Retail Gasoline Price (US Average)
The US average retail price of regular gasoline, all formulations, from the EIA's weekly Monday survey of roughly 1,000 stations — the number on the sign, taxes included. Weekly back to 1990.
Latest reading
As of August 3, 2026, Gasoline (Regular gasoline ($/gallon)) stands at $4.08 — down from $4.10 the prior reading. The pump price is the most visible price in the economy: it tracks crude with a lag of a few weeks, plus a seasonal refining spread that typically lifts prices into summer. Its YoY rate previews CPI energy and correlates with consumer sentiment — households experience gasoline inflation weekly, long before official prints. National averages mask a wide state spread (California typically runs $1.50+ above the Gulf Coast). Series history runs from 1990 to present.
Sources, methodology & freshnessLast updated 2026-08-06 · Open ↓Close ↑
Regular gasoline ($/gallon)
- YoY %
- 29.9%
Next release: Aug 11, 2026
Full history
Price ($/gallon)
Year-over-year %
The annual change in the pump price. Gasoline YoY is effectively a preview of the CPI energy component, and it moves consumer sentiment more reliably than most official statistics.
Methodology & data
Gasoline is sourced from EIA via the Federal Reserve's FRED service (EIA via FRED (GASREGW), weekly, dollars per gallon, not seasonally adjusted). We pull the complete history, chart it on a weekly basis, overlay SPY for context, and generate a dated plain-English reading from the latest release — with no smoothing or adjustment beyond what the chart legend states.
Every reading is stamped with its release date, last updated 2026-08-06. Maintained and reviewed by Yuriy Matso; see our methodology for the standards every series on the site is held to.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Retail Gasoline Price (US Average)?
The US average retail price of regular gasoline, all formulations, from the EIA's weekly Monday survey of roughly 1,000 stations — the number on the sign, taxes included. Weekly back to 1990.
How do you read Gasoline?
The pump price is the most visible price in the economy: it tracks crude with a lag of a few weeks, plus a seasonal refining spread that typically lifts prices into summer. Its YoY rate previews CPI energy and correlates with consumer sentiment — households experience gasoline inflation weekly, long before official prints. National averages mask a wide state spread (California typically runs $1.50+ above the Gulf Coast).
Where does the Gasoline data come from?
EIA via FRED (GASREGW), weekly, dollars per gallon, not seasonally adjusted. We chart the full history and publish a dated, plain-English reading with every release; the raw series is downloadable as CSV at /data/indicators/gasoline-price.csv.
How often is Gasoline updated?
Gasoline is a weekly series from EIA, refreshed here as soon as a new release posts to FRED.
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