Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio municipal income tax

Tax year 2026 · collected by RITA

2%

Cuyahoga Falls taxes wages and net profits at 2%. The tax is administered by the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA) (municipality code 220). On $50,000 of wages earned in Cuyahoga Falls, that's $1,000 a year.

Tax rate
2%
Resident credit
100%
of tax paid to the work city
Credit limit
2%
of the wages taxed elsewhere
Population
50,975
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 Cuyahoga Falls, withhold 2% of their qualifying wages for Cuyahoga Falls. Short stays in another municipality can be treated differently; check with RITA before you change withholding.

Cuyahoga Falls residents who pay tax to the city where they work get a credit of 100% of that tax, limited to 2% of the wages. If the credit doesn't fully cover Cuyahoga Falls's 2%, residents owe the difference, and some employers withhold it as a courtesy.

Other RITA municipalities at 2%

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Sources

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.