The price of a gallon of maple syrup
- Retail, 2025
- $56.70
- per gallon
- Wholesale
- $48.70
- per gallon
- Bulk
- $31.00
- per gallon · $2.80/lb
- All sales
- $35.60
- average per gallon
United States, 2025
One gallon, four prices
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service asks producers what they were paid, and since 2022 it reports three ways a gallon gets sold plus the average of all of them. Retail brought 1.83× the bulk price in 2025 (2.06× in 2024).
But only about a tenth of the crop gets the retail price. Of 5.70 million gallons, 77.4% went in bulk, 10.5% retail, 10.4% wholesale and 1.7% as value-added products (counted as syrup). That is why the all-sales average sits so close to the bulk price.
We describe each price by its Quick Stats item (retail, wholesale and bulk “price received”, per gallon across all container sizes). NASS’s own definitions pages refused automated access, so we don’t paraphrase them.
US average, 2025
Price per gallon, by how it was sold
- Retail10.5% of the crop$56.70/gal
- Wholesale10.4% of the crop$48.70/gal
- All-sales average$35.60/gal
- Bulk77.4% of the crop$31.00/gal
2024 for comparison: retail $59.50, wholesale $48.20, bulk $28.90, average $34.20.
13 states, 2025
Maple syrup prices by state
| State | Retail $/gal | Wholesale $/gal | Bulk $/gal | Bulk $/lb | All sales $/gal | Sold retail | Sold wholesale | Sold bulk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | $82.20 | withheld | withheld | withheld | $77.80 | 66.7% | withheld | withheld |
| Massachusetts | $68.50 | $52.10 | $28.90 | $2.62 | $57.60 | 48.9% | 26.7% | 13.3% |
| Minnesota | $70.80 | $63.90 | $35.30 | $3.20 | $50.40 | 28.0% | 16.0% | 52.0% |
| New Hampshire | $65.60 | $53.50 | $28.80 | $2.61 | $50.10 | 17.1% | 58.6% | 21.7% |
| Indiana | $50.50 | withheld | withheld | withheld | $48.20 | 54.2% | withheld | withheld |
| West Virginia | $56.90 | withheld | withheld | withheld | $48.00 | 40.0% | withheld | withheld |
| Ohio | $53.60 | $47.50 | $30.00 | $2.72 | $45.70 | 46.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% |
| Michigan | $61.50 | $45.80 | $30.00 | $2.72 | $42.00 | 22.8% | 29.4% | 46.7% |
| New York | $60.00 | $45.50 | $28.80 | $2.61 | $36.70 | 16.6% | 14.8% | 65.6% |
| Pennsylvania | $50.60 | $41.00 | $26.90 | $2.44 | $35.80 | 26.7% | 15.2% | 53.4% |
| Maine | $71.40 | $51.60 | $32.10 | $2.91 | $34.70 | 3.5% | 6.2% | 89.6% |
| Vermont | $51.40 | $50.30 | $31.80 | $2.89 | $33.80 | 5.5% | 5.1% | 88.4% |
| Wisconsin | $51.40 | $47.00 | $28.70 | $2.60 | $32.70 | 9.7% | 9.2% | 79.0% |
| Other states (combined) | $51.50 | $34.10 | $3.10 | |||||
| United States | $56.70 | $48.70 | $31.00 | $2.80 | $35.60 | 10.5% | 10.4% | 77.4% |
“Sold retail” etc. = gallons sold that way ÷ the state’s production (retail, wholesale, bulk and value-added sales add up to production; the value-added share is in the chart below). “Withheld” = NASS suppressed the cell to avoid disclosing individual operations; the withheld gallons and prices are folded into the “Other states” line. State names link to our county atlas.
The sales mix
Why a gallon can cost $31 or $91
Both are real USDA prices. $31.00 is what bulk syrup brought across the US in 2025. $91.20 is what Connecticut producers got per gallon at retail in 2024, the highest state retail price that year.
