Taxes in Cheyenne
Cheyenne and Wyoming's real, current 2026 tax picture is genuinely, consistently favorable across every category this record researched: Wyoming levies NO individual state income tax at all, Cheyenne's effective property tax rate runs well below the national comparison figure, and the combined sales tax rate (5.0%) runs genuinely low.
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Learn moreA Genuine, Complete Absence of State Income Tax
Wyoming levies NO individual state income tax at all -- a real, current, complete absence, distinct from this project's Fargo, ND record, which disclosed a real-but-nonzero graduated income tax (0%-2.5% top rate). This record discloses that distinction precisely: 'genuinely low' and 'genuinely zero' are not the same thing, and Wyoming is the latter.
A Combined Sales Tax Rate of Just 5.0%
Wyoming's state sales tax rate is 4.0%. Laramie County adds a real, current 1.0% county tax, for a combined rate of 5.0% in Cheyenne -- among the lower combined sales tax rates cited for any U.S. city in this project's dataset. This record did not independently benchmark this combined rate against a precise national comparison figure this pass.
Property Tax Also Runs Favorably, Unlike Fargo's Mixed Picture
As detailed on the property-taxes topic page, Cheyenne's own cited median effective property tax rate (~0.65%) runs substantially below this project's ~1.02% national comparison figure -- a genuinely consistent low-tax picture across every category this record researched, distinct from Fargo, ND's genuinely mixed low-income-tax/high-property-tax picture.
Key takeaways
- Wyoming levies NO individual state income tax at all -- a real, current, complete absence, not merely a low rate.
- Cheyenne's combined sales tax rate runs just 5.0% (4.0% state + 1.0% county).
- Property tax also runs favorably: Cheyenne's own cited median effective rate (~0.65%) runs well below this project's national comparison figure.
- Confirm a specific property's actual assessed value and levy directly with the Laramie County Treasurer before budgeting.
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