Anaheim sales tax rate (CA)

7.75% in Anaheim — ordinary. It ranks 52 of 94 covered metros, -0.2 pts against the 7.95% median. On $26,000 of taxable household spending that is $2,015 a year, $52 below it.

Local government sets 0.5% of the total, 6% of the bill; the state takes 7.25%. 2 layers stack: California state (incl. mandatory local) 7.25%, Orange County transportation authority 0.5%. The Orange County transportation authority increment at 0.5% is the largest local piece — 100% of everything local, worth $130 a year on its own.

11 of 11 covered California metros, -1 pts from the 8.75% state median. The in-state spread runs 7.75% in Anaheim to 10.25% in Long Beach — 2.5 points wide. Anaheim is the cheapest covered metro in California; no in-state line is worth crossing.

Same bracket nationally: Chandler, AZ (7.8%); San Diego, CA (7.75%); Toledo, OH (7.75%). A household relocating between Anaheim and any of them sees no meaningful change in sales tax.

Scale: 344,461 residents, roughly 137,784 households. At $26,000 of taxable spend each, the 0.5% local share pulls about $17,911,920 a year from residents alone — before any visitor or business spending, which in a metro this size is where the rest comes from.

Orange County has no city-level transactions tax in Anaheim, so the rate is among the lowest of any large California city.

Rates move when a district measure passes or a local option expires. Confirm the current figure with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration before filing or quoting it to a customer.