Carlisle, Ohio municipal income tax

Tax year 2026 · collected by City of Carlisle Tax Department

1.5%

Carlisle taxes wages and net profits at 1.5%. The tax is administered by City of Carlisle Tax Department. On $50,000 of wages earned in Carlisle, that's $750 a year.

Tax rate

1.5%

Resident credit

100%

of tax paid to the work city

Credit limit

1.5%

of the wages taxed elsewhere

Population

5,885

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 Carlisle, withhold 1.5% of their qualifying wages for Carlisle. Short stays in another municipality can be treated differently; check with the city tax office before you change withholding.

Carlisle residents who pay tax to the city where they work get a credit of 100% of that tax, limited to 1.5% of the wages. If the credit doesn't fully cover Carlisle's 1.5%, residents owe the difference, and some employers withhold it as a courtesy.

Details

1% general tax effective 1989-01-01 plus 0.5% police levy effective 1995-01-01.
The separate 1% Carlisle school district income tax is administered by the State of Ohio.

Other self-collecting municipalities at 1.5%

Running payroll in Carlisle, OH?

Sources

City of Carlisle Tax Department · 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.