U.S. Retail Fuel Prices

Weekly diesel and gasoline price intelligence, sourced from the EIA-888 (on-highway diesel) and EIA-878 (motor gasoline) retail surveys. Survey aggregates — not station-level data.
Retail Prices Weekly retail prices from EIA Form 878 (gasoline, ~900 outlets) and Form 888 (on-highway diesel, ~590 outlets). Released Mondays after 5 PM ET. Survey aggregates — not station-level data. Updated weekly · EIA 878 + 888
  • EIA · Gasoline

    U.S. Regular Gasoline

    $4.071 /gal

    ▼ 1¢ WoW ▲ +$0.89 YoY

    Week ending 2026-08-31

  • EIA · Diesel

    U.S. Diesel ULSD

    $5.599 /gal

    ▼ 5¢ WoW ▲ +$1.87 YoY

    Week ending 2026-08-31

  • EIA · Gasoline

    California Gasoline

    $5.520 /gal

    ▲ +7¢ WoW ▲ +$1.12 YoY

    Week ending 2026-08-31

  • EIA · Diesel

    California Diesel

    $7.218 /gal

    ▲ +$0.18 WoW ▲ +$2.30 YoY

    Week ending 2026-08-31

  • EIA Weekly Retail Prices

    U.S. National 52-Week Trend

    Regular Gasoline ULSD Diesel

Regional Breakdown by PADD

PADD 1 (East Coast)
Gas $3.94 $-0.13 vs U.S.
Diesel $5.45 $-0.15 vs U.S.
PADD 2 (Midwest)
Gas $3.85 $-0.22 vs U.S.
Diesel $5.57 $-0.03 vs U.S.
PADD 3 (Gulf Coast)
Gas $3.62 $-0.45 vs U.S.
Diesel $5.36 $-0.24 vs U.S.
PADD 4 (Rocky Mtn)
Gas $4.27 +$0.20 vs U.S.
Diesel $5.56 $-0.04 vs U.S.
PADD 5 (West Coast)
Gas $5.21 +$1.14 vs U.S.
Diesel $6.50 +$0.90 vs U.S.

State Movers (Regular Gasoline)

State Price WoW YoY
Colorado $4.13 ▼ $0.25 ▲ +$1.07
Ohio $3.80 ▼ $0.18 ▲ +$0.63
Minnesota $3.96 ▼ $0.12 ▲ +$0.93
California $5.52 ▲ +7¢ ▲ +$1.12
Massachusetts $4.07 ▲ +5¢ ▲ +$1.02
Washington $5.26 ▲ +5¢ ▲ +$0.97
New York $4.13 ▲ +4¢ ▲ +$1.03
Florida $3.83 ▲ +4¢ ▲ +$0.85
Texas $3.58 ▼ 0¢ ▲ +$0.82

City Movers (Regular Gasoline)

City Price WoW YoY
San Francisco $5.55 ▲ +8¢ ▲ +$1.15
Los Angeles $5.53 ▲ +8¢ ▲ +$1.17
Seattle $5.41 ▲ +4¢ ▲ +$0.98
Houston $3.52 ▼ 2¢ ▲ +$0.84

Latest data: week ending 2026-08-31 · Sources: EIA Form 878 (Motor Gasoline Price Survey) and EIA Form 888 (On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price Survey).

Pressure Index The TOE Retail Pressure Index (RPI-C) is a 0–100 composite — range position, seasonal Z-score, velocity and breadth measured against a 5-year baseline. Open the Pressure tab for the full breakdown. As of 2026-08-24
RPI-C · U.S. Regular Gasoline64.8/100Elevated PressureRPI-C · WoW change+2.4ptsvs prior weekZSI · U.S. Regular Gasoline+2.05σ Z-score vs 5-yr same-weekRPI-C · U.S. Diesel ULSD91.3/100Severe PressureRPI-C · WoW change+4.8ptsvs prior weekZSI · U.S. Diesel ULSD+2.46σ Z-score vs 5-yr same-week

California

Coming next

California gasoline and diesel as separate indices, with the premium over the national average.

Grade Spread

Coming next

Premium-minus-regular gasoline spread.

News

Coming next

Retail and fuel-market headlines.

