Weekly intelligence
UPS and FedEx fuel surcharge tracker
This week’s UPS Ground, UPS Air, FedEx Ground and FedEx Express fuel surcharges, the change from last week in percentage points, a growing weekly history, the carriers’ table changes and which accessorials carry fuel.
Short answer. For the week of Nov. 9, 2026: UPS Ground 30.00% (not carrier-published), FedEx Ground 30.50%. Differences between surcharge percentages are shown in percentage points (pp). The diesel price is an input to the carriers’ tables, not the surcharge.
UPS Ground
30.00%
calculated
UPS Domestic Air
33.50%
estimated
FedEx Ground
30.50%
carrier published
FedEx Express
34.00%
carrier published
Weekly history
History builds from the first scheduled refresh after launch: each week is saved once and never overwritten. No weeks recorded yet on this deployment. Past weeks are not back-filled from memory.
Index vs. surcharge
The two are different numbers and are never mixed in one column.
| Measure | Value | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Diesel index | — | Not provided in this week’s feed. |
| Ground surcharge | UPS 30.00% · FedEx 30.50% | Percentage each carrier applies to transportation and fuel-assessable accessorials. |
Carrier fuel table changes
- FedEx Verified
Domestic services: FedEx adjusted its fuel surcharges and updated the tables for domestic services. FedEx source - UPS Verified
Ground Domestic, Ground Saver and Domestic Air: New fuel surcharge tables. Ground stays tied to the national average on-highway diesel price and Domestic Air to the U.S. Gulf Coast jet fuel price, both adjusted weekly. UPS source - UPS Verified
Domestic and international Ground and Air: UPS notice: the domestic Ground, Ground Saver and Domestic Air fuel surcharges changed, as did the International Ground Export Import and International Air Export and Import fuel surcharges. UPS source - UPS Verified
Ground Domestic, Ground Saver and Domestic Air: UPS notice: the U.S. Ground Domestic and UPS Ground Saver fuel surcharge and the U.S. Domestic Air fuel surcharge changed. UPS source
Which accessorials carry fuel
| Charge | UPS | FedEx |
|---|---|---|
| Additional Handling | Yes | Yes |
| Large Package / Oversize | Yes | Yes |
| Over Maximum / Unauthorized | Yes | Yes |
| Residential | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery Area | Yes | Yes |
| Remote, Alaska, Hawaii | Yes | Yes |
| Demand surcharges | Yes | Yes |
| Address correction | Yes | Yes |
| Signature options | Yes | Yes |
| Declared value | Yes | Not listed |
UPS source (effective Mar. 24, 2025) · FedEx source. Hover a cell for the carrier’s wording.
Caveats.
- Weekly figures are delivered by ParcelFuelOptimizer.com (a sister site). Each is either the percentage UPS or FedEx posted on its fuel page, or a calculation from that carrier’s own published table and the EIA fuel index, labeled “est.” until the carrier posts it.
- The site refreshes the feed every six hours and keeps the last good copy if a refresh fails. A page view never changes the verification timestamp.
- If a week’s figure moves more than 3.00 percentage points from the previous week, it is held for editorial review before it is shown.
Data notice. Figures are published list amounts we transcribe from public UPS and FedEx documents. They can contain errors and are provided as is; we are not responsible for errors or omissions. Confirm with the carrier before relying on any figure. How we get our data · Disclaimer · Report an error