Ohio Gas Tax
What Ohio and the federal government charge per gallon of gasoline, from U.S. Energy Information Administration data as of July 2026.
What makes up Ohio’s 56.9¢
| Ohio state excise tax | 38.5¢ |
| Other Ohio taxes & fees sales/use taxes, inspection and environmental fees | — |
| Total Ohio state tax | 38.5¢ |
| Federal excise + LUST fee 18.3¢ excise + 0.1¢ LUST, unchanged since 1993 | 18.4¢ |
| Combined state + federal | 56.9¢ |
Petroleum Activity Tax (PAT): 0.65% on the gross receipts from the first sale, transfer, exchange, or other disposition of motor fuel in Ohio to a point outside of the distribution system.
How much of a gallon in Ohio is tax
Ohio gasoline currently averages $4.15 a gallon. Against that, the 56.9¢ of combined state and federal tax is about 13.7% 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. The two are published on different schedules, so the share moves as prices move even when the tax does not.
Ohio vs. the other 50 states
Ohio’s state gas tax of 38.5¢ is 4.7¢ above the 33.8¢ average across 50 states and D.C. — the 15th-highest, or equivalently the 37th-lowest.
Ohio gas tax, answered
- What is the gas tax in Ohio?
- Ohio charges 38.5¢ per gallon in state gasoline taxes — 38.5¢ of state excise tax. Adding the 18.4¢ federal tax brings the total to 56.9¢ per gallon, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data as of July 2026. These are state and federal taxes only and exclude county and local taxes.
- How does Ohio's gas tax compare to other states?
- Ohio's state gasoline tax of 38.5¢ per gallon ranks 15th-highest of the 50 states and D.C. that EIA lists, against an average of 33.8¢. The highest is California at 73.6¢ and the lowest is Alaska at 8.9¢.
- What is the federal gas tax in Ohio?
- The federal gasoline tax is 18.4¢ per gallon in Ohio, the same as in every other state — 18.3¢ of excise tax plus a 0.1¢ Leaking Underground Storage Tank fee. It has been unchanged since 1993.
- How much of the price of gas in Ohio is tax?
- With Ohio gasoline averaging $4.15 per gallon, the 56.9¢ of combined state and federal tax is about 13.7% of the pump price. Local taxes, where they apply, are on top of that.
- Does Ohio charge local gas taxes too?
- EIA does not flag Ohio as a state where local option taxes are allowed. Its table covers taxes of general application and excludes county and local taxes in every state, so treat the figures here as state and federal only.
Related to Ohio gas tax
Tax rates from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Federal and state motor fuels taxes”, edition July 2026 (revised August 2026) (as of July 2026), published on EIA’s Petroleum Marketing Monthly page and reissued each January and July. EIA lists taxes “of general application … exclusive of county and local taxes”; rates are for gasoline.