The state averages swing just as hard. Connecticut’s all-sales average was $77.80 in 2025; Wisconsin’s was $32.70 and Vermont’s $33.80. That isn’t a quality ranking, it’s a sales-channel ranking: Connecticut sold 66.7% of its crop retail, while Vermont sold 88.4% and Maine 89.6% in bulk.
The big producing states sell most of their crop in bulk; the small ones sell more of theirs in containers. If you’re pricing your own syrup, the retail and wholesale columns show what producers in your state were paid for containers, and the bulk column what bulk syrup brought. Our cost calculator tells you what each of your gallons cost to make.
How each state sold its 2025 crop
Share of the crop by sales type, and the average price it produced
- Retail
- Wholesale
- Bulk
- Value-added
- withheld
- United States$35.60
- Connecticut$77.80
- Massachusetts$57.60
- Minnesota$50.40
- New Hampshire$50.10
- Indiana$48.20
- West Virginia$48.00
- Ohio$45.70
- Michigan$42.00
- New York$36.70
- Pennsylvania$35.80
- Maine$34.70
- Vermont$33.80
- Wisconsin$32.70
US average price, all sales · 1992–2025
Producers earn less per gallon than in 1992, once you count inflation
- In 2024 dollars
- As paid (nominal)
See the numbers ↓See the numbers ↑
| Year | Nominal $/gal | In 2024 dollars | CPI-U |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $35.60 | no CPI yet | not published |
| 2024 | $34.20 | $34.20 | 313.689 |
| 2023 | $32.90 | $33.87 | 304.702 |
| 2022 | $34.50 | $36.98 | 292.655 |
| 2021 | $35.50 | $41.10 | 270.970 |
| 2020 | $31.30 | $37.94 | 258.811 |
| 2019 | $30.80 | $37.79 | 255.657 |
| 2018 | $33.30 | $41.60 | 251.107 |
| 2017 | $33.10 | $42.36 | 245.120 |
| 2016 | $35.20 | $46.01 | 240.007 |
| 2015 | $36.70 | $48.57 | 237.017 |
| 2014 | $36.40 | $48.23 | 236.736 |
| 2013 | $37.40 | $50.36 | 232.957 |
| 2012 | $38.60 | $52.74 | 229.594 |
| 2011 | $37.80 | $52.71 | 224.939 |
| 2010 | $37.40 | $53.80 | 218.056 |
| 2009 | $37.90 | $55.42 | 214.537 |
| 2008 | $40.70 | $59.30 | 215.303 |
| 2007 | $32.80 | $49.62 | 207.342 |
| 2006 | $31.00 | $48.24 | 201.592 |
| 2005 | $29.70 | $47.71 | 195.292 |
| 2004 | $28.40 | $47.17 | 188.883 |
| 2003 | $28.20 | $48.09 | 183.958 |
| 2002 | $27.50 | $47.96 | 179.875 |
| 2001 | $28.50 | $50.49 | 177.067 |
| 2000 | $27.50 | $50.10 | 172.200 |
| 1999 | $27.70 | $52.16 | 166.575 |
| 1998 | $28.00 | $53.88 | 163.008 |
| 1997 | $27.10 | $52.96 | 160.517 |
| 1996 | $26.90 | $53.80 | 156.850 |
| 1995 | $26.20 | $53.93 | 152.383 |
| 1994 | $24.40 | $51.64 | 148.225 |
| 1993 | $23.30 | $50.60 | 144.458 |
| 1992 | $23.80 | $53.21 | 140.317 |
Bulk syrup, price per pound
The barrel price: Vermont, the US and Québec
- Vermont (USD/lb)
- US (USD/lb)
- Québec (CAD/lb)
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| Year | Vermont USD/lb | US USD/lb | Québec CAD/lb | Québec in USD (PPAQ) | US weighted USD (PPAQ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.89 | $2.80 | 3.37 | ||
| 2024 | $2.54 | $2.60 | 3.32 | 2.38 | 2.62 |
| 2023 | $2.50 | $2.50 | 3.17 | 2.31 | 2.39 |
| 2022 | $2.75 | $2.70 | 3.01 | 2.28 | 2.40 |
| 2021 | $2.60 | 2.96 | 2.36 | 2.64 | |
| 2020 | $2.15 | 2.93 | 2.18 | 2.17 | |
| 2019 | $2.20 | 2.92 | 2.20 | 2.22 | |
| 2018 | $2.20 | 2.92 | 2.25 | 2.18 | |
| 2017 | $2.20 | 2.92 | 2.25 | 2.20 | |
| 2016 | $2.30 | 2.94 | 2.22 | 2.33 | |
| 2015 | $2.45 | 2.86 | 2.24 | 2.42 | |
| 2014 | $2.59 | 2.84 | 2.57 | 2.59 | |
| 2013 | $2.75 | 2.89 | 2.81 | 2.69 | |
