Alaska sales tax rate by county
Alaska sales tax runs from 0% to 9.5%, and in 17 of its 26 counties the rate changes within the county. The 0% state rate applies everywhere. Everything above it depends on which city or special district an address falls in, so a county-wide figure is a range and not a rate.
Sales tax rate in every Alaska county
| County | Rate or range |
|---|---|
| Aleutians West Census Area | 0% to 4% |
| Anchorage Municipality | 0% |
| Bristol Bay Borough | 0% |
| Chugach Census Area | 0% to 7% |
| Copper River Census Area | 0% |
| Dillingham Census Area | 0% to 6% |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | 0% to 5.5% |
| Haines Borough | 5.5% |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 0% to 6.5% |
| Juneau City and Borough | 5% |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | 3% to 9.5% |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 2.5% to 8% |
| Kodiak Island Borough | 0% to 7% |
| Kusilvak Census Area | 0% to 6% |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 0% to 3% |
| Nome Census Area | 0% to 5% |
| North Slope Borough | 0% to 7% |
| Northwest Arctic Borough | 0% to 6.5% |
| Petersburg Borough | 6% |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 0% to 7% |
| Sitka City and Borough | 5% to 6% |
| Skagway Municipality | 3% to 5% |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 0% |
| Wrangell City and Borough | 7% |
| Yakutat City and Borough | 5% |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 0% to 4% |
Collected from Alaska's own agency sources and verified September 9, 2026. A range means the rate genuinely differs by address inside that county, not that we are unsure. Each county page gives the components and what the rate does not cover.
Why some counties show a range
Sales tax is levied by the state, sometimes by the county, and very often by cities and special districts whose boundaries ignore county lines. Where that happens there is no single county rate to publish, so these pages give the lowest and highest totals found inside the county and link the state's own address lookup. Adding a state rate to a county rate does not reproduce those totals, because the districts levy in between.
More on Alaska tax
See Alaska sales tax for the statewide picture, exemptions and who has to collect. For property tax, which is a separate tax with separate rules, see property tax by county in Alaska.