Mount Sterling, Ohio municipal income tax

Tax year 2026 · collected by RITA

Mount Sterling taxes wages and net profits at 1%. The tax is administered by the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA) (municipality code 528). On $50,000 of wages earned in Mount Sterling, that's $500 a year.

Tax rate

Resident credit

of tax paid to the work city

Credit limit

of the wages taxed elsewhere

Population

2,051

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 Mount Sterling, withhold 1% of their qualifying wages for Mount Sterling. Short stays in another municipality can be treated differently; check with RITA before you change withholding.

Mount Sterling gives residents no credit for tax paid to the city where they work, so a resident who works elsewhere can owe 1% to Mount Sterling on top of the work city's tax.

Other RITA municipalities at 1%

Running payroll in Mount Sterling, OH?

Sources

Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA), municipal tax rates table · 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.