New Orleans sales tax rate (LA)

9.45% in New Orleans — high. It ranks 10 of 94 covered metros, +1.5 pts against the 7.95% median. On $26,000 of taxable household spending that is $2,457 a year, $390 above it.

Local government sets 4.45% of the total, 47% of the bill; the state takes 5%. 2 layers stack: Louisiana state 5%, Orleans Parish and school board 4.45%. The Orleans Parish and school board increment at 4.45% is the largest local piece — 100% of everything local, worth $1,157 a year on its own.

2 of 2 covered Louisiana metros, -0.275 pts from the 9.725% state median. The in-state spread runs 9.45% in New Orleans to 10% in Baton Rouge — 0.55 points wide. New Orleans is the cheapest covered metro in Louisiana; no in-state line is worth crossing.

No other covered metro sits within 0.05 points of 9.45%. New Orleans is an outlier in the national distribution, which usually means a district measure the surrounding region never adopted.

Scale: 364,136 residents, roughly 145,654 households. At $26,000 of taxable spend each, the 4.45% local share pulls about $168,521,678 a year from residents alone — before any visitor or business spending, which in a metro this size is where the rest comes from.

Louisiana parishes collect their own sales tax locally, and Orleans Parish's combined local rate is among the highest in the nation.

Rates move when a district measure passes or a local option expires. Confirm the current figure with the Louisiana Department of Revenue before filing or quoting it to a customer.