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Motor Fuel Taxes *( July 2025)
Rank
Gasoline Tax( cents / gal)
Diesel Tax( cents / gal)
Rank
1 California
70.92
87.32
1
2 Illinois
66.40
73.90
3
3 Washington
59.04
62.04
4
4 Pennsylvania
58.70
74.10
2
5 Indiana
54.50
62.00
5
6 Michigan
48.20
49.90
7
7 Maryland
46.19
46.94
10
8 New Jersey
44.95
51.95
6
9 Virginia
41.60
42.70
11
10 Rhode Island
41.12
41.12
12
11 North Carolina
40.55
40.55
13
12 Oregon
40.00
40.00
15
13 Florida
39.40
40.27
14
14 Utah
39.15
39.15
16
15 Ohio
38.50
47.00
9
16 West Virginia
35.70
35.70
18
17 Georgia
33.85
37.85
17
18 Montana
33.75
30.50
28
19 Idaho
33.00
33.00
20
20 Wisconsin
32.90
32.90
22
21 Nebraska
32.70
32.10
25
22 Minnesota
31.90
31.90
26
23 Maine
31.40
31.87
27
24 Vermont
31.39
33.00
20
25 Alabama
31.00
32.75
23
26 South Dakota
30.00
30.00
29
27 Iowa
30.00
32.50
24
28 Missouri
29.99
29.99
30
29 Colorado
29.18
34.68
19
30 South Carolina
28.75
28.75
32
31 Massachusetts
27.47
27.47
35
32 Tennessee
27.40
28.40
33
33 Kentucky
26.40
23.40
39
34 Kansas
25.04
27.03
36
35 Arkansas
25.00
28.80
31
35 Connecticut
25.00
48.90
8
37 New York
24.87
23.07
40
38 Wyoming
24.00
24.00
37
39 New Hampshire
23.83
23.83
38
40 Nevada
23.81
27.75
34
41 North Dakota
23.03
23.03
41
42 Delaware
23.00
22.00
43
43 Mississippi
21.40
21.40
44
44 Louisiana
20.93
20.93
45
45 Oklahoma
20.00
20.00
46
45 Texas
20.00
20.00
46
47 Arizona
19.00
19.00
48
48 New Mexico
18.88
22.87
42
49 Hawaii
18.50
18.50
49
50 Alaska
8.95
8.95
50
Dist. of Columbia
35.30
35.30
* Includes all state taxes on fuels.
TABLE 12
U. S. Energy Information Administration
Washington ranked 3rd in taxes on gasoline and 4th in taxes on diesel fuel.( Washington’ s numbers include oil spill taxes, hazardous substance tax, border area fuel taxes, and petroleum products tax.)