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

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. The rate tables behind it hold 452 taxing jurisdictions, and the occupational license directory covers 363 licensing jurisdictions.

How to read this

• Sales tax range. Lowest to highest combined rate across all the taxing jurisdictions inside the parish.
• Occupational license. Whether the parish levies it outside the towns, not inside them. It is an annual tax separate from sales tax.
• Businesses, jobs and wages. Jobs located in the parish, not residents, as 2024 annual averages.

What the whole state looks like

• 8.00 to 12.99 percent. The full spread of published combined rates, from Bienville at the bottom to Ouachita at the top. The median parish starts at 9.25 percent.
• 9 parishes. Levy no occupational license tax at all outside their towns: Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Grant, Lafayette, Lincoln, Red River, Sabine, Union. Lafayette does not levy one inside the city either.
• 4.50 points. The widest gap inside a single parish, in Webster. In parishes like that, asking "what is the rate here" has no single answer.
• $739 to $2,237. Average weekly wage, from Franklin to Cameron. The top of that range is refineries and terminals, not a broad local labor market.

Every parish

Sales tax is the range across all taxing jurisdictions inside the parish. The license position 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. Cameron Parish publishes no combined rate, so none is shown rather than a guess.

• Acadia. Sales tax 9.25 to 11.25 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 1,460 businesses, 14,380 jobs, $867 average weekly wage, jobs flat year on year (0.0 percent).
• Allen. Sales tax 9.70 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 442 businesses, 7,378 jobs, $956 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.5 percent year on year.
• Ascension. Sales tax 9.50 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 3,919 businesses, 50,590 jobs, $1,381 average weekly wage, jobs up 3.3 percent year on year.
• Assumption. Sales tax 10.00 to 10.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 332 businesses, 3,944 jobs, $1,104 average weekly wage, jobs up 5.8 percent year on year.
• Avoyelles. Sales tax 8.25 to 10.25 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 938 businesses, 9,801 jobs, $814 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.9 percent year on year.
• Beauregard. Sales tax 9.75 to 10.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: none levied. 858 businesses, 9,062 jobs, $964 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.0 percent year on year.
• Bienville. Sales tax 8.00 to 10.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: none levied. 310 businesses, 3,868 jobs, $992 average weekly wage, jobs up 4.0 percent year on year.
• Bossier. Sales tax 9.25 to 10.25 percent. Occupational license outside towns: none levied. 3,667 businesses, 44,354 jobs, $1,003 average weekly wage, jobs down 0.8 percent year on year.
• Caddo. Sales tax 8.35 to 12.35 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 7,917 businesses, 108,246 jobs, $1,112 average weekly wage, jobs up 0.3 percent year on year.
• Calcasieu. Sales tax 9.25 to 12.75 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 6,056 businesses, 88,649 jobs, $1,187 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.0 percent year on year.
• Caldwell. Sales tax 10.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 231 businesses, 2,242 jobs, $802 average weekly wage, jobs up 0.9 percent year on year.
• Cameron. Sales tax not published. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 158 businesses, 4,009 jobs, $2,237 average weekly wage, jobs down 4.3 percent year on year.
• Catahoula. Sales tax 11.00 to 12.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 273 businesses, 2,264 jobs, $748 average weekly wage, jobs up 2.4 percent year on year.
• Claiborne. Sales tax 8.62 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 272 businesses, 2,992 jobs, $913 average weekly wage, jobs down 1.3 percent year on year.
• Concordia. Sales tax 8.75 to 11.75 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 483 businesses, 5,266 jobs, $884 average weekly wage, jobs down 0.3 percent year on year.
• DeSoto. Sales tax 9.00 to 10.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 652 businesses, 8,423 jobs, $1,281 average weekly wage, jobs up 2.3 percent year on year.
