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Nebraska Sales Tax Calculator

Reviewed by the CalculatorHub team, edited by James Graham. Rates sourced from the Nebraska Department of Revenue. Last verified 11 June 2026.

Nebraska sales tax applies to most retail sales of tangible goods and some services. This calculator shows the combined state and local sales tax rate for any location in Nebraska and lets you work out the tax on a given purchase price or reverse-calculate the pre-tax amount from a total. Select your county or city to load the exact local rate on top of the Nebraska statewide base rate, then enter any purchase amount to see the tax and total immediately. Rates and jurisdictions are sourced from Nebraska Department of Revenue and reflect current Nebraska law. Sales tax in Nebraska applies at the point of sale for most tangible personal property; groceries, prescription drugs, and other categories may be exempt or taxed at a reduced rate depending on state law. Use the calculator to compare totals across different jurisdictions, or to verify a receipt. The combined rate shown is the rate applicable at a specific location and accounts for any special district taxes layered on top of the county or municipal rate.

Nebraska's state sales tax base rate is 5.5%. In Omaha the combined rate is 7%, so $100 of goods has $7.00 in sales tax, for a total of $107.00. Pick your city below for the exact combined rate.

Combined rates: 6% to 7.5%. State rate source: Nebraska Department of Revenue, as at Jun 11, 2026.

Pre-tax price (or total, in Remove tax mode)
Loads the sourced combined rate for that city
On top of the 5.5% state rate
Nebraska statewide rate (fixed)
Combined rate7%
Pre-tax amount$100.00
State portion$5.50
Local portion$1.50
Sales tax$7.00
Total$107.00

How sales tax works in Nebraska

Nebraska charges a statewide base sales tax of 5.5%. Nebraska levies a 5.5% state sales tax, to which cities may add a local sales tax of 0.5% to 2%, for a combined rate of up to 7.5%. Choose your city above to load its sourced combined rate, or switch to Remove tax to work back from a tax-inclusive total. Your result updates the page link, so you can copy a permalink to any calculation.

sales tax = pre-tax price x (state rate + local rate) / 100
total = pre-tax price + sales tax

Worked example

A $250.00 purchase in Omaha, at the 7% combined rate (5.5% state + 1.5% local):

  1. Combined rate = 5.5% + 1.5% = 7%.
  2. Sales tax = 250 x 0.0700 = $17.50.
  3. Total = 250 + 17.50 = $267.50.

What is taxed in Nebraska

GroceriesExempt
Prescription drugsExempt
ClothingTaxable

Nebraska exempts food and food ingredients (groceries for home consumption) from state and local sales and use tax; prepared food sold ready to eat remains taxable.

Source: Nebraska Department of Revenue.

Nebraska sales tax rates by city

Combined rates (5.5% state plus local), sourced from the Nebraska Department of Revenue and verified Jun 11, 2026. For an exact rate by address use the official Nebraska Department of Revenue rate lookup; local rates can vary within a city and change over time.