Diesel ULSD Regular Gasoline
Pressure Index As of 2026-08-24
TOE RPI · Diesel ULSD · National

Composite Retail Pressure Index (RPI-C)

91.3/100
Severe Pressure
+4.8 pts vs prior week
RPI · Range Position93.5/100Position in the 5-year range
ZSI · Z-Score Stress+2.46σ vs 5-yr same-week mean
VI · Velocity+4.86%Weighted WoW / MoM / QoQ
BI · Breadth5/5PADDs rising (national)
Velocity & Acceleration Velocity (VI) is the weighted speed of price change; Acceleration (AI) is its week-over-week change — it flags a regime shift before VI alone does. VI = 0.5·WoW + 0.3·MoM(4w) + 0.2·QoQ(12w); AI = VI(w) − VI(w−1).
EIA · Diesel ULSD

Velocity Index (VI)

+4.9% Accelerating

Diesel ULSD velocity rose from +3.5% last week to +4.9% this week — the trend is accelerating.

VI = 0.5·WoW + 0.3·MoM(4w) + 0.2·QoQ(12w) · AI = VI(w) − VI(w−1)

WoW-0.94%
MoM · 4w+4.69%
QoQ · 12w+7.47%
Acceleration (AI) Week-over-week change in velocity — green easing, red building.
Historical Context Where the current price sits in its 5-year range, how it compares to the same week in prior years, and the last time prices were at this level.
5-year price range Current $5.599 · RPI 94
$3.372 · Sep 13, 2021 $5.810 · Jun 20, 2022
Same week, across years
2021 $3.37
2022 $5.08
2023 $4.49
2024 $3.63
2025 $3.73
2026 $5.60

5-yr same-week μ $4.062 · σ $0.633

vs 1 year ago +$1.87 +49.9%
vs 5 years ago +$2.23 +66%
Historical anchor

Comparable price levels were last seen around May 18, 2026 ($5.596/gal) — 2026 Spring Event.

Breadth & Geography How many of the five PADD regions are rising week-over-week (the Breadth Index), and the direction of each region. Broad moves are more significant than a single-region swing.
Regular Gasoline 2/5 PADDs rising · 3 falling, 0 flat — mixed — gains and declines split across regions.
Diesel ULSD 2/5 PADDs rising · 3 falling, 0 flat — mixed — gains and declines split across regions.
PADD region Gasoline Diesel
PADD 1 · East Coast +1.6¢up-5.0¢down
PADD 2 · Midwest -8.7¢down-6.5¢down
PADD 3 · Gulf Coast -2.0¢down-12.1¢down
PADD 4 · Rocky Mtn -9.3¢down+1.8¢up
PADD 5 · West Coast +5.9¢up+9.0¢up
Fuel Surcharge Calculator Estimate a fuel surcharge from the current EIA on-highway diesel average. Per-mile (FTL) uses a stepped peg table (the OOIDA convention) or a continuous formula; percent-of-linehaul (LTL) maps the diesel price to a band. Your base price and table are contract-specific.

Current EIA ULSD: $5.599/gal · week of Aug 31, effective Sep 2–Sep 8

Peg (OOIDA default)

Your base price and table are defined by your carrier contract. Using the wrong base produces incorrect surcharge values.

Pegged · recommended $0.0000/mi Trip total $0.00
Continuous $0.0000/mi Trip total $0.00

Diesel premium over base: 0.0¢/gal

Source: EIA Form 888 on-highway diesel weekly survey (the "DOE National Average").

Retail Pressure Heat Map State-level Retail Pressure Index (RPI-C). States with their own EIA series use it directly; the rest inherit their PADD region's value. Color shows pressure, not absolute price — so it is comparable across regions.
RPI-C zones 0–20 Very Low 20–40 Low 40–60 Moderate 60–80 Elevated 80–100 Severe
Methodology How every number on this dashboard is sourced and computed — and how the index was validated against historical fuel-price regimes. RPI-C v1

The TOE Retail Pressure Index (RPI-C) turns weekly EIA retail fuel prices into a single 0–100 reading of how much upward (or downward) pressure a fuel is under — relative to its own recent history, not its absolute price. It blends four independent signals so that no single quirk (a seasonal pattern, a one-week spike, an isolated regional move) dominates the picture.

Data sources

EIA Form 878 — Motor Gasoline
Weekly retail regular gasoline survey (~900 outlets). National, regional (PADD) and California series.
EIA Form 888 — On-Highway Diesel
Weekly retail on-highway diesel (ULSD) survey (~590 outlets). National, PADD and California series.
Release cadence
Both surveys publish Mondays after 5:00 PM ET (the prior Monday's pricing). A federal-holiday Monday delays the release a day.
PADD regions
The five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD 1 East Coast … PADD 5 West Coast) are the geographic backbone for the Breadth Index and the state heat map.
What it is not
These are survey aggregates, not station-level transaction prices. The Pressure Index measures relative pressure, not absolute cost — so a low-price region can still read high pressure.

The RPI-C index family

Four component indices feed the composite. Each is computed per fuel from the stored weekly observations; each is shown on the Pressure tab alongside the headline.

