Gas Pain, Week of July 6, 2026

Relief at the pump this week. The U.S. average for regular fell 5¢ to $3.78 a gallon for the week of July 6, 2026, the kind of drop that shows on the first fill of the week. Over the past 12 weeks it was down $0.27, from $4.04 to $3.78.

California was the most expensive state at $5.17, $1.40 above the national figure, with Washington at $4.90 and Alaska at $4.42 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $3.29, $0.49 below national, followed by New Mexico at $3.34 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $3.34 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.89 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $28.32 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

Texas climbed the most, up $0.06 to $3.29; Alabama (+$0.02) and Arkansas (+$0.02) also rose. Ohio fell the most, down $0.21 to $3.56; Washington (−$0.13) and Alaska (−$0.11) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $56.66 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $98.20; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $0.81 less than the week before on the smaller tank and $1.40 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.