Gas Pain, Week of May 26, 2025

For the week of May 26, 2025 the U.S. average for regular gasoline came in at $3.16 a gallon. This is the earliest week in our EIA record, so there is no week-over-week comparison yet.

California was the most expensive state at $4.63, $1.47 above the national figure, with Washington at $4.25 and Alaska at $3.86 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end New Mexico was cheapest at $2.73 (Gulf Coast regional average), $0.43 below national, followed by Mississippi at $2.73 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Louisiana at $2.73 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.90 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $28.50 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

With no prior week on record there are no movers to report yet.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $47.40 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $82.16; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. Of the ten states at the extremes, 8 were shown at a regional average, because EIA publishes a weekly state figure for only 9 states and the rest take the average of their PADD region. Every figure here was from EIA's weekly retail gasoline series for that week.