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Massachusetts Tax Rates by City

Compare state income tax, local income tax, property tax, sales tax, and effective household tax burden across 57 Massachusetts cities.

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Start with the exact city page when the question names a city. Use the Massachusetts state calculator for statewide income-tax brackets and this city index for local burden comparisons. Property and sales-tax estimates still need address-level verification through county, city, or state tools before filing or making a purchase decision.

Massachusetts income taxAll city tax calculatorsMA official tax authority

Cities

57

Avg effective tax rate

30.9%

Cities with local income tax

0

Largest MA City Tax Calculators

Boston

Effective burden 33.5% · sales 6.25%

Worcester

Effective burden 31.0% · sales 6.25%

Springfield

Effective burden 28.6% · sales 6.25%

Cambridge

Effective burden 34.6% · sales 6.25%

Lowell

Effective burden 30.8% · sales 6.25%

Brockton

Effective burden 31.4% · sales 6.25%

Quincy

Effective burden 31.9% · sales 8.36%

New Bedford

Effective burden 30.6% · sales 6.25%

All Massachusetts Cities

Boston

Income 5% · property 1.04%

Very High

Worcester

Income 5% · property 1.43%

High

Springfield

Income 5% · property 1.72%

Moderate

Cambridge

Income 5% · property 0.83%

Very High

Lowell

Income 5% · property 1.31%

High

Brockton

Income 5% · property 1.47%

High

Quincy

Income 5% · property 1.2%

High

New Bedford

Income 5% · property 1.55%

High

Lynn

Income 5% · property 1.2%

High

Fall River

Income 5% · property 1.2%

High

Newton

Income 5% · property 1.2%

High

Somerville

Income 5% · property 1.2%

High

Framingham

Income 5% · property 1.2%

High

Haverhill

Income 5% · property 1.21%

Moderate

Waltham

Income 5% · property 1.23%

Moderate

Revere

Income 5% · property 1.13%

High

Plymouth

Income 5% · property 1.16%

High

Malden

Income 5% · property 1.19%

High

Medford

Income 5% · property 1.28%

High

Brookline

Income 5% · property 1.15%

Moderate

Taunton

Income 5% · property 1.23%

High

Weymouth

Income 5% · property 1.14%

Moderate

Chicopee

Income 5% · property 1.27%

High

Peabody

Income 5% · property 1.19%

High

Methuen

Income 5% · property 1.2%

High

Everett

Income 5% · property 1.13%

Moderate

Arlington

Income 5% · property 1.23%

High

Attleboro

Income 5% · property 1.24%

High

Barnstable

Income 5% · property 1.26%

High

Salem

Income 5% · property 1.16%

High

Billerica

Income 5% · property 1.24%

High

Leominster

Income 5% · property 1.19%

High

Beverly

Income 5% · property 1.13%

Moderate

Pittsfield

Income 5% · property 1.14%

Moderate

Marlborough

Income 5% · property 1.14%

High

Westfield

Income 5% · property 1.18%

High

Fitchburg

Income 5% · property 1.15%

Moderate

Holyoke

Income 5% · property 1.25%

High

Woburn

Income 5% · property 1.15%

Moderate

Amherst

Income 5% · property 1.23%

High

Shrewsbury

Income 5% · property 1.12%

Moderate

Andover

Income 5% · property 1.22%

Moderate

Natick

Income 5% · property 1.24%

High

Watertown

Income 5% · property 1.26%

Moderate

Chelmsford

Income 5% · property 1.25%

High

Randolph

Income 5% · property 1.27%

Moderate

Dartmouth

Income 5% · property 1.2%

Moderate

Lexington

Income 5% · property 1.2%

Moderate

Franklin

Income 5% · property 1.23%

High

Dracut

Income 5% · property 1.23%

High

Needham

Income 5% · property 1.14%

High

North Andover

Income 5% · property 1.17%

High

Norwood

Income 5% · property 1.28%

High

Gloucester

Income 5% · property 1.2%

High

Wellesley

Income 5% · property 1.15%

Moderate

Milford

Income 5% · property 1.17%

High

Northampton

Income 5% · property 1.18%

High

Sources, Review Date, and Limits

Reviewed May 26, 2026. These city pages are planning estimates that combine federal, state, local, property, sales-tax, Census, and LevyIO dataset inputs. They are not official tax bills or filing instructions.