• East Baton Rouge. Sales tax 10.50 to 12.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 19,119 businesses, 270,603 jobs, $1,284 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.5 percent year on year.
• East Carroll. Sales tax 10.00 to 12.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 171 businesses, 1,427 jobs, $804 average weekly wage, jobs down 1.3 percent year on year.
• East Feliciana. Sales tax 10.00 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 399 businesses, 5,105 jobs, $1,110 average weekly wage, jobs up 2.4 percent year on year.
• Evangeline. Sales tax 10.25 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 646 businesses, 7,827 jobs, $840 average weekly wage, jobs down 0.5 percent year on year.
• Franklin. Sales tax 9.00 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 491 businesses, 4,650 jobs, $739 average weekly wage, jobs down 0.7 percent year on year.
• Grant. Sales tax 9.00 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: none levied. 293 businesses, 3,426 jobs, $1,069 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.3 percent year on year.
• Iberia. Sales tax 9.25 to 11.25 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 1,897 businesses, 24,074 jobs, $1,102 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.7 percent year on year.
• Iberville. Sales tax 10.25 to 12.92 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 818 businesses, 16,461 jobs, $1,688 average weekly wage, jobs up 3.1 percent year on year.
• Jackson. Sales tax 9.00 to 10.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 324 businesses, 3,866 jobs, $1,039 average weekly wage, jobs up 3.3 percent year on year.
• Jefferson Davis. Sales tax 10.50 to 12.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 800 businesses, 8,020 jobs, $849 average weekly wage, jobs up 2.3 percent year on year.
• Jefferson. Sales tax 8.50 to 11.75 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 15,879 businesses, 184,764 jobs, $1,227 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.0 percent year on year.
• LaSalle. Sales tax 8.00 to 9.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 468 businesses, 4,680 jobs, $940 average weekly wage, jobs up 0.9 percent year on year.
• Lafayette. Sales tax 9.00 to 11.25 percent. Occupational license outside towns: none levied. 11,990 businesses, 137,173 jobs, $1,118 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.8 percent year on year.
• Lafourche. Sales tax 9.65 to 10.40 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 2,205 businesses, 34,853 jobs, $1,291 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.1 percent year on year.
• Lincoln. Sales tax 8.75 to 12.75 percent. Occupational license outside towns: none levied. 1,509 businesses, 18,599 jobs, $889 average weekly wage, jobs up 0.5 percent year on year.
• Livingston. Sales tax 9.00 to 11.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 3,117 businesses, 31,123 jobs, $888 average weekly wage, jobs down 0.2 percent year on year.
• Madison. Sales tax 8.50 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 268 businesses, 3,163 jobs, $743 average weekly wage, jobs down 1.3 percent year on year.
• Morehouse. Sales tax 8.50 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 571 businesses, 6,213 jobs, $857 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.5 percent year on year.
• Natchitoches. Sales tax 9.00 to 12.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 1,053 businesses, 14,311 jobs, $885 average weekly wage, jobs down 0.2 percent year on year.
• Orleans. Sales tax 9.50 to 10.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 17,204 businesses, 188,050 jobs, $1,300 average weekly wage, jobs up 0.3 percent year on year.
• Ouachita. Sales tax 8.99 to 12.99 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 5,397 businesses, 69,384 jobs, $963 average weekly wage, jobs up 0.2 percent year on year.
• Plaquemines. Sales tax 9.25 to 10.25 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 876 businesses, 12,528 jobs, $1,696 average weekly wage, jobs up 8.2 percent year on year.
• Pointe Coupee. Sales tax 9.25 to 10.25 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 540 businesses, 5,461 jobs, $1,016 average weekly wage, jobs down 1.9 percent year on year.
• Rapides. Sales tax 8.50 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 4,093 businesses, 56,422 jobs, $996 average weekly wage, jobs up 0.7 percent year on year.
• Red River. Sales tax 9.50 to 10.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: none levied. 196 businesses, 2,502 jobs, $940 average weekly wage, jobs down 1.2 percent year on year.