RPI Range Position Index 0–100

Where today's price sits within its own 5-year trailing range.

100 · (p − min) / (max − min)

e.g. If the 5-yr window runs $2.00–$6.00 and today is $4.00, RPI = 100·(4−2)/(6−2) = 50.

ZSI Seasonal Z-Score Index σ units (normalized 0–100)

How unusual the price is for this specific week of the year, vs the same week in prior years.

z = (p − μ) / σ over the same calendar week, 5 yr (min 3)

e.g. A reading 2σ above the same-week mean → z = +2.0, which normalizes to ≈ 88 / 100.

VI Velocity Index signed % (normalized 0–100)

How fast the price is moving, blending short-, medium- and longer-horizon momentum.

0.5·WoW% + 0.3·4wk% + 0.2·12wk%

e.g. +10% WoW, +5% 4-wk, 0% 12-wk → VI = 0.5·10 + 0.3·5 + 0.2·0 = 6.5%.

AI Acceleration Index signed Δ

Whether velocity itself is building or fading — the change in VI week over week.

AI = VI(this week) − VI(prior week)

e.g. VI rising from 4.0% to 6.5% → AI = +2.5 (pressure is accelerating).

BI Breadth Index 0–1 (×100)

How widespread the move is across the five PADD regions — broad moves carry more weight than isolated ones.

share of the 5 PADDs rising week over week

e.g. 4 of 5 PADDs rising → BI = 0.80, i.e. 80 / 100 normalized.

The composite and its zones

The headline RPI-C is a weighted blend. Range position carries the most weight (it is the most stable); the z-score and velocity are normalized to 0–100 via a logistic curve before weighting, and breadth contributes a final tempering factor.

RPI-C = 0.40·RPI + 0.25·norm(ZSI) + 0.25·norm(VI) + 0.10·norm(BI)

where norm(ZSI) = 100 / (1 + e^−z), norm(VI) = 100 / (1 + e^(−v/3)), and norm(BI) = 100·BI.

Worked example A perfectly neutral week — price mid-range (RPI = 50), on its seasonal norm (z = 0 → 50), flat (VI = 0 → 50), mixed breadth (BI = 0.5 → 50) — gives RPI-C = 0.40·50 + 0.25·50 + 0.25·50 + 0.10·50 = 50.0, the centre of the Moderate zone.

Validation back-test

Before going live, RPI-C is back-tested against seven seeded historical fuel-price regimes. The standard: every event must land within one zone band of its expected reading (none two or more bands off), and the 2022 Russia/Ukraine peak must read Severe (≥ 80). This pins the methodology to known outcomes and guards against silent drift after a data refresh.

PASS 3/7 exact-zone 1 max bands off Russia/Ukraine ≥ 80: yes COVID ≤ 20: yes
Regime event Headline date Expected Observed RPI-C Within band
2008 Financial Crisis Fuel Collapse — Severe Pressure — — —
2011 Libya / Arab Spring Spike — Severe Pressure — — —
2014–2016 Oil Bust — Very Low Pressure — — —
2020 COVID Demand Collapse 2020-05-04 Very Low Pressure Very Low Pressure 15.4 ✓ exact
2021–2022 Post-COVID Surge 2021-11-15 Elevated Pressure Severe Pressure 86.1 ✓ ±1
2022 Russia / Ukraine Spike 2022-06-20 Severe Pressure Severe Pressure 95.4 ✓ exact
2026 Spring Event 2026-05-04 Severe Pressure Severe Pressure 93.8 ✓ exact

Pre-2012 events evaluate against the all-types diesel series (history to 1994); the ULSD 5-year trailing window is too thin before ~2012 (retail ULSD begins 2007). Same-week ZSI absorbs sustained regimes into its own baseline, so the z-score component can read modestly at a prolonged peak even when the composite is correctly Severe. Validation currently covers U.S. national diesel.

Glossary

RPI-C
Retail Pressure Index (Composite) — the 0–100 headline blending range position, seasonal z-score, velocity and breadth.
PADD
Petroleum Administration for Defense District — five U.S. regions the EIA reports fuel data by.
ULSD
Ultra-Low-Sulfur Diesel — the standard on-highway diesel grade reported by EIA Form 888.
Z-score
The number of standard deviations a value sits from its mean; the basis of the ZSI.
Zone
The five RPI-C bands: Very Low (0–20), Low (20–40), Moderate (40–60), Elevated (60–80), Severe (80–100).

RPI-C v1 — composite weighted 0.40 RPI · 0.25 ZSI · 0.25 VI · 0.10 BI; velocity weighted 0.5 / 0.3 / 0.2 across 1 / 4 / 12 weeks.