Dataset Excel:

Notes:

Regular motor gasoline (all formulations) and on-highway diesel fuel prices are retail prices and include taxes paid by the end-user. On-highway diesel does not include biodiesel or other alternative fuels. Jet fuel prices are based on sales to end-users (sales made directly to the ultimate consumer, including bulk customers in agriculture, industry, and utility) but do not include tax. Railroad diesel fuel prices are the average price paid by freight railroads and include taxes paid. Data are an annual average of monthly fuel prices. The average price for gasoline and diesel fuel no 2. in this figure differs from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics Table 3-11. Diesel fuel prices in Table 3-11 exclude taxes paid by the end-user, while the series in this figure includes them. Gasoline prices in Table 3-11 are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index Average Price Data (as reported on the Energy Information Administration’s website), while the series in this figure are those collected by the Energy Information Administration. Differences in methodology cause the price values across th  two sources to differ slightly. Shaded bars indicate economic recessions.

Description:

This bar chart is from the 2024 Transportation Statistics Annual Report.

Source:

All data except rail: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, available at https://www.eia.gov/opendata/qb.php (series id = EMA_EPJK_PTG_NUS_DPG, EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG, EMD_EPD2D_PTE_NUS_DPG, EMA_EPPV_PTG_NUS_DPG). Rail: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), p. 46 and similar tables in earlier editions, as featured in Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, Table 3-11: Sales Price of Transportation Fuel to End-Users (current cents/gallon), available at https://www.bts.gov/content/sales price-transportation-fuel-end-users-current-cents-gallon as of September 2024.