Florida has the 9th-highest state-imposed gas taxes and fees in the U.S., according to the Washington-based Tax Foundation.
Floridian drivers pay 41.36 cents per gallon in state-imposed taxes and fees as of July 2018, according to the foundation. These may include excise taxes, fees related to environmental issues, storage tank levies and general sales taxes.
Only seven states apply sales taxes to gasoline: California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and New York.
The gas taxes studied exclude the 18.4-cent-per-gallon federal excise levy on gasoline.
Some states don’t index the taxes for inflation, meaning the revenues generated through the taxes can lag behind state infrastructure needs over time, according to the analysis.
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Which States Impose the Highest Gas Taxes?
State | State Taxes and Fees on Gasoline (Cents per Gallon) | Rank (Highest to Lowest) |
Pennsylvania | 58.7 | 1 |
California | 55.22 | 2 |
Washington | 49.4 | 3 |
Hawaii | 47.88 | 4 |
New York | 45.76 | 5 |
Michigan | 44.13 | 6 |
Connecticut | 43.8 | 7 |
Indiana | 42.9 | 8 |
Florida | 41.36 | 9 |
Illinois | 37.32 | 10 |
New Jersey | 37.1 | 11 |
Oregon | 36.77 | 12 |
West Virginia | 35.7 | 13 |
North Carolina | 35.35 | 14 |
Maryland | 35.3 | 15 |
Rhode Island | 34 | 16 |
Nevada | 33.78 | 17 |
Idaho | 33 | 18 |
Wisconsin | 32.9 | 19 |
Montana | 32.25 | 20 |
Georgia | 31.59 | 21 |
Vermont | 31.22 | 22 |
Iowa | 30.5 | 23 |
Maine | 30.01 | 24 |
South Dakota | 30 | 25 |
Utah | 29.41 | 26 |
Nebraska | 28.9 | 27 |
Minnesota | 28.6 | 28 |
Ohio | 28.01 | 29 |
Massachusetts | 26.54 | 30 |
Tennessee | 26.4 | 31 |
Kentucky | 26 | 32 |
Kansas | 24.03 | 33 |
Wyoming | 24 | 34 |
New Hampshire | 23.83 | 35 |
Delaware | 23 | 36 |
North Dakota | 23 | 36 |
Virginia | 22.4 | 38 |
Colorado | 22 | 39 |
Arkansas | 21.8 | 40 |
Alabama | 20.91 | 41 |
South Carolina | 20.75 | 42 |
Louisiana | 20.01 | 43 |
Oklahoma | 20 | 44 |
Texas | 20 | 44 |
Arizona | 19 | 46 |
New Mexico | 18.88 | 47 |
Mississippi | 18.79 | 48 |
Missouri | 17.35 | 49 |
Alaska | 14.65 | 50 |
Source: Tax Foundation; American Petroleum Institute
This is a revised version of an article first published by Watchdog.org.
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