City County Combined rate Source
Adams 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Ainsworth 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Albion 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Alliance 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Alma 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Ansley 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Arapahoe 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Arcadia 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Arlington 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Arnold 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Ashland 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Atkinson 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Auburn 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Bancroft 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Bassett 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Battle Creek 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Bayard 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Beatrice 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Beaver City 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Beaver Crossing 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Beemer 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Bellevue 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Bellwood 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Benedict 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Benkelman 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Bennet 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Bennington 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Bertrand 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Big Springs 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Blair 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Bloomfield 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Blue Hill 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Brainard 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Bridgeport 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Broken Bow 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Brownville 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Bruning 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Burwell 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Byron 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Cairo 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Callaway 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Cambridge 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Cedar Rapids 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Central City 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Ceresco 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Chadron 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Chambers 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Chappell 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Chester 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Clarks 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Clarkson 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Clatonia 6% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Clay Center 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Clearwater 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Coleridge 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Columbus 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Cordova 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Cortland 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Cozad 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Crawford 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Creighton 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Crete 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Crofton 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Curtis 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Dakota City 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Dannebrog 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Davey 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
David City 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Daykin 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
DeWeese 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
DeWitt 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Decatur 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Deshler 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Diller 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Dodge 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Doniphan 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Dorchester 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Douglas 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Duncan 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Eagle 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Edgar 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Edison 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Elgin 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Elm Creek 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Elmwood 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Elwood 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Emerson 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Eustis 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Ewing 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Exeter 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Fairbury 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Fairfield 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Falls City 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Farnam 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Filley 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Fordyce 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Fort Calhoun 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Franklin 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Fremont 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Friend 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Fullerton 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Geneva 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Genoa 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Gering 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Gibbon 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Gordon 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Gothenburg 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Grafton 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Grand Island 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Grant 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Greeley 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Greenwood 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Gresham 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Gretna 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Guide Rock 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hallam 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Halsey 6% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Harrison 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hartington 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Harvard 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hastings 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hay Springs 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hebron 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hemingford 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Henderson 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hickman 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hildreth 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Holdrege 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hooper 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Howells 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hubbard 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hubbell 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Humboldt 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Humphrey 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Hyannis 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Imperial 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Jackson 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Jansen 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Juniata 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Kearney 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Kenesaw 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Kimball 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
LaVista 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Laurel 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Lawrence 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Leigh 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Lewellen 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Lexington 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Lincoln 7.25% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Lindsay 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Linwood 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Loomis 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Louisville 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Loup City 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Lyons 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Madison 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Malcolm 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Manley 6% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Marquette 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Maywood 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
McCook 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
McCool Junction 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Meadow Grove 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Milford 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Milligan 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Minatare 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Minden 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Mitchell 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Monroe 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Morrill 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Mullen 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Murray 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Nebraska City 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Nehawka 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Neligh 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Nelson 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Newman Grove 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Niobrara 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Norfolk 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
North Bend 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
North Platte 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
O'Neill 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Oakland 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Oconto 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Odell 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Ogallala 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Omaha 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Orchard 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Ord 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Osceola 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Oshkosh 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Osmond 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Oxford 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Palmer 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Palmyra 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Papillion 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Pawnee City 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Paxton 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Pender 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Peru 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Petersburg 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Pierce 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Pilger 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Plainview 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Platte Center 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Plattsmouth 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Pleasanton 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Plymouth 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Ponca 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Ralston 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Randolph 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Ravenna 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Red Cloud 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Republican City 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Rising City 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Roca 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Rulo 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Rushville 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Sargent 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Schuyler 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Scottsbluff 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Scribner 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Seward 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Shelby 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Shickley 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Sidney 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Silver Creek 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
South Sioux City 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Spalding 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Spencer 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Springfield 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Springview 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
St. Edward 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
St. Paul 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Stanton 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Sterling 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Stromsburg 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Stuart 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Superior 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Sutherland 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Sutton 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Syracuse 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Tecumseh 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Tekamah 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Terrytown 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Thedford 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Tilden 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Trenton 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Uehling 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Unadilla 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Upland 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Utica 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Valentine 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Valley 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Verdigre 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Wahoo 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Wakefield 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Waterloo 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Wauneta 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Wausa 6.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Waverly 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Wayne 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Weeping Water 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
West Point 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Wilber 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Wisner 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Wood River 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Wymore 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
Wynot 7% Nebraska Department of Revenue
York 7.5% Nebraska Department of Revenue

Full official dataset: Nebraska Department of Revenue rate file.

Nebraska sales tax: frequently asked questions

What is the sales tax rate in Nebraska?

Nebraska's statewide base rate is 5.5%. Local sales and use tax is imposed only by cities and villages (plus a 0.5% Dakota County rate that applies only outside any local-taxing municipality); 270 municipalities currently levy a local rate, ranging from 0.5% to 2%.

How much is sales tax on $100 in Omaha?

At Omaha's combined rate of 7%, sales tax on $100 is $7.00, for a total of $107.00. Enter your own amount above for an exact figure.

Are groceries taxed in Nebraska?

Nebraska exempts food and food ingredients (groceries for home consumption) from state and local sales and use tax; prepared food sold ready to eat remains taxable.

How do I remove sales tax from a total in Nebraska?

Switch the calculator to Remove tax and enter the tax-inclusive total. It divides by 1 plus the combined rate to find the pre-tax price, then shows the tax.

What is the sales tax rate in Omaha?

The combined sales tax rate in Omaha is 7%: the 5.5% Nebraska state rate plus Omaha's 1.5% city local sales tax.

What is the sales tax rate in Lincoln, Nebraska?

Lincoln has the highest local rate among the largest cities at 1.75%, giving a combined rate of 7.25% (5.5% state plus 1.75% city).

Are groceries taxed in Nebraska?

No. Food and food ingredients bought for home consumption are exempt from Nebraska state and local sales tax, though prepared food sold ready to eat is taxable.

What is the highest sales tax rate in Nebraska?

The maximum combined rate is 7.5%, which applies in cities that levy the full 2% local sales tax, such as Grand Island, Norfolk, North Platte, Papillion and Gering.

Official sources

Reviewed by the CalculatorHub team, edited by James Graham, 11 June 2026. See our methodology. General information, not financial or tax advice.