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As of Jan. 1, Illinois' combined average local and state sales tax rate was 9.08%, the sixth-highest rate among the 50 states, according to an analysis by the Tax Foundation.
The state’s sales tax rate is 6.25 percent and the average local sales tax weighted for population is 2.83 percent, the Tax Foundation analysis found.
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Combined State and Local Sales Tax Rates by State
| State | State Tax Rate | Rank | Average Local Tax Rate | Combined Rate | Rank | Maximum Local Tax Rate |
| Tennessee | 7.00% | 2 | 2.53% | 9.53% | 1 | 2.75% |
| Louisiana | 4.45% | 38 | 5.07% | 9.52% | 2 | 7.00% |
| Arkansas | 6.50% | 9 | 2.97% | 9.47% | 3 | 5.13% |
| Alabama | 4.00% | 40 | 5.22% | 9.22% | 4 | 7.50% |
| Washington | 6.50% | 9 | 2.71% | 9.21% | 5 | 4.00% |
| Illinois | 6.25% | 13 | 2.83% | 9.08% | 6 | 10.00% |
| Oklahoma | 4.50% | 36 | 4.44% | 8.94% | 7 | 7.00% |
| Kansas | 6.50% | 9 | 2.18% | 8.68% | 8 | 4.00% |
| California | 7.25% | 1 | 1.41% | 8.66% | 9 | 2.50% |
| New York | 4.00% | 40 | 4.52% | 8.52% | 10 | 4.88% |
| Arizona | 5.60% | 28 | 2.80% | 8.40% | 11 | 5.60% |
| Nevada | 6.85% | 7 | 1.47% | 8.32% | 12 | 1.65% |
| Texas | 6.25% | 13 | 1.94% | 8.19% | 13 | 2.00% |
| Missouri | 4.23% | 39 | 3.96% | 8.18% | 14 | 5.63% |
| New Mexico | 5.13% | 32 | 2.69% | 7.82% | 15 | 4.13% |
| Colorado | 2.90% | 45 | 4.75% | 7.65% | 16 | 8.30% |
| South Carolina | 6.00% | 17 | 1.46% | 7.46% | 17 | 3.00% |
| Minnesota | 6.88% | 6 | 0.58% | 7.46% | 18 | 2.00% |
| Georgia | 4.00% | 40 | 3.31% | 7.31% | 19 | 5.00% |
| Utah | 6.10% | 16 | 1.08% | 7.18% | 20 | 2.95% |
| Ohio | 5.75% | 27 | 1.42% | 7.17% | 21 | 2.25% |
| Mississippi | 7.00% | 2 | 0.07% | 7.07% | 22 | 1.00% |
| Florida | 6.00% | 17 | 1.05% | 7.05% | 23 | 2.50% |
| Indiana | 7.00% | 2 | 0.00% | 7.00% | 24 | 0.00% |
| Rhode Island | 7.00% | 2 | 0.00% | 7.00% | 24 | 0.00% |
| North Carolina | 4.75% | 35 | 2.22% | 6.97% | 26 | 2.75% |
| Iowa | 6.00% | 17 | 0.94% | 6.94% | 27 | 1.00% |
| Nebraska | 5.50% | 29 | 1.43% | 6.93% | 28 | 2.50% |
| North Dakota | 5.00% | 33 | 1.86% | 6.86% | 29 | 3.50% |
| New Jersey | 6.63% | 8 | -0.03% | 6.60% | 30 | 3.31% |
| West Virginia | 6.00% | 17 | 0.41% | 6.41% | 31 | 1.00% |
| South Dakota | 4.50% | 36 | 1.90% | 6.40% | 32 | 4.50% |
| Connecticut | 6.35% | 12 | 0.00% | 6.35% | 33 | 0.00% |
| Pennsylvania | 6.00% | 17 | 0.34% | 6.34% | 34 | 2.00% |
| Massachusetts | 6.25% | 13 | 0.00% | 6.25% | 35 | 0.00% |
| Vermont | 6.00% | 17 | 0.22% | 6.22% | 36 | 1.00% |
| Idaho | 6.00% | 17 | 0.03% | 6.03% | 37 | 3.00% |
| Kentucky | 6.00% | 17 | 0.00% | 6.00% | 38 | 0.00% |
| Maryland | 6.00% | 17 | 0.00% | 6.00% | 38 | 0.00% |
| Michigan | 6.00% | 17 | 0.00% | 6.00% | 38 | 0.00% |
| Virginia | 5.30% | 31 | 0.35% | 5.65% | 41 | 0.70% |
| Maine | 5.50% | 29 | 0.00% | 5.50% | 42 | 0.00% |
| Wisconsin | 5.00% | 33 | 0.46% | 5.46% | 43 | 1.75% |
| Wyoming | 4.00% | 40 | 1.34% | 5.34% | 44 | 2.00% |
| Hawaii | 4.00% | 40 | 0.44% | 4.44% | 45 | 0.50% |
| Alaska | 0.00% | 46 | 1.76% | 1.76% | 46 | 7.50% |
| Delaware | 0.00% | 46 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 47 | 0.00% |
| Montana | 0.00% | 46 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 47 | 0.00% |
| New Hampshire | 0.00% | 46 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 47 | 0.00% |
| Oregon | 0.00% | 46 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 47 | 0.00% |
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