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2025 Erie County sales tax revenue heading for a record

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Matt Westerhold
Oct 14, 2025
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SANDUSKY — Tax revenue in Erie County is on a pace to set more records for most ever collected, continuing a steady increase over time in the lodging taxes and sales tax columns.

Cedar Point’s Siren’s Curse debuted in 2025. Photo provided by Cedar Point

Erie County’s share of the big number — retail sales tax revenue — will finish up at about $22,500,000, according to county estimates, about $6 million more than what was collected in 2016.

Estimated total hotel taxes collected in 2025 are about $800,000 more than in 2015.

Here is a chart with the yearly numbers.


Revenue, year by year

Here’s how retail sale tax revenue is distributed:

💰 Where Your Tax Dollars Go (Sandusky & Erie County)

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