California sales tax rate by county
California sales tax runs from 7.25% to 11.25%, and in 49 of its 58 counties the rate changes within the county. The 7.25% state rate applies everywhere. Everything above it depends on which city or special district an address falls in, so a county-wide figure is a range and not a rate.
Sales tax rate in every California county
| County | Rate or range |
|---|---|
| Alameda County | 10.25% to 10.75% |
| Alpine County | 7.25% |
| Amador County | 7.75% to 8.75% |
| Butte County | 8.25% to 9.25% |
| Calaveras County | 8.25% to 8.75% |
| Colusa County | 7.75% to 8.75% |
| Contra Costa County | 8.75% to 10.25% |
| Del Norte County | 8.25% |
| El Dorado County | 7.25% to 8.75% |
| Fresno County | 7.975% to 9.225% |
| Glenn County | 7.25% to 8.75% |
| Humboldt County | 8.75% to 10.25% |
| Imperial County | 7.75% to 8.75% |
| Inyo County | 7.75% to 8.75% |
| Kern County | 7.25% to 9.25% |
| Kings County | 7.25% to 8.25% |
| Lake County | 7.25% to 8.75% |
| Lassen County | 7.25% to 8.25% |
| Los Angeles County | 9.75% to 11.25% |
| Madera County | 7.75% to 8.75% |
| Marin County | 8.25% to 9.25% |
| Mariposa County | 8.25% |
| Mendocino County | 7.875% to 9.25% |
| Merced County | 7.75% to 8.75% |
| Modoc County | 7.25% |
| Mono County | 7.25% to 7.75% |
| Monterey County | 8.75% to 9.5% |
| Napa County | 7.75% to 8.75% |
| Nevada County | 7.5% to 9% |
| Orange County | 7.75% to 9.25% |
| Placer County | 7.25% to 7.75% |
| Plumas County | 7.25% |
| Riverside County | 7.75% to 9.25% |
| Sacramento County | 7.75% to 9.25% |
| San Benito County | 8.25% to 9.25% |
| San Bernardino County | 7.75% to 9% |
| San Diego County | 7.75% to 8.75% |
| San Francisco County | 8.625% |
| San Joaquin County | 7.75% to 9% |
| San Luis Obispo County | 7.25% to 8.75% |
| San Mateo County | 9.375% to 9.875% |
| Santa Barbara County | 7.75% to 9.25% |
| Santa Clara County | 9.75% to 10.5% |
| Santa Cruz County | 9.25% to 9.75% |
| Shasta County | 7.25% to 7.75% |
| Sierra County | 7.25% |
| Siskiyou County | 7.25% to 8.75% |
| Solano County | 7.375% to 9.625% |
| Sonoma County | 9.25% to 10.5% |
| Stanislaus County | 7.875% to 8.875% |
| Sutter County | 7.25% |
| Tehama County | 7.25% to 7.75% |
| Trinity County | 7.25% |
| Tulare County | 7.75% to 9.25% |
| Tuolumne County | 7.25% to 8.75% |
| Ventura County | 7.25% to 9.25% |
| Yolo County | 7.25% to 9.25% |
| Yuba County | 7.75% to 8.25% |
Collected from California's own agency sources and verified September 9, 2026. A range means the rate genuinely differs by address inside that county, not that we are unsure. Each county page gives the components and what the rate does not cover.
Why some counties show a range
Sales tax is levied by the state, sometimes by the county, and very often by cities and special districts whose boundaries ignore county lines. Where that happens there is no single county rate to publish, so these pages give the lowest and highest totals found inside the county and link the state's own address lookup. Adding a state rate to a county rate does not reproduce those totals, because the districts levy in between.
More on California tax
See California sales tax for the statewide picture, exemptions and who has to collect. For property tax, which is a separate tax with separate rules, see property tax by county in California.