| 2012 | $2.75 | 2.80 | 2.80 | 2.75 | |
| 2011 | $2.75 | 2.78 | 2.81 | 2.72 | |
| 2010 | $2.65 | 2.74 | |||
| 2009 | $2.90 | 2.74 | |||
| 2008 | $3.05 | 2.20 | |||
| 2007 | $2.05 | 2.19 | |||
| 2006 | $1.85 | 2.13 | |||
| 2005 | $1.70 | 2.14 | |||
| 2004 | $1.60 | 2.14 | |||
| 2003 | $1.60 | 2.02 | |||
| 2002 | $1.70 | 2.03 | |||
| 2001 | $1.90 | ||||
| 2000 | $1.60 | ||||
| 1999 | $1.80 | ||||
| 1998 | $1.80 | ||||
| 1997 | $1.58 | ||||
| 1996 | $1.48 | ||||
| 1995 | $1.46 | ||||
| 1994 | $1.30 | ||||
| 1993 | $1.31 |
The biggest one-year move in 34 years of USDA prices
2008: the year the barrel price leapt
The US all-sales average rose +24.1% in one year, from $32.80 to $40.70, the largest move in the series. Vermont’s bulk price went from $2.05 to $3.05 a pound (+49%), and Québec’s convention price for AA and A syrup from 2.29 (2008) to 2.75 CAD a pound (2009).
It came right after Québec’s two smallest crops in PPAQ’s 2002–2025 table: 61.7 million pounds in 2007 and 58.8 million in 2008. Québec makes most of the world’s maple syrup (PPAQ puts it at 71.7% in 2025), so its crop is the one the whole market watches.
Québec crop, million pounds · PPAQ
The two smallest crops in the table are shaded brown. PPAQ table 2.3 (latest edition per year).
Before it's syrup
What sap is worth: about $0.30 a gallon
Some tappers sell sap instead of boiling it. NASS started asking in 2022: in 2025, producers sold 14.08 million gallons of sap at an average of $0.30 a gallon (Vermont $0.30, Wisconsin $0.32).
The first survey year is the odd one out: the US average was $0.70 in 2022, more than double every year since. Treat 2022 as a transition year (it is one in NASS’s data in other ways too). To see what that sap would make as syrup, run it through the sap-to-syrup calculator.
| State | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Sold 2025, gal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $0.70 | $0.30 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 14,082,900 |
| Connecticut | withheld | withheld | |||
| Indiana | withheld | withheld | |||
| Maine | withheld | withheld | withheld | ||
| Massachusetts | $0.33 | $0.28 | 29,200 | ||
| Michigan | withheld | $0.34 | withheld | $0.35 | 32,000 |
| Minnesota | withheld | ||||
| New Hampshire | $0.27 | $0.28 | $0.24 | withheld | withheld |
| New York | $0.52 | $0.23 | $0.17 | $0.25 | 657,000 |
| Ohio | $0.36 | withheld | withheld | ||
| Pennsylvania | $0.35 | withheld | withheld | withheld | |
| Vermont | $0.90 | $0.31 | $0.29 | $0.30 | 10,732,000 |
| West Virginia | withheld | withheld | withheld | ||
| Wisconsin | $0.29 | $0.33 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 2,221,000 |
| Other states (combined) | $1.55 | $0.22 | $0.30 | $0.27 | 411,700 |
Read this before comparing years
The 2022 definition break
Until 2021, NASS priced syrup by the container: a gallon jug, a half gallon, a quart, a pint and a half pint (plus 34, 12 and 8.5 oz bottles from 2013), with bulk prices and an all-sales average alongside. From 2022, the container prices stop. NASS now publishes retail, wholesale and bulk prices per gallon across all sizes, plus gallons sold by type and grade. So a 2022 “retail price per gallon” is not the same thing as a 2021 gallon-jug price, and no continuous retail series runs across the break. The all-sales average, the one series that does, is the long chart above. And throughout, “price received” means what producers were paid, not shelf prices.
