Virginia
What running a truck through Virginia costs in fuel tax, what the state pays the people who drive them, and how many carriers actually call it home. Every figure is pulled from a public source and dated, and the per-mile numbers are worked at 6.0 mpg.
Fuel tax
$0.4790
Per gallon, 4Q2026. Rank 9 of 47.
Costs you
7.98c
Per mile at 6.0 mpg.
Median driver pay
$56,860
May 2025. Rank 38 of 51.
Active carriers
14,668
Interstate, based in Virginia. Rank 14 of 51.
Fuel tax
A rate of $0.3360 plus a $0.1430 surcharge you cannot cover at the pump. What the two together cost per mile.
Driver pay
A median of $56,860, a tenth percentile of $38,180 and a ninetieth of $77,040. What the spread says about the market.
Carriers
14,668 active interstate carriers running 109,196 trucks between them, at an average of 7.4 each.
How Virginia compares
The average diesel rate across the 47 states that publish one is $0.3681, so Virginia sits above it by $0.1109 a gallon. Over 100,000 miles at 6.0 mpg that difference is $1,849. Nationally, 47% of active interstate carriers run one truck; here it is 48%.
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