Gas Pain, Week of June 8, 2026

Relief at the pump this week. The U.S. average for regular fell 16¢ to $4.15 a gallon for the week of June 8, 2026, the kind of drop that shows on the first fill of the week. Over the past 12 weeks it was up $0.19, from $3.96 to $4.15.

California was the most expensive state at $5.70, $1.55 above the national figure, with Washington at $5.44 and Alaska at $4.96 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $3.56, $0.58 below national, followed by New Mexico at $3.64 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $3.64 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $2.13 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $32.02 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. Ohio fell the most, down $0.28 to $4.02; Florida (−$0.25) and Colorado (−$0.21) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $62.19 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $107.80; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $2.38 less than the week before on the smaller tank and $4.13 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.