Taxes in Bartlesville
Bartlesville's tax picture combines a genuinely low, real property tax rate with Oklahoma's further-cut state income tax and a real, high combined sales tax.
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Learn moreA genuinely low property tax rate
Washington County's own effective property tax rate ran approximately 0.71%, below Oklahoma's already-low statewide 0.85%-0.90% cluster -- a real, disclosed advantage.
Oklahoma's real, current, contingent income-tax cut
Oklahoma's top marginal income tax rate fell to 4.5% effective 2026 under a real statutory revenue-trigger mechanism (HB 2764) -- genuinely contingent on future revenue growth, not an automatic annual cut.
A real, meaningful combined sales tax
Bartlesville's combined sales tax rate ran approximately 8.9% (4.5% state, 1% Washington County, 3.4% city) -- the lowest of the four Oklahoma markets built in this wave, but still above the national average.
Key takeaways
- Bartlesville's ~0.71% property tax rate runs genuinely below Oklahoma's statewide cluster.
- Oklahoma's 4.5% top income tax rate (2026) is genuinely contingent on statutory revenue triggers.
- The 8.9% combined sales tax is real and meaningful, though the lowest among this wave's four Oklahoma markets.
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