Vermont Gas Tax
What Vermont and the federal government charge per gallon of gasoline, from U.S. Energy Information Administration data as of July 2026.
What makes up Vermont’s 49.7¢
| Vermont state excise tax | 12.1¢ |
| Other Vermont taxes & fees sales/use taxes, inspection and environmental fees | 19.2¢ |
| Total Vermont state tax | 31.3¢ |
| Federal excise + LUST fee 18.3¢ excise + 0.1¢ LUST, unchanged since 1993 | 18.4¢ |
| Combined state + federal | 49.7¢ |
Petroleum Distributor Licensing Fee: $0.0100/gal. Motor Fuel Transportation Infrastructure Assessment (MFTIA) fee: gasoline $0.0476/gal; diesel $0.0300/gal. Motor Fuel Tax Assessment (MFTA) applies to gasoline only: $0.1340/gal. Clean up fee applies to diesel only: $0.0100/gal.
How much of a gallon in Vermont is tax
Vermont gasoline currently averages $4.45 a gallon. Against that, the 49.7¢ of combined state and federal tax is about 11.1% 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.
Vermont vs. the other 50 states
Vermont’s state gas tax of 31.3¢ is 2.5¢ below the 33.8¢ average across 50 states and D.C. — the 25th-highest, or equivalently the 27th-lowest.
Vermont gas tax, answered
- What is the gas tax in Vermont?
- Vermont charges 31.3¢ per gallon in state gasoline taxes — 12.1¢ of state excise tax plus 19.2¢ in other state taxes and fees. Adding the 18.4¢ federal tax brings the total to 49.7¢ 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 Vermont's gas tax compare to other states?
- Vermont's state gasoline tax of 31.3¢ per gallon ranks 25th-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 Vermont?
- The federal gasoline tax is 18.4¢ per gallon in Vermont, 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 Vermont is tax?
- With Vermont gasoline averaging $4.45 per gallon, the 49.7¢ of combined state and federal tax is about 11.1% of the pump price. Local taxes, where they apply, are on top of that.
- Does Vermont charge local gas taxes too?
- EIA does not flag Vermont 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 Vermont 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.