% | 9.06% |
| Illinois Statewide average | 8.98% | 0% | 8.98% |
| Kansas Statewide average | 8.71% | 2.21% | 8.71% |
| Arizona Statewide average | 8.54% | 0% | 8.54% |
| New York Statewide average | 8.54% | 0% | 4.54% Price cap applies |
| Missouri Statewide average | 8.45% | 2.45% | 8.45% |
| Texas Harris County (Houston) | 8.25% | 0% | 8.25% |
| Nevada Statewide average | 8.24% | 0% | 8.24% |
| Minnesota Statewide average | 8.13% | 0% | 0% |
| Colorado Statewide average | 7.89% | 0% | 7.89% |
| New Mexico Statewide average | 7.67% | 0% | 7.68% |
| Georgia Statewide average | 7.56% | 3.56% | 7.56% |
| South Carolina Statewide average | 7.49% | 1.49% | 7.49% |
| Utah Statewide average | 7.42% | 3.65% | 7.42% |
| Ohio Statewide average | 7.29% | 0% | 7.29% |
| North Carolina Statewide average | 7.1% | 2% | 7.1% |
| North Dakota Statewide average | 7.09% | 0% | 7.09% |
| Mississippi Statewide average | 7.06% | 5.04% | 7.06% |
| Indiana Statewide average | 7% | 0% | 7% |
| Rhode Island Statewide average | 7% | 0% | 0% Price cap applies |
| Florida Statewide average | 6.98% | 0% | 6.98% |
| Nebraska Statewide average | 6.98% | 0% | 6.98% |
| Iowa Statewide average | 6.94% | 0% | 6.94% |
| New Jersey Statewide average | 6.63% | 0% | 0% |
| West Virginia Statewide average | 6.6% | 0% | 6.6% |
| Vermont Statewide average | 6.43% | 0% | 0% |
| Connecticut Statewide average | 6.35% | 0% | 6.35% |
| Pennsylvania Statewide average | 6.34% | 0% | 0% |
| Massachusetts Statewide average | 6.25% | 0% | 0% Price cap applies |
| South Dakota Statewide average | 6.11% | 6.11% | 6.11% |
| Idaho Statewide average | 6.03% | 6.03% | 6.03% |
| District of Columbia Statewide average | 6% | 0% | 6% |
| Kentucky Statewide average | 6% | 0% | 6% |
| Maryland Statewide average | 6% | 0% | 6% |
| Michigan Statewide average | 6% | 0% | 6% |
| Virginia Statewide average | 5.77% | 1% | 5.77% |
| Wisconsin Statewide average | 5.72% | 0% | 5.72% |
| Maine Statewide average | 5.5% | 0% | 5.5% |
| Wyoming Statewide average | 5.39% | 0% | 5.39% |
| Hawaii Statewide average | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% |
| Alaska Statewide average | 1.82% | 0% | 1.82% |
| Delaware | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Montana | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| New Hampshire | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Oregon | 0% | 0% | 0% |
States without general sales tax
Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon. These have no general state or local sales tax in this dataset. Alaska has no state sales tax but does have local rates, so it is included in the comparison above.
Rate sources
The calculator links the selected state's rate source and date. Each state link above opens its detailed tax guide. Review the source library.