Sales tax in Wichita County, Kansas
The sales tax rate in Wichita County, Kansas is 8.5%. That is a 6.5% state rate plus a 2% county rate, and it is the same at every address in the county. That rate was read from Kansas's own published schedule and checked on October 1, 2026.
What is the sales tax rate in Wichita County?
| Kansas state rate | 6.5% |
|---|---|
| Wichita County rate | 2% |
| Combined rate | 8.5% |
How much sales tax is that on a purchase in Wichita County?
At 8.5%, a $100 purchase carries $8.50 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $85.00. That is general merchandise; Kansas taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.
Among Kansas's 105 counties, Wichita County's rate ranks 2nd highest, level with 13 other counties. See every Kansas county.
Sales tax in counties next to Wichita County
Wichita County borders 6 counties. The lowest rate next door is 7.5% in Greeley County, KS, which is $10.00 less on a $1,000 purchase than Wichita County's rate.
| County | Combined sales tax |
|---|---|
| Logan County, KS | 8.5% to 10% |
| Scott County, KS | 8.5% to 9% |
| Wichita County, KS (this county) | 8.5% |
| Hamilton County, KS | 8% to 9% |
| Greeley County, KS | 7.5% |
| Kearny County, KS | 7.5% to 8.5% |
| Wallace County, KS | 7.5% |
Why the rate here is not the whole story
Kansas charges 6.5 percent statewide on general merchandise and then stacks a county rate, city rates and community improvement or transportation development district rates whose boundaries do not follow county lines, so a single rate for the whole county does not exist. The county itself levies 2 percent countywide. Every jurisdiction the state publishes inside this county carries the same 8.5 percent total, which is state plus county with no city or district tax anywhere in the county. Kansas finished phasing its state rate on qualifying food down to 0 percent on January 1 2025, so groceries pay only the local part of these rates, but the figures here are the general merchandise rates.
How do I find the exact rate for an address in Wichita County?
Use Kansas's own address lookup.
Who has to collect sales tax in Wichita County?
Any seller with a physical presence in Kansas collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Kansas's economic nexus threshold. Kansas sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.
Work out your own numbers
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Sales tax calculator
Tax on a specific purchase at this county's rate, and the total you will actually pay.
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Do you have to collect?
Whether your sales into Kansas cross its economic nexus threshold. A different question from the rate.
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Property tax in Wichita County
The other local tax: effective rate and median bill for this county.
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Sales tax by county
Every US county, and how Kansas compares with the rest of the country.
Sources
- Wichita County rates: Kansas Department of Revenue, Publication KS-1700 Sales and Use Tax Jurisdiction Codes (Local Sales Tax Rates by Jurisdiction), Excel edition pub17001026.xlsx effective October 1 2026, https://www.ksrevenue.gov/pdf/pub17001026.xlsx, with jurisdiction codes joined to county FIPS using the department's Fourth Quarter 2026 Kansas SSTP Boundary file KSB2026Q4AUG19.csv, https://www.ksrevenue.gov/downloads/KSOct26SSTP.zip
- Collected and verified October 1, 2026. Confidence: P on the rate components, P on the range (P read on a primary agency page, S strong but indirect, U unverified).