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Build America Transportation Investment Center (BATIC) Institute: An AASHTO Center for Excellence
Build America Transportation Investment Center (BATIC) Institute: An AASHTO Center for Excellence

State by State

Maryland

What's this: Effective Date | Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles
  Gasoline Diesel  
Excise Tax Rate (cents/gallon) 26.2 27  
State Fees (cents/gallon) 0 0  
State Sales Taxes (cents/gallon) 10.5 10.5  
Other Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Local Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Total (cents/gallon) 36.7 37.5
Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles(cents/gallon) - 37.5  
Effective Date 7/1/2019 7/1/2019  
Histogram View state benchmarking data for 1992 to 2019 in graphical (histogram) format.
Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013 indexed rates to changes in CPI (capped at 8% of prior year's rate). It also imposes a sales and use tax equivalent on gasoline and diesel based on average annual retail price excluding federal and state taxes.

2016 Snapshot data is derived from the 2016 Transportation Governance and Finance.

1992-2019 data is derived from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, FHWA Highway Statistics, American Petroleum Institute, state government websites (motor fuel tax data), and toll facility owner/operator websites.