Sales tax in San Diego, CA

How the combined rate in San Diego, CA is made up

Each government below levies its own share. A seller collects them together at the till and passes each share to the authority that levied it.

ZIP codes in San Diego

60 on file — 29 wholly inside the city limits and 31 crossing them. Each has its own page.

What can change the tax you pay in San Diego, CA

• ZIP codes shared with a neighbour. 31 of San Diego's 60 ZIP codes are also reached by Unincorporated San Diego County, Chula Vista, Coronado and National City and 11 other places, so an address in one of them can owe a neighbour's rate instead of San Diego's.
• What you are buying. Categories are not taxed alike. The calculator switches between general merchandise, prepared food and lodging, which are the categories we hold rates for here.

How San Diego compares with the rest of California

San Diego's 7.75% is the most common combined rate in California. Of the state's 2,584 ZIP codes with a figure, 535 land on the same one, 293 carry a lower figure and 1,756 a higher one. Across California the combined rate runs from 7.25% to 11.25%. See every city in California.

Counted from ZIP-code figures. A tilde marks a band where some ZIP codes cross a tax boundary and are counted at their most likely rate.

Why you can rely on these figures

Published rates

State and local rates compiled from the tax authorities that levy them.

Every figure sourced

See the jurisdiction breakdown and the document each rate came from.

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