Utah Gas Tax
What Utah and the federal government charge per gallon of gasoline, from U.S. Energy Information Administration data as of July 2026.
What makes up Utah’s 57.0¢
| Utah state excise tax | 37.9¢ |
| Other Utah taxes & fees sales/use taxes, inspection and environmental fees | 0.7¢ |
| Total Utah state tax | 38.6¢ |
| Federal excise + LUST fee 18.3¢ excise + 0.1¢ LUST, unchanged since 1993 | 18.4¢ |
| Combined state + federal | 57.0¢ |
Environmental Assurance fee: $0.0065/gal.
How much of a gallon in Utah is tax
Utah gasoline currently averages $4.66 a gallon. Against that, the 57.0¢ of combined state and federal tax is about 12.2% 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.
Utah vs. the other 50 states
Utah’s state gas tax of 38.6¢ is 4.8¢ above the 33.8¢ average across 50 states and D.C. — the 14th-highest, or equivalently the 38th-lowest.
Utah gas tax, answered
- What is the gas tax in Utah?
- Utah charges 38.6¢ per gallon in state gasoline taxes — 37.9¢ of state excise tax plus 0.7¢ in other state taxes and fees. Adding the 18.4¢ federal tax brings the total to 57.0¢ 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 Utah's gas tax compare to other states?
- Utah's state gasoline tax of 38.6¢ per gallon ranks 14th-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 Utah?
- The federal gasoline tax is 18.4¢ per gallon in Utah, 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 Utah is tax?
- With Utah gasoline averaging $4.66 per gallon, the 57.0¢ of combined state and federal tax is about 12.2% of the pump price. Local taxes, where they apply, are on top of that.
- Does Utah charge local gas taxes too?
- EIA does not flag Utah 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 Utah 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.