2026 Property Taxes

2026 PROPERTY TAX HIGHLIGHTS

Overall property taxes for the 2026 tax year are $8.4 billion, an increase of approximately $770 million or 10% from the previous year of $7.7 billion. Total County property value increased by approximately 5.4%, from $873 billion in 2025 to $920 billion in 2026.

Listed below are other contributing factors to the above statistics.

City District Stats:

All cities had an increase in median home value with the City of Sammamish increasing the highest at 36.9%

• Only 1 district had a tax decrease, the City of Tukwila.

Lid lifts and Special Levies Passed for the 2026 tax year:

Voters in these Cities approved the following property tax measures.

• Bothell: 10 yr Renewal of Safe Streets and Sidewalks Lid Lift (Sr) Temp ($1.65/$1,000)
• Mercer Island: GO Bond: Construct new Facility ($103,160,000 - 25 years)
• Seattle: 10 yr SR Lid I-122 Election Vouchers ($0.01500/$1,000)
• Seattle: 6yr Renewal lift for Families, Education, Pre-School, etc. ($0.72/$1,000)

Voters in these Fire Districts approved the following property tax measures.

• FD 04 – Shoreline: New Shoreline Regional Fire Authority $0.70/$1,000
• FD 16 – Northshore: New Shoreline Regional Fire Authority $0.70/$1,000
• FD 40 - Spring Glen: Annexation into FD 63
• FD 63 - Renton Regional: Approving Annexation of FD 40 into FD 63
• FD 50 – Skykomish: Lid lift to $1.50 ($1.50/$1,000)

Voters in these School Districts approved the following property tax measures.

• SD 001: Replacement Capital Levy ($300,000,000 - $0.93/$1,000)
• SD 001: Replacement Education and Operations Levy ($250,000,000 - $0.78/$1,000)
• SD 412: 1 yr Supplemental Educational Programs and Operations ($7,250,000 - $0.34/$1,000)
• SD 408: Technology Capital Projects Levy - 6-years ($17,144,318 - $0.77/$1,000)

Voters in these Misc. Districts approved the following property tax measures.

• EMS: Renewal for 6 years (rate not to exceed $0.25) – ($0.25/$1,000)
• Hospital District #1: Permanent lid lift to $0.75/$1,000 - Health Care Services ($0.75/$1,000)
• Hospital District#2: Permanent lid lift to $0.50/$1,000 - Health Care Services ($0.50/$1,000)
• Northshore Park & Rec: 6 yr Replacement Levy for repair, maintenance and operation 0.60/1,000 ($0.05/$1,000)
• King County: 7-year AFIS Sr lid lift (not to exceed $.0275/$1,000)
• King County: 6-year Parks, Recreation, Trails, and Open Space Lid ($0.23290/$1,000)