Sure, tax burden rankings usually aggregate state and local taxes.
> California cities top the charts for sales tax.
The maximum combined local sales tax rate in California is 3% (There's a 7.25% state rate, on which local district rates can be added to a maximum of 10.25%).
No California cities are in the top 50 for sales tax in the US. [0]
> A lot of these overall tax burden rankings miss that!
It is certainly possible that some might, and its always important to check the methodology, but of those with disclosed methodology, I can't recall encountering the problem.
[0] https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/highest-salestax-cities
