2025 Sales Tax Calculator By Zip Code
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What is a Sales Tax?
A sales tax is an additional charge added on to the listed price of goods and services. Usually the Sales tax is a percentage of the price of the item. Sales taxes are collected by the seller at the time of purchase, and are passed on to the government.
In most states, local governments (like counties, cities, and special districts) are allowed to collect their own sales taxes in addition to the statewide sales tax rate. This means that sales tax rates can be very different, even in locations that are only a few miles from each other!
How to Calculate Sales Tax
To calculate the Sales Tax on the purchase of an item, you need two things: the purchase amount, and the sales tax rate. In our example, we will use a purchase amount of $100, and a sales tax rate of 7.75%. The first step would be to multiply the purchase price of $100 by the sales tax rate of 7.75%. This will give you the amount of sales tax owed on the purchase.
$100 * 7.75% = $7.75
The next step is to add your sales tax to the previous total, and that will provide your final purchase price. In our example, that would give us a total of $107.75.
How to use the SalesTaxHandbook Sales Tax Calculator
The SalesTaxHandbook Sales Tax Calculator is a free tool that will let you look up sales tax rates, and calculate the sales tax owed on a taxable purchase, for anywhere in the United States. Just enter the ZIP code of the location in which the purchase is made! Keep in mind that sales tax jurisdiction rules can sometimes be too complicated to describe rate areas by zip code, so this calculator is provided for reference purposes only.
Know the rate you are being charged, and not the ZIP code? Not a problem! Our Sales Tax Calculator can also use any percent rate that you want to enter. Simply click Specify Sales Tax Rate right above the ZIP code input field.
If you are a business owner and are interested in automating your sales tax calculation and reporting requirements, click here to get more information.
Sales Tax Comparison
The table below shows the sales tax, min local tax, max local tax, and average combined tax for each state across the US. We also offer a sales tax by ZIP code database updated monthly.
| State | Sales Tax | Min Local Tax | Max Local Tax | Avg. Combined Rate |
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| Alabama | 4% | 1% | 8.5% | 9.124% |
| Alaska | 0% | 0% | 9.5% | 1.899% |
| Arizona | 5.6% | 0% | 6.1% | 8.13% |
| Arkansas | 6.5% | 0% | 6.125% | 9.179% |
| California | 6% | 1.25% | 5.25% | 8.818% |
| Colorado | 2.9% | 0% | 8.3% | 7.115% |
| Connecticut | 6.35% | 0% | 0% | 6.35% |
| Delaware | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| District of Columbia | 6% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| Florida | 6% | 0% | 2% | 6.998% |
| Georgia | 4% | 2% | 5% | 7.766% |
| Hawaii | 4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 4.5% |
| Idaho | 6% | 0% | 3% | 6.067% |
| Illinois | 6.25% | 0% | 5.25% | 8.213% |
| Indiana | 7% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| Iowa | 6% | 0% | 1% | 6.992% |
| Kansas | 6.5% | 0% | 5% | 8.592% |
| Kentucky | 6% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| Louisiana | 5% | 0% | 8.5% | 10.165% |
| Maine | 5.5% | 0% | 0% | 5.5% |
| Maryland | 6% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| Massachusetts | 6.25% | 0% | 0% | 6.25% |
| Michigan | 6% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| Minnesota | 6.875% | 0% | 3% | 7.749% |
| Mississippi | 7% | 0% | 1% | 7.063% |
| Missouri | 4.225% | 0.5% | 8.013% | 8.084% |
| Montana | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Nebraska | 5.5% | 0% | 2% | 6.343% |
| Nevada | 4.6% | 2.25% | 3.775% | 7.959% |
| New Hampshire | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| New Jersey | 6.625% | 0% | 2% | 6.628% |
| New Mexico | 4.875% | 0.375% | 8.812% | 7.255% |
| New York | 4% | 3% | 4.875% | 8.26% |
| North Carolina | 4.75% | 2% | 2.75% | 6.972% |
| North Dakota | 5% | 0% | 3.5% | 6.054% |
| Ohio | 5.75% | 0.75% | 2.5% | 7.279% |
| Oklahoma | 4.5% | 0.35% | 7% | 8.842% |
| Oregon | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pennsylvania | 6% | 0% | 2% | 6.165% |
| Puerto Rico | 10.5% | 1% | 1% | 11.5% |
| Rhode Island | 7% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| South Carolina | 6% | 0% | 3% | 7.681% |
| South Dakota | 4.2% | 0% | 6.2% | 5.943% |
| Tennessee | 7% | 2% | 2.75% | 9.648% |
| Texas | 6.25% | 0% | 2% | 7.961% |
| Utah | 4.85% | 1.5% | 5% | 7.19% |
| Vermont | 6% | 0% | 1% | 6.231% |
| Virginia | 4.3% | 1% | 2.7% | 5.634% |
| Washington | 6.5% | 1% | 4.1% | 8.955% |
| West Virginia | 6% | 0% | 1% | 6.231% |
| Wisconsin | 5% | 0% | 2.9% | 5.61% |
| Wyoming | 4% | 0% | 5% | 5.503% |
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