Taxes in Rock Springs
Rock Springs' tax picture combines Wyoming's genuinely rare no-income-tax, constitutionally absolute status with a locally modest property and sales tax rate.
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Learn moreNo state income tax, at all
Wyoming's Constitution forbids a state individual income tax outright -- a real, current, unambiguous status applying in Rock Springs as statewide, on wages, salaries, investment income, retirement income, and Social Security benefits alike.
A property tax rate below the national median
Ownwell cited Rock Springs' own median effective property tax rate at approximately 0.69%, modestly above the Wyoming statewide median (0.65%) but substantially below the national median (1.02%).
A real, combined 6.00% sales tax
Rock Springs levies a real, current combined 6.00% sales tax rate (4% state + 2% Sweetwater County local-option, with no additional city-specific add-on).
Key takeaways
- Wyoming's real, current no-state-income-tax status applies in Rock Springs as statewide.
- Rock Springs' own effective property tax rate (0.69%) runs below the national median.
- Rock Springs levies a real, combined 6.00% sales tax (4% state + 2% county).
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