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Breaking down the price of gasoline

Planet Money

CHAPTER

Gas Prices - We Are Not Done With Them Yet

The federal gas tax has been 18.4 cents a gallon since 1993. State taxes vary enormously, but average in the United States, about 30 cents a gallon. But typically that's going to add another 20 to 50 cents a gallon because land costs and labor costs are different.

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