Nevada Gas Tax
Nevada’s state taxes and fees on gasoline total 23.8¢ a gallon, the 11th-lowest of 51; with the 18.4¢ federal tax, drivers pay 42.2¢ a gallon in combined tax. Rates are from U.S. Energy Information Administration data as of July 2026.
What makes up Nevada’s 42.2¢
| Nevada state excise tax | 23.0¢ |
|---|---|
| Other Nevada taxes & fees sales/use taxes, inspection and environmental fees | 0.8¢ |
| Total Nevada state tax | 23.8¢ |
| Federal excise + LUST fee 18.3¢ excise + 0.1¢ LUST, unchanged since 1993 | 18.4¢ |
| Combined state + federal | 42.2¢ |
Additional county and local option taxes on motor fuels add $0.0500 to $0.1000/gal (or more) to the state rate (County mandatory: $0.0100/gal, County Option: $0.0400-$0.9000/gal (or indexed rate)). Petroleum Products Inspection Fee: $0.00055/gal on gasoline; Clean-up Fee on gasoline, No. 1 and No. 2 distillates: $0.0075/gal.
A low state rate and large county taxes
Nevada’s state gasoline excise is 23.0¢ a gallon, a fixed rate that is not indexed. Two small state fees, a petroleum products inspection fee and a cleanup fee of 0.75 cents a gallon, bring the state total to 23.8¢.
The state figure understates what Nevada drivers pay, because most fuel tax in Nevada is levied by counties. Every county charges a mandatory 1 cent, and counties add optional taxes on top. Most add 10 cents in total, and six rural counties add 5 cents. Washoe County, which includes Reno, and Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, go further: both index their local fuel taxes, so their rates rise over time. Washoe County voters approved indexing in 2008. The EIA estimates that county and local taxes add 5 to 10 cents or more to the state rate, and none of them appear in the state total.
On the state figure alone, Nevada ranks the 11th-lowest of the 50 states and D.C. The 51-jurisdiction average is 33.8¢. Nevada pump prices are on the Nevada 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.
Nevada's Tax Rate Beside Its Neighbors
Among the 5 states that border Nevada, California has the highest state total in the EIA's July 2026 table, at 73.6¢, and Nevada's 23.8¢ is 49.8¢ below California. Oregon lists 40.0¢ (EIA table, July 2026) and Utah lists 38.6¢; Nevada is 16.2¢ below Oregon and 14.7¢ below Utah. Idaho's total is 33.0¢ (EIA table, July 2026), and Nevada is 9.2¢ below Idaho.
Arizona, at 19.0¢ (EIA table, July 2026), has the lowest total among the bordering states, and Nevada is 4.8¢ above Arizona. That leaves 4 (EIA table, July 2026) of 5 bordering states with a higher total than Nevada. The lowest total anywhere in the July 2026 table is Alaska's 9.0¢. Ranked by state total, 10 jurisdictions fall below Nevada's 23.8¢ (EIA table, July 2026) and 40 fall above it.
Within Nevada's 23.8¢ (EIA table, July 2026), 97% is excise, and the other 0.8¢ is made up of other state taxes and fees on gasoline. State taxes account for 56% of the combined state and federal total in the EIA's July 2026 table. Those rates come from the edition labeled July 2026 (revised August 2026), so they describe that table and not today's rates.
How much of a gallon in Nevada is tax
Nevada gasoline is estimated at $5.31 a gallon. Against that, the 42.2¢ of combined state and federal tax is about 7.9% of what a driver pays — with local taxes, where they apply, on top.
Tax rate from EIA as of July 2026; pump price is this week’s US Gas Gauge estimate from EIA regional prices (EIA publishes no weekly average for Nevada).
Nevada vs. the other 50 states
Nevada’s state gas tax of 23.8¢ is 10.0¢ below the 33.8¢ average across 50 states and D.C. — it is the 11th-lowest.
Neighboring states' gas tax
| State | State tax | vs. Nevada |
|---|---|---|
| California gas tax | 73.6¢ | +49.8¢ |
| Oregon gas tax | 40.0¢ | +16.2¢ |
| Utah gas tax | 38.6¢ | +14.7¢ |
| Idaho gas tax | 33.0¢ | +9.2¢ |
| Arizona gas tax | 19.0¢ | −4.8¢ |
Nevada gas tax, answered
- What is the gas tax in Nevada?
- 23.8¢ a gallon in state taxes and fees; with the 18.4¢ federal tax, 42.2¢ (EIA, July 2026).
- How does Nevada's gas tax compare to other states?
- The 11th-lowest of the 50 states and D.C.; the average is 33.8¢.
- What is the federal gas tax in Nevada?
- The federal gasoline tax is 18.4¢ per gallon in Nevada, the same as in every other state.
- Does Nevada charge local gas taxes too?
- Yes: EIA flags Nevada as allowing local option taxes, which are not in the figures here.
Related to Nevada 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, “Nevada Gas Tax,” usgasgauge.com/gas-tax/nevada. Source data: U.S. Energy Information Administration.