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Sales tax in Albany County, Wyoming

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated

The sales tax rate in Albany County, Wyoming is 6%. That is a 4% state rate plus a 2% county rate, and it is the same at every address in the county. That rate was read from Wyoming's own published schedule and checked on October 1, 2026.

What is the sales tax rate in Albany County?

Sales tax rate components in Albany County, Wyoming
Wyoming state rate4%
Albany County rate2%
Combined rate6%

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

At 6%, a $100 purchase carries $6.00 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $60.00. That is general merchandise; Wyoming taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Wyoming's 23 counties, Albany County's rate ranks 2nd highest, level with 6 other counties. See every Wyoming county.

Sales tax in counties next to Albany County

Albany County borders 6 counties, 2 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 3.95% in Larimer County, CO, which is $20.50 less on a $1,000 purchase than Albany County's rate.

Albany County and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
Jackson County, CO6.9% to 7.9%
Carbon County, WY6%
Platte County, WY6%
Albany County, WY (this county)6%
Converse County, WY5%
Laramie County, WY5%
Larimer County, CO3.95% to 8.95%

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Wyoming's state sales and use tax is 4 percent and Albany County levies a 1 percent general purpose county option tax and a 1 percent specific purpose county option tax, for a total of 6 percent. Albany County's earlier specific purpose tax finished collecting its authorized amount and ended on June 30, 2026, so the rate was 5 percent for the quarter that began July 1, 2026, and a new 1 percent specific purpose tax took it back to 6 percent on October 1, 2026. Wyoming county option taxes are approved by a county-wide referendum and carry a term that expires, either on a date or once a set dollar amount has been collected, so a county's rate can change at the start of any calendar quarter and rates more than a few months old go stale. The county line is not the tax boundary in Wyoming: under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(vii) any city or town may levy its own tax of up to 1 percent inside its limits, and under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(v) a resort district may levy up to 3 percent inside its boundaries. No Wyoming city levies today, since Casper's 1 percent municipal tax ended on June 30, 2026, and only the two resort districts in Teton County do. Wyoming exempts food for domestic home consumption from both the state and the county tax under W.S. 39-15-105, so groceries are untaxed while prepared food, alcoholic beverages and tobacco are not. Wyoming also charges a separate statewide and local lodging tax, which is a different tax and is not included in any rate here. The Department's own address level rate lookup is marked as still under construction, so the linked page is its rate chart and zip code chart instead.

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

Use Wyoming's own address lookup.

Who has to collect sales tax in Albany County?

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

Work out your own numbers

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