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Sales Tax Rates
Los Angeles County

Sales receipt showing sales tax in many places in Los Angeles County, including the City of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.


Also see:
-- Sales Tax Distributions to Los Angeles County & Cities
-- Taxable Retail Sales by City in Los Angeles County


Sales taxes within California are broken as follows:

-- 6.00% to the State
-- 1.00% to local city/county operation funds
-- 0.25% to county transportation funds.

Any sales tax above the 7.25% above is levied locally by local city, county, public services, and special districts. California law caps combined local sales taxes at no more than 2.00% above the 7.25%. However, the state legislature routinely authorizes local governments to exceed that cap, through separate legislation. Thus, all sales tax rates throughout Los Angeles County are 9.50% or more. Santa Fe Springs even levies a 10.50% sales tax.


As of April 1, 2022

The sales tax rate anywhere in Los Angeles County is 9.50%, except for the cities listed below.

City Sales Tax
Alhambra 10.25%
Arcadia 10.25%
Avalon 10.00%
Azusa 10.25%
Bell Gardens 10.25%
Bellflower 10.25%
Burbank 10.25%
Carson 10.25%
Commerce 10.25%
Compton 10.25%
Covina 10.25%
Cudahy 10.25%
Culver City 10.25%
Downey 10.00%
Duarte 10.25%
El Monte 10.00%
Gardena 10.25%
Glendale 10.25%
Glendora 10.25%
Hawaiian Gardens 10.25%
Hawthorne 10.25%
Huntington Park 10.25%
Inglewood 10.00%
Irwindale 10.25%
La Puente 10.00%
La Verne 10.25%
Lakewood 10.25%
Lancaster 10.25%
Lawndale 10.25%
Lomita 10.25%
Long Beach 10.25%
Lynwood 10.25%
Monrovia 10.25%
Montebello 10.25%
Norwalk 10.25%
Palmdale 10.25%
Paramount 10.25%
Pasadena 10.25%
Pico Rivera 10.25%
Pomona 10.25%
San Fernando 10.25%
San Gabriel 10.25%
Santa Fe Springs 10.50%
Santa Monica 10.25%
Sierra Madre 10.25%
Signal Hill 10.25%
South El Monte 10.25%
South Gate 10.25%
South Pasadena 10.25%
Vernon 10.25%
West Hollywood 10.25%
Whittier 10.25%

Source: California Dept. of Tax and Fee Administration