Sales tax in Skagit County, Washington

What is the sales tax rate in Skagit County?

The combined figures are the lowest and highest totals anywhere in Skagit County, so the rows above do not add up to them.

What is the sales tax rate in each city in Skagit County?

Washington publishes the rate for every city it taxes. These are the combined rates, state and local together, as listed in Washington's own rate file. Where a city shows a range, a special district covers only part of it, so the rate depends on the exact address.

Source: Washington rate file for October 1 to December 31, 2026, from Washington's official rate page.

How much sales tax is that on a purchase in Skagit County?

At 8.3%, a $100 purchase carries $8.30 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $83.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 9%, the same purchases carry $9.00 and $90.00. That is general merchandise; Washington taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Washington's 39 counties, Skagit County's lowest rate ranks 11th highest, level with 4 other counties. See every Washington county.

Sales tax in counties next to Skagit County

Skagit County borders 6 counties. The lowest rate next door is 7.9% in Snohomish County, WA, which is $4.00 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Skagit County.

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Washington charges 6.5 percent statewide and then cities, counties, transit authorities and other special purpose districts add local rates whose boundaries do not follow county lines, so a single rate for the whole county does not exist. The Department of Revenue publishes one combined local rate for each location code and does not split out the county's own share of it, so the county rate is recorded as unknown here rather than estimated. Washington counties do levy taxes of their own that apply countywide. The floor of 8.3 percent applies in the unincorporated county. The ceiling of 9 percent is in Mount Vernon. Part of the spread inside this county comes from a public transportation benefit area whose boundary does not match either the county line or any city line.

How do I find the exact rate for an address in Skagit County?

Use Washington's own address lookup. In Skagit County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 8.3% to 9%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Skagit County?

Any seller with a physical presence in Washington collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Washington's economic nexus threshold. Washington sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.

Work out your own numbers

• Sales tax calculator

  Tax on a specific purchase at this county's rate, and the total you will actually pay.

• Do you have to collect?

  Whether your sales into Washington cross its economic nexus threshold. A different question from the rate.

• Property tax in Skagit County

  The other local tax: effective rate and median bill for this county.

• Sales tax by county

  Every US county, and how Washington compares with the rest of the country.