Sales Tax Comparison Across Our Metro Areas

Combined state and local sales tax rates, metro by metro — launching with San Antonio, TX, sourced directly from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. More metros will be added as they're researched.

This page is launching with San Antonio as its first entry. We're not ready to backfill our other 8 metros yet — that's a deliberate, deferred decision, not an oversight. This page is built so each metro is a normal row in the same table, so adding the rest later won't require restructuring it. Rows for metros not yet researched are shown as pending rather than left off the page entirely, so it's clear what's coming.

Combined sales tax rate, by metro

Texas caps combined city-plus-special-district local sales tax at 2% on top of the state's 6.25% — San Antonio sits at that statutory cap, for a combined 8.25%.

Metro	State rate	Local rate	Combined rate
San Antonio, TX	6.25%	2.00% (statutory cap)	8.25%
Atlanta, GA	Not yet researched — coming in a future update
Austin, TX	Not yet researched — coming in a future update
Charlotte, NC	Not yet researched — coming in a future update
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	Not yet researched — coming in a future update
Houston, TX	Not yet researched — coming in a future update
Jacksonville, FL	Not yet researched — coming in a future update
Nashville, TN	Not yet researched — coming in a future update
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL	Not yet researched — coming in a future update

How San Antonio's 8.25% breaks down

Per the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, the local 2% is composed of four separate rates that together hit Texas's statutory cap on combined local sales tax:

City of San Antonio (general): 1.000%
Pre-K 4 SA (city early-education initiative): 0.125%
VIA Metropolitan Transit (MTA): 0.500%
San Antonio Advanced Transportation District (ATD): 0.375% — increased effective January 1, 2026 (previously 0.25%); the total local rate stayed at the 2% cap because the increase was offset by a corresponding decrease elsewhere in the local allocation.

Worth knowing alongside this number

Texas has no state individual income tax — a structural fact often weighed alongside sales tax when comparing states, since Texas leans more heavily on sales and property tax to fund state and local government. This page covers sales tax specifically; see our property tax comparison and San Antonio's own property tax guide for the property-tax side of that trade-off.

A note on staying current

Sales tax rates change through local ballot measures and legislative action — San Antonio's own Advanced Transportation District rate changed as recently as January 2026. Always confirm the current rate for a specific purchase or business with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts or a qualified tax professional.