10 States With the Highest Gas Prices

3. Washington

Price of Gas per Gallon: $4.666

Washington has one of the highest gas taxes in the country, at 49.4 cents per gallon. Those taxes are how the state has funded many recent highway projects. The Evergreen State’s new carbon cap program is also adding to the high gas prices for its consumers.

Washington lawmakers embarked in early 2012 to learn if charging drivers for the miles they travel could eventually replace taxing them on every gallon of fuel they buy. The concern then, and now, is that gas tax receipts are in a slow decline as passenger cars get more fuel efficient and electric vehicles become more prevalent.

Washington ranks among the top 5 states with the highest gas prices.