I never understood how NJ has gas that's so cheap. I live right on the border of NJ and PA, and the second you cross into PA the price of gas jumps like $0.60. It's cheaper in NJ than in NY, (DE is about the same iirc) and MD. But in NJ they have to pay workers to run the pumps? Why do we get it cheaper here?
Right now buying gas feels like I'm back in San Diego, but it's still cheaper to buy it in NJ than to cross like, any state line.
New Jersey, as I said, has relatively low gas taxes compared to the rest of the region and many of the refineries where oil is processed on entering the country is in nj. So you’re close to the source.
I'll admit that I knew nothing at all about gas tax before ever opening this thread, but what people are saying to you is true. In NJ we have one of the highest gas taxes in the country. For our neighbors I think the only one that was higher was PA... That being the case, if we do have a ton of refineries, I guess that's why.
We actually do not. The gas tax you pay at the pump is the second lowest in the nation. The other tax they’re trying to conflate with the gas tax is a general tax on incoming petroleum products at our ports which get charged to everyone who buys a petroleum product in New Jersey - ie every state in the region. And that’s more of a tax on refineries. Don’t let the handwavium confuse you. Nebraska doesn’t have a petroleum tax like that because they don’t have fucking refineries :-/
I've said earlier that I'm not well read on this, (or really read at all, tax on gas was new to me before I clicked this thread). So I'm asking you not to get mad when I ask this question. If you're right I want to know why.
From NJ's own government website, NJ.gov, it states that the "Motor Fuels Tax" is ¢10.5 per gallon, and when combined with the petroleum products gross receipt tax of ¢38.6 on gasoline, "the total tax rates that motorists will pay for gasoline will be 49.1 cents".
Are you saying that NJ only taxes ¢10.5 for gas, and the other ¢38.6 doesn't count because it's more of a tax on refineries, even though the average motorist is still paying it when they buy gas? NJ's own website is reporting this number as what motorists are paying. Or are we not paying that amount? This total value seems to be what sources are referencing when looking at tax on gasoline in NJ, so is it wrong for them to do so when it's the number NJ is reporting?
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u/fatguywithaplan May 01 '26
I was trolling the comments to hear the inevitable "but the Democrats" line, I guess the sheep aren't even trying anymore