How Illinois Ranks Nationally On Alcohol Tax Rates?

I think most of the residents in Illinois know that nothing comes for free; there are always taxes and fees on everything, so how much extra do they pay when it comes time to purchase alcohol?

How Much Do You Pay in Taxes For Alcohol In The State Of Illinois?

When you're taking a sip of beer, a cocktail, or enjoying a glass of wine, do you ever think about anything behind the scenes of that tasty beverage? Besides being sold in Illinois, is it made here too? How much money is that booze adding to our economy? Do you know what the taxes are for that alcohol? Let's take a look at the cash generated by these drinks. Next time you order one, this is the economics besides just the cost per drink.

According to Patch Illinois...

The next time you raise a toast with Illinois-produced beer, wine or spirits, there’s more in the glass than the drink itself: local jobs, state taxes and economic activity that reaches well beyond breweries, wineries and distilleries.

a man with a bald head drinking a beer — Photo by Nate Holland on Unsplash

The stats for beer in Illinois...

Taxes - .23 cents per gallon (27th in U.S.)

Jobs - 97,382

Salaries - $6.2 billion

Impact - $19.9 billion

Taxes - $2.7 billion

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The stats for wine in Illinois...

Sales tax - $1.39 per gallon (14th in U.S.)

Jobs - 46,761

Salaries - $3.70 billion

Impact - $11.72 billion

Taxes - $331.31 million

The stats for liquor in Illinois...

Taxes - $8.55 per gallon (20th in U.S.)

Jobs - 85,000

Impact - $10.1 billion

LOOK: Best Beers From Every State

To find the best beer in each state and Washington D.C., Stacker analyzed January 2020 data from BeerAdvocate, a website that gathers user scores for beer in real-time. BeerAdvocate makes its determinations by compiling consumer ratings for all 50 states and Washington D.C. and applying a weighted rank to each. The weighted rank pulls the beer toward the list's average based on the number of ratings it has and aims to allow lesser-known beers to increase in rank. Only beers with at least 10 rankings to be considered; we took it a step further to only include beers with at least 100 user rankings in our gallery. Keep reading to find out what the best beer is in each of the 50 states and Washington D.C.

Gallery Credit: Angela Underwood