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Louisiana parish guides
All 64 parishes, with the sales tax that runs there, whether an occupational license is levied, how many businesses operate, and what the average job pays. Louisiana collects local tax locally, so the parish is the unit that matters.
Checked 27 August 2026 · 447 taxing jurisdictions · 363 licensing jurisdictions
Louisiana collects local sales tax locally. That single fact is why there is no such thing as “the Louisiana rate”, and why a business two parishes over files with a different office than you do.
This is every parish, with the four numbers that actually change a decision: what sales tax runs there, whether an occupational license is levied outside the towns, how many businesses operate in the parish, and what the average job pays.
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Every parish
Sales tax is the range across all taxing jurisdictions inside the parish. The license column is whether the parish levies an occupational license tax outside the towns, which is an annual tax separate from sales tax. Business, job and wage figures are jobs located in the parish, 2024 annual averages.
| Parish | Sales tax | License | Businesses | Jobs | Weekly wage | Jobs YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia | 9.25% to 11.25% | Yes | 1,460 | 14,380 | $867 | +0.0% |
| Allen | 9.70% to 11.00% | Yes | 442 | 7,378 | $956 | +1.5% |
| Ascension | 9.50% to 11.00% | Yes | 3,919 | 50,590 | $1,381 | +3.3% |
| Assumption | 10.00% to 10.50% | Yes | 332 | 3,944 | $1,104 | +5.8% |
| Avoyelles | 8.25% to 10.25% | Yes | 938 | 9,801 | $814 | +1.9% |
| Beauregard | 9.75% to 10.00% | None levied | 858 | 9,062 | $964 | +1.0% |
| Bienville | 8.00% to 10.00% | None levied | 310 | 3,868 | $992 | +4.0% |
| Bossier | 9.25% to 10.25% | None levied | 3,667 | 44,354 | $1,003 | -0.8% |
| Caddo | 8.35% to 12.35% | Yes | 7,917 | 108,246 | $1,112 | +0.3% |
| Calcasieu | 9.25% to 12.75% | Yes | 6,056 | 88,649 | $1,187 | +1.0% |
| Caldwell | 10.00% | not listed by town | 231 | 2,242 | $802 | +0.9% |
| Cameron | not published | not listed by town | 158 | 4,009 | $2,237 | -4.3% |
| Catahoula | 11.00% to 12.00% | not listed by town | 273 | 2,264 | $748 | +2.4% |
| Claiborne | 8.62% to 11.00% | Yes | 272 | 2,992 | $913 | -1.3% |
| Concordia | 8.75% to 11.75% | not listed by town | 483 | 5,266 | $884 | -0.3% |
| DeSoto | 9.00% to 10.50% | Yes | 652 | 8,423 | $1,281 | +2.3% |
| East Baton Rouge | 10.50% to 12.50% | Yes | 19,119 | 270,603 | $1,284 | +1.5% |
| East Carroll | 10.00% to 12.00% | not listed by town | 171 | 1,427 | $804 | -1.3% |
| East Feliciana | 10.00% to 11.00% | Yes | 399 | 5,105 | $1,110 | +2.4% |
| Evangeline | 10.25% to 11.00% | Yes | 646 | 7,827 | $840 | -0.5% |
| Franklin | 9.00% to 11.00% | Yes | 491 | 4,650 | $739 | -0.7% |
| Grant | 9.00% to 11.00% | None levied | 293 | 3,426 | $1,069 | +1.3% |
| Iberia | 9.25% to 11.25% | Yes | 1,897 | 24,074 | $1,102 | +1.7% |
| Iberville | 10.25% to 12.92% | Yes | 818 | 16,461 | $1,688 | +3.1% |
| Jackson | 9.00% to 10.00% | Yes | 324 | 3,866 | $1,039 | +3.3% |
| Jefferson Davis | 10.50% to 12.50% | Yes | 800 | 8,020 | $849 | +2.3% |
| Jefferson | 8.50% to 11.75% | Yes | 15,879 | 184,764 | $1,227 | +1.0% |
| LaSalle | 8.00% to 9.50% | not listed by town | 468 | 4,680 | $940 | +0.9% |
| Lafayette | 9.00% to 11.25% | None levied | 11,990 | 137,173 | $1,118 | +1.8% |
| Lafourche | 9.65% to 10.40% | Yes | 2,205 | 34,853 | $1,291 | +1.1% |
| Lincoln | 8.75% to 12.75% | None levied | 1,509 | 18,599 | $889 | +0.5% |
| Livingston | 9.00% to 11.50% | Yes | 3,117 | 31,123 | $888 | -0.2% |
| Madison | 8.50% to 11.00% | not listed by town | 268 | 3,163 | $743 | -1.3% |
| Morehouse | 8.50% to 11.00% | Yes | 571 | 6,213 | $857 | +1.5% |
| Natchitoches | 9.00% to 12.50% | Yes | 1,053 | 14,311 | $885 | -0.2% |
