Texas sales tax, and who sets it
Tax year 2026
Set by the state
6.25%
Set locally
2%
Harris County (Houston)
Combined
8.25%
Local share
24.24%
of what you pay
Work out the tax on a purchase in Texas
Add the tax on
8.25% effectiveThe general rate applies here: 8.25%, 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 2026-08-01.
How Texas's sales tax is put together
- Texas splits this with your county. The state's share is about 6.25%. The local share, in Harris County (Houston), is about 2%. What you actually pay is both of them at once, about 8.25%, and the second half changes depending on where in Texas you are standing when you buy.
- No sales tax on groceries in Texas. Unprepared food is exempt outright, so what you save depends on how much of your shopping is raw ingredients rather than ready meals. That boundary is where the money actually is, and it catches people out constantly at the deli counter.
- No apparel break in Texas. Clothes carry the same sales tax as anything else, working out at $83 per thousand dollars spent. A few states exempt clothing; most, including this one, do not. Prescriptions are exempt, which is the near-universal rule.
- Rate-setting in Texas is shared between the state and its localities. The state component is about 6.25% and the local component in Harris County (Houston) is about 2%, producing about 8.25%. Because the local half is set independently and varies across the state, the combined rate is a property of the transaction's location rather than of Texas as a whole — the reason this site prices purchases against a named county instead of a statewide average.
- Grocery purchases are exempt from sales tax in Texas. Because the exemption is complete rather than reduced, the practical question for a shopper is classification rather than rate: prepared and heated foods generally fall outside the exemption and are taxed at the full combined rate. States drawing that boundary differently produce noticeably different effective rates on identical shopping baskets, which is why a grocery exemption is a weaker predictor of household sales tax burden than it first appears.
- Clothing in Texas is taxed at the general combined rate, or $83 per thousand dollars of apparel spending. Only a small minority of states exempt clothing, and where they do the effect on a household's effective rate is larger than most rate-based comparisons imply. Prescription medication is exempt in Texas, which is the standard treatment across the sales-taxing states.
Sales tax on this purchase
A $75,000 salary
| Tax added | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Rate appliednot on file | — |
No rate is on file for this county yet, so no sales tax is added here.
Rates across this state
A $75,000 salary
| Counties in this state | 254 |
|---|---|
| Different rates among them | 4 |
| Lowest county rate | 6.25% |
| Highest county rate | 7.75% |
Most counties here share a rate with many others. The county line rarely changes what you pay.
County floors only — city, transit and special-district taxes are excluded where applicable.
At the register
A $75,000 salary
| Tax added | — |
|---|---|
| You hand over | — |
| Rate here | — |
No rate is on file for this location. Choose a county or enter your combined rate in the purchase calculator.
How much of that was tax
A $75,000 salary
No rate is on file for this location. Choose a county or enter your combined rate in the purchase calculator.
Every county here
A $75,000 salary
| Lowest | 6.25% |
|---|---|
| Highest | 7.75% |
| Gap between them | 1.5% |
County floors only — city, transit and special-district taxes are excluded where applicable.
What gets taxed, in each
A $75,000 salary
Texas
Harris County (Houston)
Florida
Statewide average
- Sales tax
- Fuel
- Tobacco
| Category | Texas | Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Groceries | Exempt | Exempt |
| Clothing at $100 | 8.25% | 6.98% |
| Fuel | 20¢ | 22¢ |
| Tobacco | $1.41 | $1.34 |
Grocery and general rates use the locations named here. Clothing is one item priced at $100; a more expensive garment may be taxed differently. Fuel and tobacco have separate units and scales.
Tax-free days in Texas
A $75,000 salary
| Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday | 2026-04-25 to 2026-04-27 |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR Sales Tax Holiday | 2026-05-23 to 2026-05-25 |
| Back to School Sales Tax Holiday | 2026-08-08 to 2026-08-10 |
Dates come from statute, so they move with the legislature rather than with a data refresh.
The split, county by county
The state rate is the same everywhere in Texas. Anything beyond it was decided by a county or a city. These counties are a sample chosen to show the range, not a complete list.
| County | State | Local | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris County (Houston) | 6.25% | 2% | 8.25% |
| Dallas County (Dallas) | same | 2% | 8.25% |
| Bexar County (San Antonio) | same | 2% | 8.25% |
What it costs on a thousand dollars
The same purchase in four categories, priced in Harris County (Houston). A flat thousand dollars is used deliberately — this is Texas's own rate restated in money, not a claim about what anyone spends.
| What you're buying | Tax as share of price | Tax on $1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| General goods | 8.25% | $83 |
| Groceries | 0% | $0 |
| Prescription drugs | 0% | $0 |
| Clothing | 8.25% | $83 |
Every county in Texas
This is the whole state, not a sample — 254 counties, from 6.25% in Andrews County up to 7.75% in Terrell County. These are county floors. City, transit and special-district taxes can add to them, so an address may pay more.
