Cannabis Prices in 2026: Average Prices by Category and State

• The average cannabis product sold for $15.91 in US dispensaries, and the average basket came to $45.18 (Headset point-of-sale data, June 2026).
• An eighth of flower (3.5g) costs $20.64 on average; dispensaries in Headset's 12 tracked US markets sold 10.2 million eighths in June 2026 alone.
• A single-gram package of flower averages $8.94; across all package sizes, packaged flower averages $3.62 per gram (June 2026).
• An ounce of flower (28g) averages $48.10, or $1.72 per gram, about one fifth of the single-gram rate (June 2026).
• Average eighth prices range from $11.55 in Oregon to $31.11 in Ohio, a 2.7x spread across state lines (June 2026).
• Packaged flower prices fell 5.7% per gram year over year, and the average discount rate rose from 22.8% to 26.0% (June 2026).

What does weed cost? According to Headset point-of-sale data, the average cannabis product sold for $15.91 in June 2026, the average eighth of flower cost $20.64, and the average dispensary basket came to $45.18. Unlike crowdsourced surveys or scraped menus, every figure on this page is computed from actual register transactions at licensed dispensaries across 12 US markets.

This page is the national and per-unit layer: what weed costs by the gram, eighth, quarter, and ounce, how average prices compare across categories and states, and which direction prices are moving. For brands setting price lists and retailers checking their menus against the market, these are the benchmarks. For state-level depth, every market in the comparison table below links to its own page with monthly pricing and best-seller data.

How Much Does Weed Cost?

According to Headset point-of-sale data, the average cannabis product sold for $15.91 in June 2026, down 3.3% from $16.46 a year earlier. The average dispensary shopper spent $45.18 per visit across 2.84 items. All prices on this page are what customers actually paid at the register, after discounts and before taxes.

What weed costs depends first on the format:

Average item price is a mix measure as much as a price measure: flower's average rose 0.9% even as its per-gram price fell, because shoppers shifted toward larger packages. The per-unit breakdowns below are the cleaner way to answer what a given amount of weed costs. Each category link goes to that category's full sales and pricing breakdown.

Weed Prices Per Gram

According to Headset point-of-sale data, a single-gram package of flower cost $8.94 on average in June 2026. Across all packaged flower sizes combined, the equivalized price was $3.62 per gram, because most flower leaves the store in larger packages at much lower per-gram rates.

The volume discount in flower is steep and consistent. An ounce costs 5.4x the price of a single-gram package while holding 28 times the flower: per gram, buying by the ounce costs about one fifth of buying gram by gram.

How Much Does an Eighth of Weed Cost?

An eighth of weed (3.5 grams) cost $20.64 on average in June 2026, down 0.9% from a year earlier, according to Headset point-of-sale data. The eighth is the standard unit of US flower retail: dispensaries in Headset's 12 tracked markets sold 10.2 million eighths in June 2026, more units than any other flower package size.

Where you shop matters more than when. Average eighth prices run from $11.55 in Oregon to $31.11 in Ohio, so a premium eighth in a mature, supply-heavy market can cost less than a budget eighth in a newer limited-license market. The full state comparison is in the table below.

How Much Does a Quarter, Half, or Ounce of Weed Cost?

According to Headset point-of-sale data for June 2026, a quarter of weed (7 grams) cost $29.86 on average, a half ounce (14 grams) cost $42.06, and a full ounce (28 grams) cost $48.10.

The ounce, also called a zip, is where the per-gram math gets aggressive: at $1.72 per gram, an ounce costs about 2.3x an eighth while holding eight times the flower. Larger formats are also where prices are moving fastest. Quarters fell 5.3% year over year and half ounces fell 3.5%, while single grams held roughly flat, as oversupplied markets push their value pricing into bulk sizes.

Weed Prices by State

State lines move cannabis prices more than any other variable. According to Headset point-of-sale data, the average packaged eighth costs $11.55 in Oregon and $31.11 in Ohio, a 2.7x spread inside one country. Mature Western markets with open licensing and heavy cultivation supply sit at the bottom of the table; newer, limited-license Midwest and East Coast markets sit at the top.

Each market above links to its full Headset market page with current best-sellers, category pricing, and monthly trends. That is the level where pricing decisions actually get made; this table is the cross-market view.

Are Weed Prices Going Up or Down?

Down, in the terms that matter to shoppers. According to Headset point-of-sale data, packaged flower fell from $3.84 to $3.62 per gram between June 2025 and June 2026, a 5.7% decline. Average item prices fell year over year in six of nine product categories, with edibles (-4.3%), beverages (-3.6%), and concentrates (-3.4%) compressing fastest.

Discounting is doing much of the work. The average discount rate across Headset's tracked US markets rose from 22.8% in June 2025 to 26.0% in June 2026, meaning more than a quarter of shelf value is now given back at the register. Combined with the shift toward larger package sizes, the result is a market where the sticker price of a typical item barely moves while the effective price of a gram keeps falling.