Taxes in Pittsfield
Pittsfield layers a genuinely elevated effective property tax rate onto Massachusetts's statewide flat income tax and uniform sales tax.
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Learn moreA genuinely elevated effective property tax rate
Pittsfield's FY2026 residential rate ran $17.50 per $1,000 of assessed value -- an effective rate of approximately 1.75% against the city's own average home value, genuinely above Massachusetts's own statewide 1.00%-1.17% effective-rate range. A separate source cited Pittsfield's rate as 45% above a statewide average nominal rate, using a different methodology this record discloses rather than treats as directly comparable.
Massachusetts's statewide income and sales tax apply
Pittsfield residents pay Massachusetts's real flat 5% state income tax (with the additional 4% surtax above $1,107,750 of taxable income) and the state's uniform, single-rate 6.25% sales tax with no local add-on.
Commercial and industrial property is taxed separately
Pittsfield's FY2026 commercial, industrial, and personal-property rate ($36.90 per $1,000) runs substantially higher than the residential rate -- a real, disclosed split-rate structure worth understanding for any commercial-property research.
Key takeaways
- Pittsfield's effective property tax rate (~1.75%) runs genuinely above Massachusetts's own statewide average.
- Massachusetts's flat 5% income tax and uniform 6.25% sales tax apply in Pittsfield as statewide.
- Pittsfield taxes commercial/industrial/personal property at a substantially higher rate than residential property.
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