| State sales taxes and exemptions | ||||
| STATE | Sales Tax | Rate | Exemption for Food, Prescription and Non-prescription Drugs | |
| Alabama | 4% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Alaska | none | |||
| Arizona | 5.6% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Arkansas | 5.125% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| California | 7.25-8.25% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Colorado | 2.9% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Connecticut | 6% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Delaware | none | |||
| Florida | 6% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Georgia | 4% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Hawaii | 4% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Idaho | 5% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Illinois | 6.25% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs taxed at 1% | ||
| Indiana | 5% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Iowa | 5% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Kansas | 4.9% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Kentucky | 6% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Louisiana | 4% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Maine | 5% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Maryland | 5% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Massachusetts | 5% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Michigan | 6% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Minnesota | 6.5% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Mississippi | 7% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Missouri | 4.225% | prescription drugs exempt, food taxed at 1.225% | ||
| Montana | none | |||
| Nebraska | 5% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Nevada | 6.5% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| New Hampshire | none | |||
| New Jersey | 6% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| New Mexico | 5% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| New York | 4% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| North Carolina | 4.5% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| North Dakota | 5% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Ohio | 5% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Oklahoma | 4.5% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Oregon | none | |||
| Pennsylvania | 6% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Rhode Island | 7% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| South Carolina | 5% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| South Dakota | 4% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Tennessee | 6% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Texas | 6.25% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Utah | 4.75% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Vermont | 5% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Virginia | 4.5% | food and prescription drugs exempt, food taxed at 3% | ||
| Washington | 6.5% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| West Virginia | 6% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Wisconsin | 5% | food and prescription drugs exempt | ||
| Wyoming | 4% | prescription drugs exempt | ||
| District of Columbia | 5.75% | food, non-prescription and prescription drugs exempt | ||