Fuel surcharges update every week and can add 20%+ to your base shipping rate. This tracker pulls the current EIA diesel price automatically, shows how it has trended over the past 8 weeks, and links to the UPS and FedEx pages that publish this week's percentages.
How it works: UPS updates surcharges every Monday based on the prior week's EIA diesel price. FedEx updates every Wednesday. Both use the U.S. national average on-highway diesel price published by the Energy Information Administration.
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| Week of | Diesel $/gal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2026 NOW | $6.13 | ▼0.165 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $6.29 | ▼0.060 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $6.35 | ▲0.076 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $6.28 | ▲0.097 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $6.18 | ▼0.020 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $6.20 | ▼0.183 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $6.38 | ▼0.147 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $6.53 | — |
Data: U.S. EIA National Average On-Highway Diesel Fuel Price. UPS surcharges effective Monday following EIA release. FedEx effective Wednesday.
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A fuel surcharge is a percentage of your base shipping rate added to every invoice by UPS and FedEx to offset the cost of diesel and jet fuel. It's not a flat fee — it scales with your shipping spend. A $200 base rate with a 22% surcharge adds $44 to the bill. On 500 shipments per month that's $22,000/month in fuel surcharges alone.
The rate changes every week, and the carriers have updated their surcharge tables — the formulas that convert diesel prices into surcharge percentages — multiple times in 2025 and 2026. This means surcharges go up even when diesel prices stay flat. How fuel surcharge tables work →
| Service | Index used | Updates | Current rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPS Ground / Ground Saver | EIA On-Highway Diesel | Every Monday | See UPS |
| UPS Air (NDA, 2DA, 3DS) | EIA USGC Jet Fuel | Every Monday | See UPS |
| FedEx Ground / Home Delivery | DOE On-Highway Diesel | Every Wednesday | See FedEx |
| FedEx Express | DOE USGC Jet Fuel | Every Wednesday | Varies by service |
This week (Nov 9, 2026), EIA diesel is $6.13/gallon. UPS and FedEx publish their Ground fuel surcharges every week: UPS Ground is published on UPS’s fuel surcharge page, and FedEx Ground is published on FedEx’s fuel surcharge page. Always check the carrier's own page for the rate that applies to your account.
UPS uses the prior week's EIA national average on-highway diesel price. Each diesel price band maps to a surcharge percentage in UPS's published table. Surcharges update every Monday and apply through Sunday.
Carriers update their surcharge tables — the formulas that convert diesel prices into percentages — periodically. UPS updated its table in January 2026 and March 2026, adding 1% to every band each time. This means surcharges can increase even when fuel prices stay flat.
They use the same EIA diesel index but different tables and update on different days (UPS on Monday, FedEx on Wednesday). Each carrier publishes its own percentage on its fuel surcharge page.