Dover, Ohio municipal income tax

Tax year 2026 · collected by City of Dover Income Tax Department

1.5%

Dover taxes wages and net profits at 1.5%. The tax is administered by City of Dover Income Tax Department. On $50,000 of wages earned in Dover, 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

12,947

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

Dover 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 Dover's 1.5%, residents owe the difference, and some employers withhold it as a courtesy.

Details

Source is the city 2025 General Tax Form PDF linked from doverohio.com/income-tax-department; the HTML page does not state the rate.
Effective date of this rate not stated on the source; 2026-01-01 used as the as-of date.

Other self-collecting municipalities at 1.5%

Running payroll in Dover, OH?

Sources

City of Dover Income 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.