Gas Pain, Week of August 4, 2025

The U.S. average for regular gasoline edged up 2¢ to $3.14 a gallon for the week of August 4, 2025. Over the past 11 weeks it was down $0.02, from $3.16 to $3.14.

Washington was the most expensive state at $4.27, $1.13 above the national figure, with California at $4.27 and Alaska at $3.75 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $2.73, $0.41 below national, followed by New Mexico at $2.73 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $2.73 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.55 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $23.19 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

Ohio climbed the most, up $0.08 to $3.17; Delaware (+$0.05) and Maryland (+$0.05) also rose. Florida fell the most, down $0.07 to $2.95; Colorado (−$0.02) and Alabama (−$0.02) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $47.10 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $81.64; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $0.25 more than the week before on the smaller tank and $0.44 on the larger one. Of the ten states at the extremes, 7 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.