Car Sales Tax by State

Every state's sales tax rate and trade-in rule, side by side, so you can scan all 50 before picking one.

StateState tax rateTrade-in reduces tax?Calculator
Alabama2%YesAlabama car sales tax calculator
AlaskaNoneYesAlaska car sales tax calculator
Arizona5.6%YesArizona car sales tax calculator
Arkansas6.5%YesArkansas car sales tax calculator
California7.25%NoCalifornia car sales tax calculator
Colorado2.9%YesColorado car sales tax calculator
Connecticut6.35%YesConnecticut car sales tax calculator
Delaware5.25%YesDelaware car sales tax calculator
Florida6%YesFlorida car sales tax calculator
Georgia7%YesGeorgia car sales tax calculator
Hawaii4%YesHawaii car sales tax calculator
Idaho6%YesIdaho car sales tax calculator
Illinois6.25%YesIllinois car sales tax calculator
Indiana7%YesIndiana car sales tax calculator
Iowa5%YesIowa car sales tax calculator
Kansas6.5%YesKansas car sales tax calculator
Kentucky6%Used vehicles onlyKentucky car sales tax calculator
Louisiana5%YesLouisiana car sales tax calculator
Maine5.5%YesMaine car sales tax calculator
Maryland6.5%YesMaryland car sales tax calculator
Massachusetts6.25%YesMassachusetts car sales tax calculator
Michigan6%YesMichigan car sales tax calculator
Minnesota6.875%YesMinnesota car sales tax calculator
Mississippi5%YesMississippi car sales tax calculator
Missouri4.225%YesMissouri car sales tax calculator
MontanaNoneYesMontana car sales tax calculator
Nebraska5.5%YesNebraska car sales tax calculator
Nevada6.85%YesNevada car sales tax calculator
New HampshireNoneYesNew Hampshire car sales tax calculator
New Jersey6.625%YesNew Jersey car sales tax calculator
New Mexico4%YesNew Mexico car sales tax calculator
New York4%YesNew York car sales tax calculator
North Carolina3%YesNorth Carolina car sales tax calculator
North Dakota5%YesNorth Dakota car sales tax calculator
Ohio5.75%New vehicles onlyOhio car sales tax calculator
Oklahoma4.5%YesOklahoma car sales tax calculator
Oregon0.5%NoOregon car sales tax calculator
Pennsylvania6%YesPennsylvania car sales tax calculator
Rhode Island7%YesRhode Island car sales tax calculator
South Carolina5%YesSouth Carolina car sales tax calculator
South Dakota4%YesSouth Dakota car sales tax calculator
Tennessee7%YesTennessee car sales tax calculator
Texas6.25%YesTexas car sales tax calculator
Utah4.85%YesUtah car sales tax calculator
Vermont6%YesVermont car sales tax calculator
Virginia4.15%NoVirginia car sales tax calculator
Washington6.5%YesWashington car sales tax calculator
West Virginia6%YesWest Virginia car sales tax calculator
Wisconsin5%YesWisconsin car sales tax calculator
Wyoming4%YesWyoming car sales tax calculator

This table leaves out local tax on purpose, since that depends on your city or county, not just the state. Open a state's own calculator for its local rate, title and registration fees, and a worked example using that state's own numbers.