| San Francisco, California | Seattle, Washington
total sales tax rate | 9.5% | 9.5%
When people from California tell me it must be nice to live in a state like Washington, that doesn't have a state income tax, I like to torture them by pointing out that the lack of a state income tax is made up for by a high sales tax. Then they ask what the sales tax is, and I tell them.
Here's the most interesting part:
| San Francisco, California | Seattle, Washington total sales tax rate | 9.5% | 9.5%
When people from California tell me it must be nice to live in a state like Washington, that doesn't have a state income tax, I like to torture them by pointing out that the lack of a state income tax is made up for by a high sales tax. Then they ask what the sales tax is, and I tell them.