Taxes in Edison
Edison layers a genuinely severe, elevated effective property-tax rate on top of New Jersey's own already nation-leading statewide average, with no additional local income tax.
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Learn moreA severely elevated effective property-tax rate
Edison's median effective property tax rate ran 5.92% per Ownwell -- multiples above New Jersey's own 1.88% Tax Foundation-cited statewide average -- with a median annual tax bill of approximately $9,568.
New Jersey's graduated state income tax applies, with no Edison-specific add-on
New Jersey's real, genuinely graduated seven-bracket income tax (1.4% up to 10.75% above $1,000,000) applies statewide, including in Edison, which levies no additional local earned-income or payroll tax.
A simple, uniform statewide sales tax
New Jersey's single, uniform 6.625% sales tax rate applies in Edison with no local add-on, consistent with the state's simple sales-tax structure.
Key takeaways
- Edison's effective property-tax rate (5.92% median) runs multiples above New Jersey's own statewide average.
- New Jersey's graduated state income tax applies with no additional Edison-specific local tax layer.
- New Jersey's uniform 6.625% sales tax applies statewide, including in Edison.
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