Complete county coverage for Texas: 254 counties spanning 6.25% (Andrews County) to 7.75% (Terrell County), across 4 distinct rates. Figures are county floors: the state rate plus the county's own levy, excluding municipal, transit and special-district taxes. The representative location figures earlier in the page may include additional local layers.
| County | State portion | County levy | Floor (state + county) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Andrews County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Angelina County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Aransas County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Archer County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Armstrong County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Atascosa County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Austin County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Bailey County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Bandera County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Bastrop County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Baylor County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Bee County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Bell County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Bexar County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Blanco County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Borden County | 6.25% | 1% | 7.25% |
| Bosque County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Bowie County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Brazoria County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Brazos County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Brewster County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Briscoe County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Brooks County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Brown County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Burleson County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Burnet County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Caldwell County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Calhoun County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Callahan County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Cameron County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Camp County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Carson County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Cass County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Castro County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Chambers County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Cherokee County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Childress County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Clay County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Cochran County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Coke County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Coleman County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Collin County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Collingsworth County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Colorado County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Comal County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Comanche County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Concho County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Cooke County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Coryell County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Cottle County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Crane County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Crockett County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Crosby County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Culberson County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Dallam County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Dallas County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Dawson County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Deaf Smith County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Delta County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Denton County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| DeWitt County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Dickens County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Dimmit County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Donley County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Duval County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Eastland County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Ector County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Edwards County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| El Paso County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Ellis County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Erath County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Falls County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Fannin County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Fayette County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Fisher County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Floyd County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Foard County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Fort Bend County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Franklin County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Freestone County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Frio County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Gaines County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Galveston County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Garza County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Gillespie County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Glasscock County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Goliad County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Gonzales County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Gray County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Grayson County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Gregg County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Grimes County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Guadalupe County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Hale County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Hall County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Hamilton County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Hansford County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Hardeman County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Hardin County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Harris County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Harrison County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Hartley County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Haskell County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Hays County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Hemphill County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Henderson County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Hidalgo County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Hill County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Hockley County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Hood County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Hopkins County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Houston County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Howard County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Hudspeth County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Hunt County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Hutchinson County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Irion County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Jack County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Jackson County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Jasper County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Jeff Davis County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Jefferson County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Jim Hogg County | 6.25% | 1% | 7.25% |
| Jim Wells County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Johnson County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Jones County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Karnes County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Kaufman County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Kendall County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Kenedy County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Kent County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Kerr County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Kimble County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| King County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Kinney County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Kleberg County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Knox County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| La Salle County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Lamar County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Lamb County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Lampasas County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Lavaca County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Lee County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Leon County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Liberty County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Limestone County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Lipscomb County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Live Oak County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Llano County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Loving County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Lubbock County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Lynn County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Madison County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Marion County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Martin County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Mason County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Matagorda County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Maverick County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| McCulloch County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| McLennan County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| McMullen County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Medina County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Menard County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Midland County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Milam County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Mills County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Mitchell County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Montague County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Montgomery County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Moore County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Morris County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Motley County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Nacogdoches County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Navarro County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Newton County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Nolan County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Nueces County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Ochiltree County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Oldham County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Orange County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Palo Pinto County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Panola County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Parker County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Parmer County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Pecos County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Polk County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Potter County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Presidio County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Rains County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Randall County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Reagan County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Real County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Red River County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Reeves County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Refugio County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Roberts County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Robertson County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Rockwall County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Runnels County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Rusk County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Sabine County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| San Augustine County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| San Jacinto County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| San Patricio County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| San Saba County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Schleicher County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Scurry County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Shackelford County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Shelby County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Sherman County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Smith County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Somervell County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Starr County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Stephens County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Sterling County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Stonewall County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Sutton County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Swisher County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Tarrant County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Taylor County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Terrell County | 6.25% | 1.5% | 7.75% |
| Terry County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Throckmorton County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Titus County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Tom Green County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Travis County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Trinity County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Tyler County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Upshur County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Upton County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Uvalde County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Val Verde County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Van Zandt County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Victoria County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Walker County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Waller County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Ward County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Washington County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Webb County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Wharton County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Wheeler County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Wichita County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Wilbarger County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Willacy County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Williamson County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Wilson County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Winkler County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Wise County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Wood County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Yoakum County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Young County | 6.25% | 0.5% | 6.75% |
| Zapata County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Zavala County | 6.25% | 0% | 6.25% |
Streamlined Sales Tax member rate files plus individual state Department of Revenue rate tables — county-level rows only; city, transit and special-district levies excluded — as of 2026-01-01, last verified 2026-08-29.
