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South Dakota Sales Tax Calculator

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

South Dakota 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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota statewide base rate, then enter any purchase amount to see the tax and total immediately. Rates and jurisdictions are sourced from South Dakota Department of Revenue and reflect current South Dakota law. Sales tax in South Dakota 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.

South Dakota's state sales tax base rate is 4.2%. In Sioux Falls the combined rate is 6.2%, so $100 of goods has $6.20 in sales tax, for a total of $106.20. Pick your city below for the exact combined rate.

Combined rates: 5.2% to 7.2%. State rate source: South Dakota 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 4.2% state rate
South Dakota statewide rate (fixed)
Combined rate6.2%
Pre-tax amount$100.00
State portion$4.20
Local portion$2.00
Sales tax$6.20
Total$106.20

How sales tax works in South Dakota

South Dakota charges a statewide base sales tax of 4.2%. South Dakota levies a 4.2% state sales tax, and municipalities may add a municipal sales tax of up to 2%, for a combined rate of up to 6.2%. 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 Sioux Falls, at the 6.2% combined rate (4.2% state + 2% local):

  1. Combined rate = 4.2% + 2% = 6.2%.
  2. Sales tax = 250 x 0.0620 = $15.50.
  3. Total = 250 + 15.50 = $265.50.

What is taxed in South Dakota

GroceriesTaxable
Prescription drugsExempt
ClothingTaxable

South Dakota taxes groceries at the full 4.2% state rate plus any applicable municipal rate; there is no general food exemption, only purchases made with SNAP food stamps or WIC benefits are exempt.

Source: South Dakota Department of Revenue.

South Dakota sales tax rates by city

Combined rates (4.2% state plus local), sourced from the South Dakota Department of Revenue and verified Jun 11, 2026. For an exact rate by address use the official South Dakota Department of Revenue rate lookup; local rates can vary within a city and change over time.

City County Combined rate Source
Aberdeen 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Akaska 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Alcester 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Alexandria 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Alpena 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Andover 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Arlington 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Armour 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Artesian 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Ashton 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Astoria 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Aurora 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Avon 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Baltic 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Belle Fourche 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Belvidere 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Beresford 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Big Stone City 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Bison 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Blunt 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Bonesteel 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Bowdle 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Box Elder 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Bradley 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Brandon 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Brandt 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Bridgewater 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Bristol 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Britton 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Brookings 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Bruce 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Bryant 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Buffalo 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Burke 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Camp Crook 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Canistota 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Canova 6.15% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Canton 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Carthage 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Castlewood 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Cavour 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Centerville 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Central City 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Chamberlain 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Chancellor 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Clark 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Clear Lake 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Colman 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Colome 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Colton 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Columbia 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Conde 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Corona 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Corsica 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Cresbard 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Crooks 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Custer 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Dallas 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Dante 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Davis 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Deadwood 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Dell Rapids 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Delmont 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
De Smet 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Dimock 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Doland 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Dupree 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Eagle Butte 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Eden 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Edgemont 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Egan 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Elk Point 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Elkton 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Emery 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Erwin 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Estelline 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Ethan 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Eureka 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Fairfax 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Fairview 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Faith 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Faulkton 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Flandreau 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Florence 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Fort Pierre 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Frankfort 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Frederick 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Freeman 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Garretson 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Gary 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Gayville 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Geddes 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Gettysburg 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Glenham 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Gregory 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Grenville 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Groton 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Harrisburg 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Harrold 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hartford 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hayti 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hazel 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hecla 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Henry 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hermosa 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Herreid 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Highmore 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hill City 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hitchcock 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hosmer 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hot Springs 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hoven 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Howard 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hudson 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Humboldt 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Hurley 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Huron 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Interior 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Ipswich 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Irene 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Iroquois 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Isabel 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Java 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Jefferson 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Kadoka 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Kennebec 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Keystone 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Kimball 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Kranzburg 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
La Bolt 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Lake Andes 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Lake City 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Lake Norden 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Lake Preston 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Lane 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Langford 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Lead 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Lemmon 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Lennox 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Leola 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Lesterville 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Letcher 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Madison 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Marion 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Martin 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
McIntosh 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
McLaughlin 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Mellette 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Menno 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Midland 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Milbank 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Miller 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Mission 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Mitchell 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Mobridge 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Monroe 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Montrose 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Morristown 5.7% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Mound City 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Mount Vernon 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Murdo 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
New Effington 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
New Underwood 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Newell 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Nisland 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
North Sioux City 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Oacoma 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Oelrichs 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Oldham 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Olivet 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Onida 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Orient 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Parker 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Parkston 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Peever 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Philip 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Pickstown 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Piedmont 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Pierpont 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Pierre 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Plankinton 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Platte 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Pollock 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Presho 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Pringle 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Pukwana 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Quinn 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Ramona 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Rapid City 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Redfield 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Reliance 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Revillo 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Roscoe 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Rosholt 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Roslyn 7.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Saint Lawrence 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Salem 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Scotland 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Selby 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Sherman 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Sioux Falls 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Sisseton 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
South Shore 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Spearfish 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Spencer 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Springfield 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Stickney 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Stratford 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Sturgis 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Summerset 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Summit 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Tabor 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Tea 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Timber Lake 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Toronto 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Trent 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Tripp 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Tulare 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Tyndall 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Utica 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Valley Springs 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Veblen 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Vermillion 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Viborg 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Volga 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Volin 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Wagner 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Wakonda 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Wall 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Wallace 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Ward 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Warner 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Wasta 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Watertown 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Waubay 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Webster 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Wentworth 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Wessington 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Wessington Springs 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Westport 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
White 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
White Lake 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
White River 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Whitewood 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Willow Lake 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Wilmot 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Winner 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Witten 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Wolsey 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Wood 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Woonsocket 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Worthing 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Yale 5.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue
Yankton 6.2% South Dakota Department of Revenue

Full official dataset: South Dakota Department of Revenue rate file.

South Dakota sales tax: frequently asked questions

What is the sales tax rate in South Dakota?

South Dakota's statewide base rate is 4.2%. Each municipality sets its own municipal sales and use tax rate, most commonly 2%, which is added to the 4.2% state rate; municipalities may change rates only on 1 January or 1 July.

How much is sales tax on $100 in Sioux Falls?

At Sioux Falls's combined rate of 6.2%, sales tax on $100 is $6.20, for a total of $106.20. Enter your own amount above for an exact figure.

Are groceries taxed in South Dakota?

South Dakota taxes groceries at the full 4.2% state rate plus any applicable municipal rate; there is no general food exemption, only purchases made with SNAP food stamps or WIC benefits are exempt.

How do I remove sales tax from a total in South Dakota?

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 Sioux Falls?

The combined sales tax rate in Sioux Falls is 6.2%: South Dakota's 4.2% state sales tax plus the City of Sioux Falls' 2% municipal sales tax.

What is the South Dakota state sales tax rate?

The South Dakota state sales and use tax rate is 4.2%. Municipalities may add a municipal sales tax of up to 2% on top of this, so the combined rate is up to 6.2%.

Does South Dakota charge sales tax on groceries?

Yes. South Dakota taxes groceries at the full 4.2% state rate plus any municipal rate. There is no general grocery exemption; only purchases paid for with SNAP food stamps or WIC benefits are exempt.

Are prescription drugs taxed in South Dakota?

No. Prescription drugs are exempt from South Dakota sales and use tax.

Why is the sales tax rate in Pierre lower than Sioux Falls?

Pierre's general municipal sales tax rate is 1%, not 2%, so its combined rate is 5.2% compared with 6.2% in cities that levy the full 2% municipal tax.

Official sources

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