United States
Weekly average from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, week of September 14, 2026. Below: where this sits in its 52-week range, what the price is made of, and what actually moves this market.
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Ranked by pump price. Click a region to view its dashboard.
| # | Region | Regular ↑ | vs others | vs last wk | Mid | Prem | Diesel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ | Texas | $3.806 | +0.188 | $4.30 | $4.65 | — | |
| 2 | Gulf Coast (PADD 3) | $3.852 | +0.167 | $4.36 | $4.70 | $6.03 | |
| 3 | Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) | $4.041 | +0.181 | $4.51 | $4.87 | $6.10 | |
| 4 | Midwest (PADD 2) | $4.091 | +0.197 | $4.58 | $5.18 | $6.25 | |
| 5 | Florida | $4.102 | +0.242 | $4.56 | $4.86 | — | |
| 6 | Ohio | $4.147 | +0.262 | $4.71 | $5.26 | — | |
| 7 | East Coast (PADD 1) | $4.191 | +0.160 | $4.69 | $5.07 | $6.16 | |
| 8 | Minnesota | $4.223 | +0.146 | $4.59 | $5.16 | — | |
| 9 | Colorado | $4.230 | +0.043 | $4.62 | $4.99 | — | |
| 10 | Massachusetts | $4.253 | +0.093 | $4.85 | $5.27 | — | |
| 11 | New England (PADD 1A) | $4.294 | +0.105 | $4.88 | $5.27 | $6.20 | |
| 12 | U.S. National Averageyou | $4.319 | +0.162 | $4.92 | $5.32 | $6.29 | |
| 13 | New York | $4.339 | +0.079 | $4.86 | $5.29 | — | |
| 14 | Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) | $4.387 | +0.147 | $4.92 | $5.26 | $6.31 | |
| 15 | Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) | $4.438 | +0.124 | $4.77 | $5.12 | $6.07 | |
| 16 | West Coast excl. CA | $5.026 | +0.051 | $5.42 | $5.67 | $6.57 | |
| 17 | West Coast (PADD 5) | $5.467 | +0.105 | $5.88 | $6.08 | $7.25 | |
| 18 | Washington | $5.503 | +0.020 | $5.82 | $6.03 | — | |
| ↑ | California | $5.827 | +0.149 | $6.11 | $6.28 | $8.04 |
Our reading of the last 52 weeks of EIA data for this market. Updated when EIA publishes its weekly survey each Tuesday morning.
At $4.319 a gallon, U.S. National Average is near its most expensive point of the past year. The cheapest week of the last year was $2.779 in January 2026; the most expensive was $4.500 in May 2026. Over the past four weeks the price has moved up 6.7%, and up 6.6% over three months.
Week-to-week, this market is going through an unusually turbulent stretch — prices vary by 16.5% around their own average, measured across the last 52 weekly readings.
| Crude oil | $2.359 | 55% | WTI at $99.08 a barrel ÷ 42 gallons |
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Tax is not broken out for multi-state regions because each state within U.S. National Average sets its own rate. See our state gas tax comparison for every rate in the country.
Diesel is running at $6.285, a spread of $1.966 over regular. Diesel and home heating oil come off the same refinery stream, so that gap usually widens in winter.
The national average is a volume-weighted survey, not a simple average of state prices — states that burn more fuel pull it harder.
EIA draws a stratified sample of 1,000 retail outlets from a frame of roughly 115,000, collects their prices at 8am local time each Monday, and weights each one by that outlet’s annual sales volume. A cheap gallon in Texas therefore counts for more than a cheap gallon in Vermont, because Texas drivers buy far more of them.
US operable atmospheric distillation capacity was 18.2 million barrels per calendar day on 1 January 2026, across 130 operable refineries of which 128 were running. Capacity fell by more than 250,000 b/cd during 2025 as three refineries shut. Roughly half of what remains sits on the Gulf Coast.
There is no single national gasoline. Federal rules set a floor, then state and local programs layer on reformulated blends, ethanol requirements and low-carbon standards, which is the main reason a national average hides a spread of well over a dollar between the cheapest and most expensive states.
EIA’s Weekly Petroleum Status Report on Wednesdays for inventory and refinery utilisation. The retail price survey is taken at 8am local time each Monday and published around 10am ET the following morning.