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What Pennsylvania actually charges in local income tax
Pennsylvania has 2,564 taxing municipalities across 67 counties, and the local earned income tax is the part of payroll that surprises out-of-state employers. Here is the whole distribution, from the official DCED register captured 2026-07-03.
69.4%
charge exactly 1% resident EIT (1,779 municipalities)
78.9%
are served by just two collectors: Berkheimer Tax Administrator and Keystone Collections Group
73
levy no resident EIT at all — which is not the same as nothing to withhold
The rate is almost always 1%
Act 32 caps most municipalities at a combined 1% split with the school district, so the distribution is not a spread — it is a spike with a tail. Budgeting “about 1%” is right far more often than it is wrong, but the tail is where the money is: the top rate in the register is 2%–2.05%.
| Resident EIT | Municipalities | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1% | 1,779 | 69.4% |
| 1.5% | 109 | 4.3% |
| 1.7% | 77 | 3% |
| 0% | 73 | 2.8% |
| 1.6% | 57 | 2.2% |
| 1.25% | 43 | 1.7% |
| 1.65% | 41 | 1.6% |
| 1.75% | 32 | 1.2% |
The highest local rates in the state
| Municipality | County | Resident EIT | Collector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | Union | 2%–2.05% | Berkheimer Tax Administrator |
| Guilford Township | Franklin | 1%–1.7% | Franklin County Area Tax Bureau |
| Toboyne Township | Perry | 1%–1.7% | Franklin County Area Tax Bureau |
| Hilltown Township | Bucks | 1%–1.5% | Berkheimer Tax Administrator |
| Newberry Township | York | 1%–1.45% | York Adams Tax Bureau |
| Windham Township | Wyoming | 1%–1.44% | Berkheimer Tax Administrator |
| Canoe Township | Indiana | 1%–1.35% | Berkheimer Tax Administrator |
| Black Lick Township | Indiana | 1%–1.25% | Berkheimer Tax Administrator |
| Young Township | Indiana | 1%–1.25% | Berkheimer Tax Administrator |
| Horton Township | Elk | 1%–1.23% | Berkheimer Tax Administrator |
The LST is a flat dollar amount, not a rate
The local services tax is charged per employee per year, withheld in instalments, and it is easy to miss because it is not a percentage. The dominant amount is $52 (1,287 municipalities).
| LST | Municipalities | Share |
|---|---|---|
| $52 | 1,287 | 50.2% |
| $0 | 672 | 26.2% |
| $10 | 498 | 19.4% |
| $5 | 53 | 2.1% |
| $30 | 12 | 0.5% |
| $25 | 5 | 0.2% |
Where this bites out-of-state employers
- You remit to a collector, not to the town. There are 14 of them. See which one covers your employee's municipality.
- The PSD code is address-level, not municipality-level. 61 municipalities span more than one school district, so two neighbours on the same street can owe different totals.
- A 0% resident rate is not “nothing to withhold”. The non-resident rate and the LST survive it.
- A home office is a worksite. Pennsylvania treats the residence of a home-based employee as a PA worksite for withholding.
Figures on this page are computed from the register itself, not typed by hand, so they move when the source does. Confirm the address-level PSD in DCED's lookup before running payroll. Browse by county and municipality or by collector (14).