Report: WA has nation’s 4th-highest average combined state, local sales tax rate

(The Center Square) – Washington state’s average combined state and local sales tax rate is the fourth-highest in the nation at 9.4%, according to a midyear report released by the Tax Foundation.

“This report provides a population-weighted average of local sales taxes as of July 1, 2023, to give a sense of the average local rate for each state,” the introduction of the report by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank reads.

Forty-five states and the District of Columbia collect statewide sales taxes, and local sales taxes are collected in 38 states, according to the Tax Foundation report.

Per the report, only three states have a higher combined sales tax rate than Washington: Tennessee (9.548%), Louisiana (9.547%) and Arkansas (9.44%).