Ashland, Ohio municipal income tax

Tax year 2026 · collected by City of Ashland Municipal Income Tax Department

Ashland taxes wages and net profits at 2%. The tax is administered by City of Ashland Municipal Income Tax Department. On $50,000 of wages earned in Ashland, that's $1,000 a year.

Tax rate

Resident credit

50%

of tax paid to the work city

Credit limit

of the wages taxed elsewhere

Population

18,730

Census estimate, 2025

What employers withhold

Ohio employers withhold municipal income tax for the city or village where the employee works. If an employee works in Ashland, withhold 2% of their qualifying wages for Ashland. Short stays in another municipality can be treated differently; check with the city tax office before you change withholding.

Ashland residents who pay tax to the city where they work get a credit of 50% of that tax, limited to 1% of the wages. If the credit doesn't fully cover Ashland's 2%, residents owe the difference, and some employers withhold it as a courtesy.

Details

Tax site linked from the official city site (ashland-ohio.com, Income Tax page). Resident credit 1% of wages taxed elsewhere (factor derived as 50%).

Other self-collecting municipalities at 2%

Running payroll in Ashland, OH?

Sources

City of Ashland Finance Department, Municipal Income Tax · data as of January 1, 2026 · last checked October 9, 2026

We copy figures from official sources and re-check them against the source before every update. See our methodology. This is general information, not legal advice.