State fuel market
Weekly average from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, week of November 2, 2026. Below: where this sits in its 52-week range, what the price is made of, and what actually moves this market.
The U.S. oil price has risen $13.60 a barrel over the past month. Gas prices usually catch up within 2 to 4 weeks, as fuel made from that oil reaches stations.
Our reading of the last 52 weeks of EIA data for this market. Updated when EIA publishes its weekly survey each Tuesday morning.
At $4.217 a gallon, New York is toward the high end of its past-year range. The cheapest week of the last year was $2.858 in January 2026; the most expensive was $4.522 in May 2026. Over the past four weeks the price has moved down 3.7%, and up 2.8% over three months.
Week-to-week, this market is among the most volatile fuel markets in the US — prices vary by 16.0% around their own average, against a typical US regional figure of roughly 5–7%.
New York is currently $0.064 above the national average. Its typical gap over the past year has been $0.017 above the nation, so the current gap is $0.047 wider than usual.
Ranked by pump price. Click a region to view its dashboard.
| # | Region | Regular ↑ | vs others | vs last wk | Mid | Prem | Diesel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ | Texas | $3.578 | -0.054 | $4.10 | $4.44 | — | |
| 2 | Gulf Coast | $3.636 | -0.066 | $4.17 | $4.51 | $5.91 | |
| 3 | Lower Atlantic | $3.695 | -0.137 | $4.19 | $4.57 | $5.81 | |
| 4 | Florida | $3.791 | -0.226 | $4.27 | $4.60 | — | |
| 5 | East Coast | $3.936 | -0.086 | $4.45 | $4.85 | $6.03 | |
| 6 | Minnesota | $4.017 | -0.129 | $4.39 | $4.97 | — | |
| 7 | Colorado | $4.068 | -0.390 | $4.46 | $4.83 | — | |
| 8 | Ohio | $4.090 | -0.290 | $4.67 | $5.26 | — | |
| 9 | Midwest | $4.102 | -0.167 | $4.58 | $5.20 | $6.40 | |
| 10 | Massachusetts | $4.104 | -0.041 | $4.75 | $5.14 | — | |
| 11 | New England | $4.145 | -0.054 | $4.79 | $5.16 | $6.42 | |
| 12 | U.S. National Average | $4.153 | -0.116 | $4.76 | $5.16 | $6.29 | |
| 13 | Rocky Mountain | $4.213 | -0.245 | $4.57 | $4.89 | $6.45 | |
| 14 | New Yorkyou | $4.217 | -0.032 | $4.73 | $5.15 | — | |
| 15 | Central Atlantic | $4.232 | -0.019 | $4.75 | $5.11 | $6.49 | |
| 16 | West Coast outside California | $4.771 | -0.097 | $5.19 | $5.43 | $6.58 | |
| 17 | Washington | $5.095 | -0.108 | $5.42 | $5.63 | — | |
| 18 | West Coast | $5.296 | -0.121 | $5.77 | $5.94 | $7.27 | |
| ↑ | California | $5.748 | -0.140 | $6.07 | $6.20 | $8.08 |
Gasoline is made from crude oil, so oil prices lead pump prices by a few weeks. Prices are in dollars per barrel (42 gallons). Traders call the U.S. price WTI and the world price Brent.
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| Crude oil | $2.552 | 61% | U.S. oil (WTI) at $107.17 a barrel ÷ 42 gallons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal tax | $0.184 | 4% | 18.3¢ excise plus a 0.1¢ storage-tank fee, unchanged since 1993 |
| State excise tax | $0.080 | 2% | 39th highest total state burden in the US |
| Other state taxes & fees | $0.162 | 4% | Petroleum Business Tax (13-A) — requires annual adjustment (January 1, 2025: gasoline $0.1580/gal, diesel $0.1405/gal). |
| Everything else | $1.240 | 29% | refining, distribution and retail margin, plus the costs below |
Tax accounts for 10% of the pump price here — 42.6¢ a gallon, state and federal combined. Even that understates it: local sales taxes that vary by county and the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District surcharge in the New York City area sit outside these figures and land in the “everything else” row, so treat that row as an upper bound on margin rather than a measure of it. See our methodology for how each row is derived.
New York has the lowest headline gasoline excise tax of any state, and it tells you almost nothing about what a New Yorker actually pays.
The state is supplied through New York Harbor — the physical delivery point for the RBOB gasoline futures contract — and by the northern end of the Colonial Pipeline. There is effectively no in-state refining, so New York is a pure destination market.
No significant operating refining capacity. Supply is imported product and pipeline deliveries from Gulf Coast refineries.
Downstate New York requires reformulated gasoline. The New York City metropolitan area is one of the largest RFG markets in the country.
New York Harbor gasoline inventories and RBOB futures, which map onto this market more directly than any other in the US.
New York has the lowest fuel tax of its neighbours. Drivers coming in from Pennsylvania pay 34.5¢ a gallon less in state tax here, $5.18 on a 15-gallon fill.
| State | State tax | Versus NY | On a 15-gal tank |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 24.2¢ | — | — |
| Connecticut | 25.0¢ | +0.8¢ | +$0.12 |
| Massachusetts | 27.6¢ | +3.4¢ | +$0.51 |
| Vermont | 31.3¢ | +7.1¢ | +$1.06 |
| New Jersey | 49.1¢ | +25.0¢ | +$3.75 |
| Pennsylvania | 58.7¢ | +34.5¢ | +$5.18 |
See the full New York gas tax breakdown or price a trip with the New York fuel cost calculator.