Total US Fuel Taxes by State

After crude oil costs, taxes are the second largest contributor to the price paid at the pump. Together Federal and State excise taxes on fuel account for an average cost of approximately 62 cents per gallon. Rates include Federal excise taxes 18.4 cpg for gasoline and 24.4 cpg for diesel. cpg = cents per gallon

State	Gasoline (¢/g)	Diesel (¢/g)	Comment
Alabama	38.6	45.6	2 cent inspection fee. 1 cpg Transport Fee. City and Couny levies can be from .5 to 6 cpg.
Alaska	26.4	32.4
Arizona	37.4	52.4	1 cpg UST tax. Use class vehicles pay an additionsl 9cpg for diesel
Arkansas	40.2	47.2	.3 cpg environmental assurance fee for underground storage tank fund
California	63.9	72.0	6% Sales Tax. 1.25% county tax. 1.2 cpg state UST fee. plus local sales tax
Colorado	40.4	44.9
Connecticut	62.5	61.4
Delaware	41.4	46.4	.9% gross receipts tax for Hazardous substance cleanup fund.
Dist. of Columbia	38.4	44.4
Florida	51.6	53.4	Sales tax 11.6. 4 cpg excise tax. 2.2 cpg environmental inspection.
Georgia	44.4	52.6	4% sales tax. Local option sales taxes from 1% to 3%
Hawaii	51.0	71.1	4% sales tax. county tax and 0.1 cpg environmental reponse tax.
Idaho	43.4	49.4
Illinois	57.9	65.7	6.25% sales tax. 0.003 per gallon tax for underground storage tank fund. Additional 12.75 cpg in City of Chicago
Indiana	50.1	69.2	7% sales tax. 0.01 per gallon inspection fee.
Iowa	40.1	47.9	1 cpg UST fee.
Kansas	43.4	51.4	1 cpg environmental fee
Kentucky	36.9	39.9	1.4cpg underground storage tank fund. Commercial carriers pay surtax 2.2cpg quarterly on gas and 5.2 cpg on special fuels
Louisiana	38.4	44.4
Maine	47.5	53.9	.07 Coastal and Inland Water fund. 1.38 groundwater fund. 40 cpg/10
Maryland	41.9	48.7
Massachusetts	41.9	47.9	2.5 cp UST fund.
Michigan	54.4	60.3	6% sales tax. .875 cpg for environmental regulation fee for refined petroleum fund
Minnesota	40.4	46.4	2 cpg UST cleanup fee at wholesale level
Mississippi	37.2	43.2	.4 cpg Environmental Protection Fee. In Hancock
Missouri	36.0	42.0
Montana	46.2	53.0	0.75cpg fee assessed at the pump to go toward the state cleanup fund.
Nebraska	42.3	47.7	0.9cpg release prevention fee for gasoline and 0.3cpg release prevention fee for diesel
Nevada	50.9	53.0	up to 10cpg county tax on gasoline.0.75 cpg cleanup fee. .055 cpg inspection fee.
New Hampshire	38.0	44.0	0.125 cpg for oil pollution control fund.1.5 cpg for UST cleanup fund.
New Jersey	32.9	41.9	4 cpg Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax.
New Mexico	36.4	43.4	1 cpg loading fee.
New York	59.6	64.7	local county sales tax of between 3.125% to 4.75%.
North Carolina	48.6	54.6	0.25cpg inspection tax.17.5 cpg flat rate plus a variable rate of 12.35 cpg wholesale price component
North Dakota	41.4	47.4
Ohio	46.4	52.4	Surcharge of 3 cpg for commercial vehicles.
Oklahoma	35.4	38.4	1 cpg per gallon UST fee.
Oregon	43.4	48.7	additional optional county gasoline (ranging from 1 to 3 cpg) and city gasoline and diesel taxes (ranging from 1 to 5 cpg).
Pennsylvania	50.7	63.6	19.2 cent per gallon oil company franchise tax on gas. 26.1 cpg oil company franchise tax on diesel.1.1 cpg UST fee
Rhode Island	49.4	55.4	1 cent per gallon environmental protection regulatory fee for UST program.
South Carolina	35.2	41.2	0.25 cpg inspection fee for inspection program and 0.50cpg environmental fee for UST cleanup.
South Dakota	42.4	48.4	2 cpg Tank Inspection Fee. Ethanol is taxed at 20 cents per gallon; E85 and M85 are taxed at 10 cpg.
Tennessee	39.8	42.8	1cent special petroleum tax for gasoline and .4 cpg environmental assurance fee.
Texas	38.4	44.4
Utah	42.9	48.9
Vermont	38.4	50.4	1 cpg license fee for UST fund.
Virginia	38.0	44.0	0.6cpg petroleum storage tank fee and 2% sales tax on motor fuels in localities that are part of the Northern Virginia Transportation District
Washington	54.4	60.4
West Virginia	49.9	55.9
Wisconsin	51.3	57.3	2cpg UST fee on gasoline and diesel.
Wyoming	32.4	38.4	1 cpg to the environmental cleanup costs.
Please note the above rates are meant as only guidelines of pump taxes and may not represent the full tax amount at the pump. Source: Compiled by GasBuddy Organization from various sources. * UST = Underground Storage Tank