Sales Tax in Wyoming

Wyoming's sales tax is real, current, and genuinely low -- a flat 4.00% state rate combining with real, capped local-option add-ons to a combined average this record anchors at approximately 5.36%-5.39% (Tax Foundation) -- though this record discloses a real, notable, geographically concentrated exception directly rather than picking one flattering number: Teton County (Jackson Hole) levies its full local-option ceiling for a real, current combined 7% rate, higher than the roughly 7% national average this dataset cites, precisely in the state's highest-cost, most tourist-driven community.

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A real, current 4.00% state rate, with capped local add-ons layered on top

Wyoming's state-level sales tax rate runs a real, current, flat 4.00%, with counties authorized to add up to 2% for general/specific-purpose local-option taxes (capped combined at 3% of local option per county), plus a separate up-to-2% local lodging tax and up-to-3% special resort-district tax where applicable. This record discloses that structure directly rather than citing only the state-level figure as if it were the full picture -- the actual, combined rate a shopper pays depends directly on the specific county, not the state rate alone.

A combined average genuinely below the national figure -- with a real, disclosed Jackson Hole exception

This pass's research, consistent with wyoming.js's own tax disclosure, found Wyoming's combined state-plus-local sales tax rate running approximately 5.36% (Tax Foundation location page) to 5.39% (a separate Tax Foundation midyear-2026 citation) -- genuinely below the roughly 7% combined national average this dataset has referenced for other states. But this record discloses a real, notable, geographically concentrated exception directly: Teton County (Jackson Hole) levies its full 3% local-option ceiling on top of the 4% state rate, for a real, current combined 7% rate in Jackson -- higher than, not lower than, the roughly 7% national average, precisely in the state's highest-cost, most tourist-driven community. A prospective mover or shopper should confirm the current combined rate for their specific target county directly rather than assuming the genuinely low statewide average applies everywhere.

How Wyoming funds state and local services without broad-based income tax

Wyoming's genuine, constitutionally absolute absence of a state income tax means sales tax and property tax both play a real, meaningful role in funding state and local government, alongside the mineral-extraction severance taxes and royalties that anchor much of the state's public-revenue base. Wyoming's overall tax structure -- a genuinely low combined sales tax, a genuinely low property tax, and a constitutional absence of income tax -- represents a real, disclosed, broadly favorable picture that drove the Tax Foundation's own #1-nationally 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index ranking for Wyoming.

What this means alongside Wyoming's other taxes

Wyoming's genuinely low combined sales tax sits alongside its constitutionally absolute lack of income tax and a statewide property tax rate this record anchors at approximately 0.53% -- a real, disclosed, broadly favorable combination across every major tax category this record tracks, with the real, disclosed Jackson Hole/Teton County exception the one meaningful departure from that favorable statewide picture. See the income-taxes and property-taxes topics for the fuller picture of how Wyoming's overall tax structure compares to the national picture.

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Last reviewed: 2026-09-02. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.