Massachusetts Gas Tax
Massachusetts’s state taxes and fees on gasoline total 27.6¢ a gallon, the 20th-lowest of 51; with the 18.4¢ federal tax, drivers pay 46.0¢ a gallon in combined tax. Rates are from U.S. Energy Information Administration data as of July 2026.
What makes up Massachusetts’s 46.0¢
| Massachusetts state excise tax | 24.0¢ |
|---|---|
| Other Massachusetts taxes & fees sales/use taxes, inspection and environmental fees | 3.6¢ |
| Total Massachusetts state tax | 27.6¢ |
| Federal excise + LUST fee 18.3¢ excise + 0.1¢ LUST, unchanged since 1993 | 18.4¢ |
| Combined state + federal | 46.0¢ |
Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund Delivery fee: $343.93 per 10k load ($0.034393/gal). Underground Storage Tank fee: $250 per year, per tank. Uniform Oil Response + Prevention fee: $0.0500/barrel ($0.0012/gal), all products.
24 cents since 2013, with indexing repealed
Massachusetts charges a flat excise of 24.0¢ a gallon. The rate rose from 21 cents to 24 cents on July 31, 2013, when the Legislature overrode the governor’s veto of a transportation finance bill. That was the first increase since 1991. The same law tied the rate to the Consumer Price Index so it would rise each year, but voters repealed the automatic increases through ballot Question 1 in November 2014, before any took effect. The rate now changes only if the Legislature votes to change it.
Most of the rest of the state figure is a delivery fee for the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund, charged per 10,000-gallon load and equal to about 3.4¢ a gallon. A small oil-spill response fee applies to all petroleum products. The EIA lists no sales tax on gasoline for Massachusetts and does not flag it for local option fuel taxes.
At 27.6¢ in the EIA’s July 2026 (revised August 2026) table, Massachusetts ranks the 20th-lowest of the 50 states and D.C. The average across all 51 is 33.8¢. How the state’s pump prices compare is covered on the Massachusetts gas prices page.
Sources: current rates and rankings are from the EIA motor fuel tax table in our database; other facts are from the sources listed here.
Massachusetts Gas Tax Beside Its Neighbors
Among the 5 states that border Massachusetts, 2 of 5 have a higher state total in the EIA's July 2026 table. Rhode Island shows 41.1¢ (EIA table, July 2026), the highest of the bordering states, and Massachusetts is 13.6¢ below Rhode Island. Vermont's total of 31.3¢ (EIA table, July 2026) places Massachusetts 3.7¢ below Vermont. The federal tax is 18.4¢ (EIA table, July 2026) in every state, bordering or not.
On the other side, Massachusetts is 2.6¢ (EIA table, July 2026) above Connecticut, whose state total is 25.0¢. Massachusetts is 3.4¢ above New York, which has 24.2¢ in the EIA's July 2026 table. New Hampshire has the lowest state total of the bordering states at 23.7¢ (EIA table, July 2026), and Massachusetts is 3.8¢ above New Hampshire. Connecticut, New York and New Hampshire, at 25.0¢ (EIA table, July 2026), 24.2¢ and 23.7¢, are the bordering states with lower totals. Across the whole table, 31 (EIA table, July 2026) jurisdictions sit above Massachusetts and 19 sit below it.
Excise is 87% of the Massachusetts state total, and other state taxes and fees on gasoline make up the remaining 3.6¢ (EIA table, July 2026). Adding the federal 18.4¢ (EIA table, July 2026) puts the state's part of the combined amount at 60%. In the EIA's July 2026 table, the Massachusetts state total of 27.6¢ is 6.2¢ below the average across the 50 states and D.C. At the ends of the table, Alaska shows 9.0¢ and California shows 73.6¢.
How much of a gallon in Massachusetts is tax
Massachusetts gasoline currently averages $4.30 a gallon. Against that, the 46.0¢ of combined state and federal tax is about 10.7% of what a driver pays — with local taxes, where they apply, on top.
Tax rate from EIA as of July 2026; pump price is the current EIA weekly average.
Massachusetts vs. the other 50 states
Massachusetts’s state gas tax of 27.6¢ is 6.2¢ below the 33.8¢ average across 50 states and D.C. — it is the 20th-lowest.
Neighboring states' gas tax
| State | State tax | vs. Massachusetts |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island gas tax | 41.1¢ | +13.6¢ |
| Vermont gas tax | 31.3¢ | +3.7¢ |
| Connecticut gas tax | 25.0¢ | −2.6¢ |
| New York gas tax | 24.2¢ | −3.4¢ |
| New Hampshire gas tax | 23.7¢ | −3.8¢ |
Massachusetts gas tax, answered
- What is the gas tax in Massachusetts?
- 27.6¢ a gallon in state taxes and fees; with the 18.4¢ federal tax, 46.0¢ (EIA, July 2026).
- How does Massachusetts's gas tax compare to other states?
- The 20th-lowest of the 50 states and D.C.; the average is 33.8¢.
- What is the federal gas tax in Massachusetts?
- The federal gasoline tax is 18.4¢ per gallon in Massachusetts, the same as in every other state.
- Does Massachusetts charge local gas taxes too?
- EIA does not flag Massachusetts as allowing local option taxes.
Related to Massachusetts gas tax
EIA, “Federal and state motor fuels taxes” (July 2026 (revised August 2026)); how these figures are built.
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Cite as: US Gas Gauge, “Massachusetts Gas Tax,” usgasgauge.com/gas-tax/massachusetts. Source data: U.S. Energy Information Administration.