| Orleans | 9.50% to 10.00% | Yes | 17,204 | 188,050 | $1,300 | +0.3% |
| Ouachita | 8.99% to 12.99% | not listed by town | 5,397 | 69,384 | $963 | +0.2% |
| Plaquemines | 9.25% to 10.25% | not listed by town | 876 | 12,528 | $1,696 | +8.2% |
| Pointe Coupee | 9.25% to 10.25% | Yes | 540 | 5,461 | $1,016 | -1.9% |
| Rapides | 8.50% to 11.00% | Yes | 4,093 | 56,422 | $996 | +0.7% |
| Red River | 9.50% to 10.50% | None levied | 196 | 2,502 | $940 | -1.2% |
| Richland | 9.25% to 11.25% | Yes | 570 | 6,232 | $829 | -2.0% |
| Sabine | 9.62% to 11.62% | None levied | 588 | 5,336 | $870 | -3.2% |
| St. Bernard | 10.00% | not listed by town | 1,014 | 11,254 | $1,190 | +1.4% |
| St. Charles | 10.00% | not listed by town | 1,446 | 26,212 | $1,867 | +7.0% |
| St. Helena | 10.00% to 11.00% | Yes | 139 | 1,643 | $962 | +2.4% |
| St. James | 8.50% to 9.50% | Yes | 462 | 7,650 | $1,519 | -4.1% |
| St. John the Baptist | 10.25% | not listed by town | 1,000 | 13,187 | $1,403 | +4.3% |
| St. Landry | 8.50% to 12.55% | Yes | 2,100 | 23,554 | $906 | -1.0% |
| St. Martin | 8.50% to 11.00% | Yes | 1,127 | 12,308 | $1,034 | +2.9% |
| St. Mary | 9.45% to 10.45% | Yes | 1,436 | 19,838 | $1,191 | -2.8% |
| St. Tammany | 9.25% to 10.63% | Yes | 10,927 | 96,674 | $1,141 | +1.1% |
| Tangipahoa | 8.50% to 11.00% | Yes | 3,747 | 47,214 | $900 | +0.7% |
| Tensas | 10.75% to 11.75% | not listed by town | 132 | 815 | $856 | -1.2% |
| Terrebonne | 10.50% | not listed by town | 3,342 | 47,894 | $1,198 | +0.6% |
| Union | 10.00% to 12.00% | None levied | 460 | 5,454 | $812 | +3.4% |
| Vermilion | 8.75% to 11.25% | Yes | 1,348 | 12,560 | $927 | +1.7% |
| Vernon | 9.00% to 10.50% | Yes | 1,060 | 12,826 | $939 | -1.3% |
| Washington | 8.83% to 11.50% | Yes | 896 | 11,134 | $886 | +2.2% |
| Webster | 8.00% to 12.50% | Yes | 995 | 11,054 | $948 | -1.5% |
| West Baton Rouge | 10.25% to 10.75% | Yes | 857 | 13,248 | $1,299 | +3.0% |
| West Carroll | 10.50% to 11.50% | Yes | 236 | 1,997 | $823 | +1.5% |
| West Feliciana | 10.00% to 10.50% | Yes | 310 | 4,914 | $1,377 | -6.7% |
| Winn | 9.00% to 10.50% | Yes | 345 | 4,417 | $940 | -1.2% |
Full parish guides
Deeper guides are being written parish by parish. Each one carries the jurisdiction by jurisdiction tax table, the license position town by town, who to call, and how the parish compares with the ones it touches.
Vermilion Parish
Sales tax by jurisdiction, licensing by town, what the parish runs on, and how it compares with its five neighbours.
Every rate in the state
All 447 taxing jurisdictions with the return column letter, the local and state split, and the office that collects each portion.
Before you use this to choose
Louisiana sales tax follows the job site, not your office. Registering in a cheaper parish does not let you charge its rate on work performed in a dearer one. These figures are useful for deciding where to locate, hire and file. They are not a way to charge less.
Rates also change, and some parishes publish tables with future effective dates. Every figure here carries the date it was checked. Before you charge or file, confirm with the collector listed for your parish.
Sources and dates
- Sales tax: Louisiana Association of Tax Administrators parish index, plus the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Bureau of Revenue and Taxation, which publishes its own rates. Cameron Parish publishes none, so we show none rather than guess. Checked 27 August 2026.
- Occupational license: Louisiana Association of Tax Administrators occupational license directory, covering 64 parishes and 363 municipalities and unincorporated areas. The fee schedules are set in state law at R.S. 47:354 to 47:357 and are the same statewide.
- Businesses, jobs and wages: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages by parish.
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