Gasoline prices averaged $3.605 per gallon in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area in June 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that area gasoline prices decreased 28.8 percent from last June when they averaged $5.061 per gallon. Washington area households paid an average of 16.9 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity in June 2023, 15.8 percent higher than the 14.6 cents in June 2022. The average price of utility (piped) gas at $1.544 per therm in June 2023 was down 21.6 percent from $1.970 per therm a year earlier. (Data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year-analysis is used throughout.)

At $3.605 per gallon, Washington area consumers paid 5.7 percent less than the national average of $3.821 for a gallon of gasoline in June 2023. From 2019 to 2022, prices for a gallon of gasoline in Washington ranged from 2.8 to 0.9 percent below those for the nation in June. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

  

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Chart 1. Average prices for gasoline, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria and United States, June 2019 - June 2023

Period	United States	Washington
Jun-19	$2.814	$2.790
Jun-20	$2.141	$2.090
Jun-21	$3.245	$3.153
Jun-22	$5.149	$5.061
Jun-23	$3.821	$3.605
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The 16.9 cents per kWh that Washington households paid for electricity in June 2023 was 0.6 percent below the nationwide average of 17.0 cents. Last June, the price per kWh for electricity in Washington was 8.8 percent below the national average. From 2019 to 2021, electricity prices for the Washington area ranged from 5.0 to 4.2 percent below those for the nation in June. (See chart 2.)

  

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Chart 2. Average prices for electricity, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria and United States, June 2019 - June 2023

Period	United States	Washington
Jun-19	$0.139	$0.132
Jun-20	$0.137	$0.131
Jun-21	$0.142	$0.136
Jun-22	$0.160	$0.146
Jun-23	$0.170	$0.169
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The price paid by Washington area consumers for utility (piped) gas, commonly referred to as natural gas, was $1.544 per therm in June 2023, 12.6 percent above the national average of $1.371 per therm. Last June, the price for utility (piped) gas in Washington was 16.0 percent higher than the national average. From 2019 to 2021, the price for utility (piped) gas in the Washington area ranged from 22.9 to 27.4 percent above the national average in June. (See chart 3.)

  

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Chart 3. Average prices for utility (piped) gas, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria and United States, June 2019 - June 2023

Period	United States	Washington
19-Jun	$1.035	$1.272
20-Jun	$1.037	$1.309
21-Jun	$1.219	$1.553
22-Jun	$1.699	$1.970
23-Jun	$1.371	$1.544
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MA-WV, Core Based Statistical Area includes the District of Columbia; the counties of Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George’s in Maryland; the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park and the counties of Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren in Virginia; and the county of Jefferson in West Virginia.

The Consumer Price Index for July 2023 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, August 10, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

Average prices are estimated from Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for selected commodity series to support the research and analytic needs of CPI data users. Average prices for electricity, utility (piped) gas, and gasoline are published monthly for the U.S. city average, the 4 regions, the 3 population size classes, 10 region/size-class cross-classifications, and the 14 largest local index areas. For electricity, average prices per kilowatt-hour (kWh) are published. For utility (piped) gas, average prices per therm are published. For gasoline, the average price per gallon is published. Average prices for commonly available grades of gasoline are published as well as the average price across all grades.

All eligible prices are converted to a price per normalized quantity. These prices are then used to estimate a price for a defined fixed quantity. The average price per kilowatt-hour represents the total bill divided by the kilowatt-hour usage. The total bill is the sum of all items applicable to all consumers appearing on an electricity bill including, but not limited to, variable rates per kWh, fixed costs, taxes, surcharges, and credits. This calculation also applies to the average price per therm for utility (piped) gas.

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