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 $3.578 a gallon, Texas is in the middle of its past-year range. The cheapest week of the last year was $2.322 in January 2026; the most expensive was $3.956 in May 2026. Over the past four weeks the price has moved down 7.6%, and up 1.3% over three months.
Week-to-week, this market is among the most volatile fuel markets in the US — prices vary by 17.4% around their own average, against a typical US regional figure of roughly 5–7%.
Texas is currently $0.575 below the national average. Its typical gap over the past year has been $0.483 below the nation, so the current gap is $0.092 narrower than usual.
Ranked by pump price. Click a region to view its dashboard.
| # | Region | Regular ↑ | vs others | vs last wk | Mid | Prem | Diesel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ | Texasyou | $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 York | $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 | 71% | U.S. oil (WTI) at $107.17 a barrel ÷ 42 gallons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal tax | $0.184 | 5% | 18.3¢ excise plus a 0.1¢ storage-tank fee, unchanged since 1993 |
| State excise tax | $0.200 | 6% | 47th highest total state burden in the US |
| Everything else | $0.642 | 18% | refining, distribution and retail margin |
Tax accounts for 11% of the pump price here — 38.4¢ a gallon, state and federal combined. The “everything else” row is a residual, not a measured margin: it also absorbs local-option taxes and the gap between spot crude and what refiners actually paid for their feedstock weeks earlier. See our methodology for how each row is derived.
Texas combines the largest refining base in the country with one of the lowest fuel taxes, and prices reflect both.
Texas drivers buy fuel essentially at the point of production. The Gulf Coast refining complex sits inside the state, so the distribution cost embedded in a Texas gallon is about as low as it gets in the US.
The Texas Gulf Coast hosts several of the largest refineries in the world, including Motiva Port Arthur and ExxonMobil Baytown, alongside major inland capacity in the Permian region.
Most of the state uses conventional gasoline. Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth require reformulated gasoline during summer ozone season, which is why metro prices can sit a few cents above the rural state average in July and August.
Hurricane season along the Gulf, and the summer switch to reformulated blends in the two big metros.
Across the line in New Mexico, state tax is 1.1¢ a gallon lower, which is $0.17 less tax on a 15-gallon fill.
| State | State tax | Versus TX | On a 15-gal tank |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 18.9¢ | −1.1¢ | −$0.17 |
| Oklahoma | 20.0¢ | Same | Same |
| Texas | 20.0¢ | — | — |
| Louisiana | 20.9¢ | +0.9¢ | +$0.14 |
| Arkansas | 25.0¢ | +5.0¢ | +$0.75 |
See the full Texas gas tax breakdown or price a trip with the Texas fuel cost calculator.