Gas Pain, Week of June 1, 2026

Relief at the pump this week. The U.S. average for regular fell 17¢ to $4.30 a gallon for the week of June 1, 2026, the kind of drop that shows on the first fill of the week. Over the past 12 weeks it was up $0.58, from $3.72 to $4.30.

California was the most expensive state at $5.85, $1.55 above the national figure, with Washington at $5.52 and Alaska at $5.08 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $3.75, $0.55 below national, followed by New Mexico at $3.80 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $3.80 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $2.10 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $31.52 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

No state rose more than half a cent. Colorado fell the most, down $0.34 to $4.20; Florida (−$0.31) and Ohio (−$0.26) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $64.57 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $111.93; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $2.55 less than the week before on the smaller tank and $4.42 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.