Gas Pain, Week of March 2, 2026

Gas got noticeably more expensive. The U.S. average for regular jumped 8¢ in a week to $3.02 a gallon for the week of March 2, 2026. Over the past 12 weeks it was up $0.12, from $2.90 to $3.02.

California was the most expensive state at $4.47, $1.46 above the national figure, with Washington at $4.20 and Alaska at $3.79 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $2.64, $0.37 below national, followed by New Mexico at $2.64 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $2.64 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.83 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $27.51 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

Minnesota climbed the most, up $0.29 to $2.95; Colorado (+$0.23) and Illinois (+$0.12) also rose. Ohio fell the most, down $0.12 to $2.77.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $45.23 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $78.39; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $1.17 more than the week before on the smaller tank and $2.03 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.