Retail gasoline price (USD) (snapshot)

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4.07USD

United States · as of 31 Aug 2026

Retail gasoline price (USD) in United States (snapshot) averaged 4.07 USD as of 31 August 2026 (EIA).

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Publisher
EIA
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T1 Official
Locator
What is the average cost of a gallon of gasoline in different U.S. regions?
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
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Verified

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Compared with the U.S. retail price for regular-grade gasoline of $4.07/gal on the Monday before Labor Day, average prices were higher on the West Coast, at $5.21/gal, and in the Rocky Mountains, at $4.27/gal.

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APA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2026). Elevated crack spreads and crude oil prices contribute to higher prices at the pump. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68104. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGDYT
MLA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Elevated crack spreads and crude oil prices contribute to higher prices at the pump." 2026, https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68104. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGDYT.
Chicago
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Elevated crack spreads and crude oil prices contribute to higher prices at the pump." 2026. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68104. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGDYT.
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@misc{eia2026retailgwgdyt, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {Elevated crack spreads and crude oil prices contribute to higher prices at the pump}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC054GEVGWHB4GWGDYT}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68104. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Publisher
U.S. Energy Information Administration · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Elevated crack spreads and crude oil prices contribute to higher prices at the pump
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
What is the average cost of a gallon of gasoline in different U.S. regions?
Retrieved
15 September 2026
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Review protocol
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
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