St. Marys, Ohio municipal income tax

Tax year 2026 · collected by City of St. Marys Tax Department

1.5%

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

8,398

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

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

Details

Source is the city income tax regulations summary PDF linked from cityofstmarys.net/230/Tax.
The St. Marys Tax Department also administers income tax for 14 nearby villages (Botkins, Minster, New Bremen, etc.).
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 St. Marys, OH?

Sources

City of St. Marys 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.