• Richland. Sales tax 9.25 to 11.25 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 570 businesses, 6,232 jobs, $829 average weekly wage, jobs down 2.0 percent year on year.
• Sabine. Sales tax 9.62 to 11.62 percent. Occupational license outside towns: none levied. 588 businesses, 5,336 jobs, $870 average weekly wage, jobs down 3.2 percent year on year.
• St. Bernard. Sales tax 10.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 1,014 businesses, 11,254 jobs, $1,190 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.4 percent year on year.
• St. Charles. Sales tax 10.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 1,446 businesses, 26,212 jobs, $1,867 average weekly wage, jobs up 7.0 percent year on year.
• St. Helena. Sales tax 10.00 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 139 businesses, 1,643 jobs, $962 average weekly wage, jobs up 2.4 percent year on year.
• St. James. Sales tax 8.50 to 9.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 462 businesses, 7,650 jobs, $1,519 average weekly wage, jobs down 4.1 percent year on year.
• St. John the Baptist. Sales tax 10.25 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 1,000 businesses, 13,187 jobs, $1,403 average weekly wage, jobs up 4.3 percent year on year.
• St. Landry. Sales tax 8.50 to 12.55 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 2,100 businesses, 23,554 jobs, $906 average weekly wage, jobs down 1.0 percent year on year.
• St. Martin. Sales tax 8.50 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 1,127 businesses, 12,308 jobs, $1,034 average weekly wage, jobs up 2.9 percent year on year.
• St. Mary. Sales tax 9.45 to 10.45 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 1,436 businesses, 19,838 jobs, $1,191 average weekly wage, jobs down 2.8 percent year on year.
• St. Tammany. Sales tax 9.25 to 10.63 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 10,927 businesses, 96,674 jobs, $1,141 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.1 percent year on year.
• Tangipahoa. Sales tax 8.50 to 11.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 3,747 businesses, 47,214 jobs, $900 average weekly wage, jobs up 0.7 percent year on year.
• Tensas. Sales tax 10.75 to 11.75 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 132 businesses, 815 jobs, $856 average weekly wage, jobs down 1.2 percent year on year.
• Terrebonne. Sales tax 10.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: not listed by town. 3,342 businesses, 47,894 jobs, $1,198 average weekly wage, jobs up 0.6 percent year on year.
• Union. Sales tax 10.00 to 12.00 percent. Occupational license outside towns: none levied. 460 businesses, 5,454 jobs, $812 average weekly wage, jobs up 3.4 percent year on year.
• Vermilion. Sales tax 8.75 to 11.25 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 1,348 businesses, 12,560 jobs, $927 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.7 percent year on year.
• Vernon. Sales tax 9.00 to 10.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 1,060 businesses, 12,826 jobs, $939 average weekly wage, jobs down 1.3 percent year on year.
• Washington. Sales tax 8.83 to 11.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 896 businesses, 11,134 jobs, $886 average weekly wage, jobs up 2.2 percent year on year.
• Webster. Sales tax 8.00 to 12.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 995 businesses, 11,054 jobs, $948 average weekly wage, jobs down 1.5 percent year on year.
• West Baton Rouge. Sales tax 10.25 to 10.75 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 857 businesses, 13,248 jobs, $1,299 average weekly wage, jobs up 3.0 percent year on year.
• West Carroll. Sales tax 10.50 to 11.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 236 businesses, 1,997 jobs, $823 average weekly wage, jobs up 1.5 percent year on year.
• West Feliciana. Sales tax 10.00 to 10.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 310 businesses, 4,914 jobs, $1,377 average weekly wage, jobs down 6.7 percent year on year.
• Winn. Sales tax 9.00 to 10.50 percent. Occupational license outside towns: yes. 345 businesses, 4,417 jobs, $940 average weekly wage, jobs down 1.2 percent year on year.

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 452 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.

If you are weighing a second location, the grow a business guide covers what changes the day you work across a parish line.

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.