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Price breakdown from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
About half of every dollar you spend at the pump pays for crude oil. When OPEC cuts output or sanctions hit a major exporter, the global price rises and pump prices follow, usually within a week.
The rest covers refining (roughly 15%), taxes (about 20%), and a mix of distribution and station margin (around 15%).
Prices also vary significantly by region. The distance from a refinery adds transportation costs. States with air-quality requirements use special blends that can only come from certain terminals. Local competition matters too. Fewer nearby stations means higher prices. Supply disruptions such as pipeline outages or refinery shutdowns may also cause prices to increase.
Source: EIA — Regional Price Differences
Tips from the U.S. Department of Energy and EPA.
Drive smoothly
Aggressive acceleration and hard braking cut highway fuel economy by 15–30% and city economy by 10–40%. Smooth driving has the biggest payoff of anything on this list. Gradual starts, coasting to stops, and reading traffic ahead rather than reacting to it all make a measurable difference. On the highway, every 5 mph over 50 adds roughly 8–14¢ per gallon.
Keep tires at the right pressure
Under-inflated tires increase rolling resistance and reduce fuel economy by 0.2% for every 1 psi they're low. Keeping them at the right pressure can improve MPG by up to 3%. Check cold pressure monthly. The correct number is on your door jamb, not the sidewall of the tire. Tires naturally lose about 1 psi per month and drop another psi for every 10°F drop.
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7-day price forecast from weekly EIA data. Actual prices vary by station and day.Data through Jun 1.
Week-ahead change
-0.14
Potential savings
$2.10
Based on EIA's Monday weekly averages. Prices can move day-to-day between surveys.
Data: EIA weekly retail gasoline & refinery data. Regional averages don't reflect your local station's price.
Live weekly public fuel data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), updated Jun 5, 2026, 6:29 PM. Figures are regional averages, not every station’s sticker price.
The prices you see come directly from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's weekly retail survey which is the same federal dataset used by researchers and policymakers. For accuracy and integrity, we cross-reference the national price series against an independent regional series (Midwest). Right now they agree at 99.5% across 28 weeks, well above the 55% minimum we require before showing live data. This means that when national prices rise, the Midwest prices rise by almost exactly the same proportion, implying that the two datasets are almost certainly drawing from the same underlying EIA source correctly. Data quality: correlation=0.995 across 28 shared weeks.
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