Before the break
The gallon jug at the farm, 1993 vs 2021
| State | 1993 | 2021 | 1993 (2024$) | 2021 (2024$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | $31.30 | $61.40 | $67.97 | $71.08 |
| Michigan | $24.20 | $47.70 | $52.55 | $55.22 |
| New Hampshire | $31.00 | $65.50 | $67.32 | $75.83 |
| New York | $26.80 | $45.60 | $58.20 | $52.79 |
| Pennsylvania | $27.10 | $41.30 | $58.85 | $47.81 |
| Vermont | $26.60 | $46.30 | $57.76 | $53.60 |
| Wisconsin | $23.80 | $45.20 | $51.68 | $52.33 |
FAQ
Maple syrup price questions
- How much is a gallon of maple syrup?
- It depends on who's buying. In USDA's 2025 survey, US producers got $56.70 a gallon for retail sales, $48.70 wholesale and $31.00 in bulk; across all sales the average was $35.60. Those are prices paid to producers. USDA doesn't track supermarket shelf prices.
- Why is maple syrup so expensive?
- USDA can answer half of that question: what producers are paid. Bulk syrup averaged $31.00 a gallon in 2025 ($2.80 a pound), and in 2024 the all-sales average of $34.20 was 36% lower than 1992's once you adjust for inflation. Retail sales brought 1.83× the bulk price, and everything that happens after the farm (bottling, shipping, the store) isn't in USDA's numbers.
- What is the wholesale price of maple syrup per gallon?
- $48.70 a gallon in 2025, the US average for syrup producers sold in wholesale containers, from $41.00 in Pennsylvania to $63.90 in Minnesota. Bulk syrup is a separate category: $31.00 a gallon, or $2.80 a pound.
- What is the price of maple syrup per gallon by state?
- In 2025 the retail price ranged from $82.20 a gallon in Connecticut to $50.50 in Indiana (in 2024: $91.20 in Connecticut, $47.00 in Indiana). The all-sales average ran from $77.80 in Connecticut to $32.70 in Wisconsin, mostly because of how much each state sells in bulk.
- How much is bulk maple syrup per pound?
- $2.80 a pound in 2025, the US average NASS reports for bulk syrup of all grades ($2.44 in Pennsylvania up to $3.20 in Minnesota). In Québec, PPAQ's weighted bulk price was 3.37 Canadian dollars a pound in 2025, and PPAQ's convention price for golden syrup was 3.36 CAD.
Price your own syrup
Sources · 10
- 1.Quick Stats: maple syrup survey data (program SURVEY) · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
- 2.Crop Production, June reports: maple syrup tables, 1995–2013 editions · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service via ESMIS
- 3.CPI-U, all items, US city average (CUUR0000SA0), annual averages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics
- 4.Statistiques acéricoles 2025 · Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec (PPAQ)
- 5.Statistiques acéricoles 2024 · Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec (PPAQ)
- 6.Statistiques acéricoles 2023 · Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec (PPAQ)
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- 7.Statistiques acéricoles 2022 · Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec (PPAQ)
- 8.Statistiques acéricoles 2021 · Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec (PPAQ)
- 9.Statistiques acéricoles 2020 · Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec (PPAQ)
- 10.Statistiques acéricoles 2019 · Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec (PPAQ)
Every figure on this page is read from the official tables in our research pack (built 2026-10-07): USDA NASS Quick Stats is a living database, so this is a snapshot. Nothing is interpolated; blanks are cells the agency did not publish.
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