What this page does not cover
- The first county table and calculator location list for Texas are a sample, not a complete address lookup. They were chosen to show the range rather than to cover every address, so your own county may sit outside what you see. If you have a receipt to hand, the rate printed on it beats any figure on this page.
- One tax, not all of them. What you see here is Texas's general sales tax. Gas, drink and cigarettes are taxed separately and those taxes are usually hidden inside the price. Hotels, restaurant meals and vehicle purchases often carry extra charges of their own on top.
- Exemptions are broader on paper than in a shop. Texas draws its own lines inside each category — what counts as a grocery rather than a prepared meal, what counts as clothing rather than an accessory. Those lines decide the tax on a real basket, and they are where two states with identical rates stop agreeing.
- The first county table and calculator location list for Texas are representative rather than exhaustive. The listed jurisdictions illustrate the spread of local rates; they are not a complete enumeration, and an address outside them may carry a rate above or below anything shown. Where a complete county-floor table appears separately below, it covers counties but still excludes additional city and district taxes. Prefer the state revenue authority’s address lookup for a specific purchase.
- This covers Texas's general sales tax in isolation. Fuel, alcohol and tobacco are subject to per-unit excise regimes that are generally included in the advertised price and are invisible at the point of sale. Lodging, prepared food and motor vehicle transactions commonly carry supplementary state or local levies beyond the general rate, so a transaction in one of those categories is not fully described by anything on this page.
- The exemption classes shown for Texas are broad categories, and the statutory boundaries inside each one govern the actual charge. Prepared and heated food routinely falls outside a grocery exemption; footwear, athletic wear and accessories are commonly carved out of a clothing exemption. Because these definitions differ between states, two jurisdictions with matching rates and matching exemption lists can produce materially different tax on an identical basket.
Questions people ask
Why is the tax at the register higher than the state rate?
Because the state rate is only the first layer. Counties, cities and special districts add their own on top, which takes about 6.25% up to about 8.25% — and it changes as you cross town lines rather than staying put.
Is food taxed the same as everything else?
No — groceries are exempt in Texas, which is why a basket of raw ingredients can leave a shop untaxed while a sandwich from the same shop does not. The line is drawn at preparation, not at the food itself.
Is clothing exempt here?
It is not. Clothing takes the standard rate here — only a small group of states exempt it, and Texas is outside that group.
Will the rate change if I shop in the next town?
Barely. The local portion is about 24.24% of the combined rate, so a statewide figure is close to right almost everywhere in Texas.
Is the sales tax higher here because there is no income tax?
The money is collected somewhere. Without an income tax, sales and property carry the load, and a combined rate of about 8.25% is part of how.
What composes the combined rate in this state?
The combined rate is the state levy plus every local levy sourced to the point of sale. Texas sets about 6.25%; the representative combined rate is about 8.25%, of which about 24.24% is decided locally. A single statewide figure is therefore an approximation.
How are groceries classified for sales tax here?
Texas exempts groceries from general sales tax. The exemption typically excludes prepared food, and definitional boundaries — utensils supplied, heating, or a seller's prepared-food share — determine which side a specific item falls on. Those tests vary by state and are not uniform.
How is apparel classified for sales tax in this state?
Texas applies the standard rate to apparel with no general exemption. Only a small minority of states exempt clothing, and among those several impose per-item caps or exclude athletic and formal wear, so cross-state assumptions about apparel are unreliable.
How much intra-state variation is there in the combined rate?
Locally determined levies account for about 24.24% of the representative combined rate, so intra-state dispersion is limited and the statewide figure approximates most locations closely. Rates remain sourced to the point of sale.
How does the absence of an income tax affect consumption tax burden?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so general revenue relies more heavily on consumption and property bases. The representative combined sales rate is about 8.25%. ⚠️ Relative overall burden depends on a household's consumption share of income and cannot be inferred from the rate alone.