Diesel costs 11 minutes of work per gallon, gas 8

Name: Minutes of work per gallon of US diesel and gasoline, monthly since 1994
Creator: Kadoa
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Minutes of average US hourly pay to buy a gallon of diesel or regular gas.

Minutes of work per gallon

Month	Diesel, minutes	Gas, minutes	Diesel price	Gas price	Hourly pay
October 2026	11.5	7.9	$6.25	$4.31	$32.75
September 2026	11.6	8.0	$6.29	$4.36	$32.63
August 2026	10.1	7.5	$5.46	$4.06	$32.55
July 2026	9.2	7.3	$4.96	$3.93	$32.42
June 2026	9.3	7.5	$5.02	$4.05	$32.38
May 2026	10.4	8.3	$5.60	$4.48	$32.31
April 2026	10.2	7.6	$5.50	$4.10	$32.23
March 2026	9.2	6.8	$4.92	$3.64	$32.12
February 2026	7.0	5.4	$3.72	$2.91	$32.04
January 2026	6.6	5.3	$3.52	$2.81	$31.94
December 2025	6.8	5.5	$3.62	$2.89	$31.83
November 2025	7.2	5.8	$3.82	$3.05	$31.79
October 2025	7.0	5.8	$3.68	$3.06	$31.70
September 2025	7.1	6.0	$3.75	$3.17	$31.56
August 2025	7.1	6.0	$3.74	$3.13	$31.49
July 2025	7.2	6.0	$3.78	$3.13	$31.39
June 2025	6.9	6.0	$3.60	$3.15	$31.31
May 2025	6.7	6.1	$3.50	$3.15	$31.20
April 2025	6.9	6.1	$3.57	$3.17	$31.09
March 2025	6.9	6.0	$3.58	$3.10	$31.02
February 2025	7.1	6.1	$3.67	$3.12	$30.89
January 2025	7.1	6.0	$3.63	$3.08	$30.79
December 2024	6.8	5.9	$3.49	$3.02	$30.66
November 2024	6.9	6.0	$3.52	$3.05	$30.56

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About the data

We divide the month's average price of a gallon by average hourly pay, then turn that into minutes.
Pay is BLS average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers, before tax.
EIA's diesel prices start in 1994.