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  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Dataset",
  "name": "TruckMargin trucking market snapshot",
  "description": "A dated, machine-readable reference for the public diesel defaults and national truckload-rate context used by TruckMargin calculators.",
  "url": "https://truckmargin.com/data/trucking-market-snapshot.json",
  "dateModified": "2026-10-20",
  "license": "https://truckmargin.com/terms",
  "isAccessibleForFree": true,
  "creator": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "TruckMargin",
    "url": "https://truckmargin.com"
  },
  "variableMeasured": [
    "U.S. on-highway diesel price",
    "EIA PADD diesel prices",
    "National truckload spot-rate context"
  ],
  "fuel": {
    "coverage": "United States on-highway diesel fuel",
    "observationWeek": "2026-10-19",
    "releaseDate": "2026-10-20",
    "unit": "USD per gallon, taxes included",
    "nationalAverage": 6.276,
    "changeFromPriorWeek": 0.097,
    "regions": [
      {
        "name": "East Coast (PADD 1)",
        "price": 5.984,
        "changeFromPriorWeek": 0.076
      },
      {
        "name": "Midwest (PADD 2)",
        "price": 6.352,
        "changeFromPriorWeek": 0.093
      },
      {
        "name": "Gulf Coast (PADD 3)",
        "price": 5.903,
        "changeFromPriorWeek": 0.094
      },
      {
        "name": "Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)",
        "price": 6.422,
        "changeFromPriorWeek": 0.12
      },
      {
        "name": "West Coast (PADD 5)",
        "price": 7.394,
        "changeFromPriorWeek": 0.154
      },
      {
        "name": "West Coast less California",
        "price": 6.659,
        "changeFromPriorWeek": 0.156
      },
      {
        "name": "California",
        "price": 8.242,
        "changeFromPriorWeek": 0.151
      }
    ],
    "source": {
      "name": "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update",
      "url": "https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/"
    },
    "stateModel": {
      "baselineObservationWeek": "2026-09-07",
      "method": "Preserve the published baseline modeled state-to-region offsets and add the change in the applicable EIA PADD average. Non-California western states use West Coast less California. California uses its direct EIA price.",
      "limitation": "This refresh does not resurvey AAA state averages. Historical state offsets may no longer match current differences between states; estimates are not retail-station quotes.",
      "estimates": [
        {
          "state": "California",
          "price": 8.242
        },
        {
          "state": "Hawaii",
          "price": 8.24
        },
        {
          "state": "Washington",
          "price": 7.19
        },
        {
          "state": "Indiana",
          "price": 6.72
        },
        {
          "state": "Illinois",
          "price": 6.65
        },
        {
          "state": "Idaho",
          "price": 6.56
        },
        {
          "state": "Michigan",
          "price": 6.56
        },
        {
          "state": "Ohio",
          "price": 6.53
        },
        {
          "state": "Oregon",
          "price": 6.47
        },
        {
          "state": "Minnesota",
          "price": 6.44
        },
        {
          "state": "North Dakota",
          "price": 6.44
        },
        {
          "state": "Pennsylvania",
          "price": 6.43
        },
        {
          "state": "Utah",
          "price": 6.43
        },
        {
          "state": "Wyoming",
          "price": 6.39
        },
        {
          "state": "Iowa",
          "price": 6.38
        },
        {
          "state": "Montana",
          "price": 6.38
        },
        {
          "state": "Nevada",
          "price": 6.38
        },
        {
          "state": "Colorado",
          "price": 6.35
        },
        {
          "state": "Tennessee",
          "price": 6.32
        },
        {
          "state": "South Dakota",
          "price": 6.29
        },
        {
          "state": "Wisconsin",
          "price": 6.29
        },
        {
          "state": "New York",
          "price": 6.27
        },
        {
          "state": "Maine",
          "price": 6.26
        },
        {
          "state": "Nebraska",
          "price": 6.25
        },
        {
          "state": "Kansas",
          "price": 6.19
        },
        {
          "state": "Kentucky",
          "price": 6.19
        },
        {
          "state": "Missouri",
          "price": 6.13
        },
        {
          "state": "Connecticut",
          "price": 6.12
        },
        {
          "state": "Massachusetts",
          "price": 6.12
        },
        {
          "state": "New Mexico",
          "price": 6.12
        },
        {
          "state": "Vermont",
          "price": 6.11
        },
        {
          "state": "District of Columbia",
          "price": 6.1
        },
        {
          "state": "New Hampshire",
          "price": 6.06
        },
        {
          "state": "Rhode Island",
          "price": 6.06
        },
        {
          "state": "Alabama",
          "price": 6.05
        },
        {
          "state": "Arizona",
          "price": 6.05
        },
        {
          "state": "Maryland",
          "price": 5.99
        },
        {
          "state": "Delaware",
          "price": 5.91
        },
        {
          "state": "Alaska",
          "price": 5.9
        },
        {
          "state": "New Jersey",
          "price": 5.88
        },
        {
          "state": "Florida",
          "price": 5.87
        },
        {
          "state": "Arkansas",
          "price": 5.86
        },
        {
          "state": "Oklahoma",
          "price": 5.86
        },
        {
          "state": "Louisiana",
          "price": 5.82
        },
        {
          "state": "Mississippi",
          "price": 5.81
        },
        {
          "state": "West Virginia",
          "price": 5.8
        },
        {
          "state": "Virginia",
          "price": 5.78
        },
        {
          "state": "Georgia",
          "price": 5.76
        },
        {
          "state": "Texas",
          "price": 5.76
        },
        {
          "state": "North Carolina",
          "price": 5.69
        },
        {
          "state": "South Carolina",
          "price": 5.51
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "freightRateContext": {
    "latestPublishedMonthlySpot": {
      "period": "2026-09",
      "unit": "USD per mile, including fuel surcharge",
      "dryVan": 3.01,
      "reefer": 3.62,
      "flatbed": 3.61,
      "source": {
        "name": "DAT, Truckload rates rise in September as diesel tops $6 a gallon",
        "url": "https://www.dat.com/company/news-events/news-releases/dat-truckload-rates-rise-in-september-as-diesel-tops-6-a-gallon",
        "publicationDate": "2026-10-13"
      }
    },
    "latestPublishedMonthlyLinehaul": {
      "period": "2026-09",
      "unit": "USD per mile, excluding an estimated fuel surcharge; not directly comparable to all-in spot rates",
      "dryVan": 2.17,
      "reefer": 2.7,
      "flatbed": 2.6,
      "source": {
        "name": "DAT, Truckload rates rise in September as diesel tops $6 a gallon",
        "url": "https://www.dat.com/company/news-events/news-releases/dat-truckload-rates-rise-in-september-as-diesel-tops-6-a-gallon",
        "publicationDate": "2026-10-13"
      }
    }
  },
  "methodology": "Fuel values are direct EIA weekly national and regional averages; state estimates preserve historical offsets as described in stateModel. Freight values are from the same completed DAT month and remain separate by definition: all-in spot rates include a fuel surcharge, while linehaul figures exclude an estimated fuel surcharge. Calculator outputs are estimates; price each actual lane and fuel purchase independently."
}