New Hampshire Gas Tax
New Hampshire’s state taxes and fees on gasoline total 23.7¢ a gallon, the 10th-lowest of 51; with the 18.4¢ federal tax, drivers pay 42.1¢ a gallon in combined tax. Rates are from U.S. Energy Information Administration data as of July 2026.
What makes up New Hampshire’s 42.1¢
| New Hampshire state excise tax | 22.2¢ |
|---|---|
| Other New Hampshire taxes & fees sales/use taxes, inspection and environmental fees | 1.5¢ |
| Total New Hampshire state tax | 23.7¢ |
| Federal excise + LUST fee 18.3¢ excise + 0.1¢ LUST, unchanged since 1993 | 18.4¢ |
| Combined state + federal | 42.1¢ |
Oil Discharge and Disposal Cleanup Fund fee: $0.01331/gal on gasoline and diesel fuels, excluding heating fuels. Oil Pollution Control Fund fee: $0.00215/gal on all petroleum products except LPG and natural gas.
The road toll, raised once since 1991
New Hampshire calls its gas tax the road toll. It is a flat 22.2¢ a gallon. The rate was 18 cents from 1991 until July 1, 2014, when Senate Bill 367 added 4.2 cents to pay for widening Interstate 93 and other road and bridge work. That increase is temporary in law: it is set to end once the I-93 bonds are repaid, or in 2034 at the latest. The road toll is not indexed.
The rest of the state figure is two environmental fees. The larger, for the Oil Discharge and Disposal Cleanup Fund, is about 1.3 cents a gallon on gasoline and diesel. A smaller Oil Pollution Control Fund fee applies to most petroleum products. New Hampshire has no general sales tax, and the EIA does not flag it for local option fuel taxes.
In the EIA’s July 2026 (revised August 2026) table, New Hampshire’s total of 23.7¢ is the 10th-lowest of the 50 states and D.C. The 51-jurisdiction average is 33.8¢. For New Hampshire pump prices, see New Hampshire gas prices.
Sources: current rates and rankings are from the EIA motor fuel tax table in our database; other facts are from the sources listed here.
Where New Hampshire Sits Among Its Neighbors
Maine, at 31.5¢ in the EIA's July 2026 table, has the highest state total among the 3 states that border New Hampshire. Vermont follows at 31.3¢ (EIA table, July 2026), and Massachusetts has the lowest at 27.6¢. New Hampshire's 23.7¢ (EIA table, July 2026) is 7.7¢ below Maine, 7.5¢ below Vermont and 3.8¢ below Massachusetts.
Within the same July 2026 table, the 10th-lowest rank puts 9 jurisdictions under New Hampshire's total and 41 above it. The 50 states and D.C. average 33.8¢ (EIA table, July 2026), and New Hampshire's total is 10.0¢ below that average. Alaska holds the low end at 9.0¢ (EIA table, July 2026), while California holds the high end at 73.6¢.
The split inside the New Hampshire figure is 22.2¢ (EIA table, July 2026) of excise and 1.5¢ of other state taxes and fees, so excise is 93% of the state total. Adding the federal 18.4¢ (EIA table, July 2026) gives 42.1¢, and the state's share of that combined amount is 56%.
The EIA's July 2026 table covers state taxes of general application and leaves out county and local taxes. It lists no local option gasoline taxes for New Hampshire, so the 23.7¢ (EIA table, July 2026) and the neighbor comparisons above rest on state-level figures only.
How much of a gallon in New Hampshire is tax
New Hampshire gasoline is estimated at $4.38 a gallon. Against that, the 42.1¢ of combined state and federal tax is about 9.6% 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 New Hampshire).
New Hampshire vs. the other 50 states
New Hampshire’s state gas tax of 23.7¢ is 10.0¢ below the 33.8¢ average across 50 states and D.C. — it is the 10th-lowest.
Neighboring states' gas tax
| State | State tax | vs. New Hampshire |
|---|---|---|
| Maine gas tax | 31.5¢ | +7.7¢ |
| Vermont gas tax | 31.3¢ | +7.5¢ |
| Massachusetts gas tax | 27.6¢ | +3.8¢ |
New Hampshire gas tax, answered
- What is the gas tax in New Hampshire?
- 23.7¢ a gallon in state taxes and fees; with the 18.4¢ federal tax, 42.1¢ (EIA, July 2026).
- How does New Hampshire's gas tax compare to other states?
- The 10th-lowest of the 50 states and D.C.; the average is 33.8¢.
- What is the federal gas tax in New Hampshire?
- The federal gasoline tax is 18.4¢ per gallon in New Hampshire, the same as in every other state.
- Does New Hampshire charge local gas taxes too?
- EIA does not flag New Hampshire as allowing local option taxes.
Related to New Hampshire 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, “New Hampshire Gas Tax,” usgasgauge.com/gas-tax/new-hampshire. Source data: U.S. Energy Information Administration.