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Gas Tax ( January 2022 )
Rank
Total Tax ( cents / gal )
Excise Tax ( cents / gal )
Other State Taxes ( in cents )
1 California
68.15
51.10
17.05
2 Illinois
59.60
39.20
20.40
3 Pennsylvania
58.70
0.00
58.70
4 Hawaii
51.69
16.00
35.69
5 New Jersey
50.70
10.50
40.20
6 Nevada
50.48
23.00
27.48
7 Indiana
49.79
32.00
17.79
8 Washington
49.40
49.40
0.00
9 New York
48.22
8.05
40.17
10 Michigan
45.17
27.17
18.00
11 Florida
43.55
4.00
39.55
12 Oregon
38.83
36.00
2.83
13 North Carolina
38.75
38.50
0.25
14 Ohio
38.51
38.50
0.01
15 Georgia
37.55
28.70
8.85
16 Maryland
36.10
0.00
9.00
17 Connecticut
35.75
25.00
10.75
18 West Virginia
35.70
20.50
15.20
19 Rhode Island
35.00
34.00
1.00
20 Virginia
34.40
26.20
8.20
21 Montana
33.25
32.50
0.75
22 Idaho
33.00
32.00
1.00
23 Wisconsin
32.90
30.90
2.00
24 Vermont
32.14
12.10
20.04
25 Utah
31.91
31.90
0.01
26 Alabama
31.31
28.00
3.31
27 Minnesota
30.60
28.50
2.10
28 Maine
30.01
30.00
0.01
29 Iowa
30.00
30.00
0.00
30 South Dakota
30.00
28.00
2.00
31 Tennessee
27.40
26.00
1.40
32 South Carolina
26.75
26.00
0.75
33 Massachusetts
26.54
24.00
2.54
34 Kentucky
26.00
24.60
1.40
35 Nebraska
25.70
24.80
0.90
36 Arkansas
24.80
24.50
0.30
37 Kansas
24.03
24.00
0.03
38 Wyoming
24.00
23.00
1.00
39 New Hampshire
23.83
22.20
1.63
40 Delaware
23.00
23.00
0.00
41 North Dakota
23.00
23.00
0.00
42 Colorado
22.00
22.00
0.00
43 Louisiana
20.01
20.00
0.01
44 Oklahoma
20.00
19.00
1.00
45 Texas
20.00
20.00
0.00
46 Missouri
19.92
19.50
0.42
47 Arizona
19.00
18.00
1.00
48 New Mexico
18.88
17.00
1.88
49 Mississippi
18.79
18.00
0.79
50 Alaska
15.13
8.95
6.18
Dist . of Columbia
33.80
23.50
10.30
United States
38.69
26.16
12.53
TABLE 12 Source : American Petroleum Institute
Washington state ’ s gas tax , 49.4 cents / gallon , is unchanged from last year .