Top-line Benchmarks
- The lowest comparable resident base-license price in the current dataset is $10 in Hawaii.
- The highest comparable resident base-license price in the current dataset is $116.85 in Washington.
- For non-residents, the range runs from $21.50 to $1020.06 across the current 50-state dataset.
Affordable State Leaders
Resident Benchmarks
Non-Resident Benchmarks
Most Expensive State Leaders
This list helps frame the upper boundary of the current pricing range before tags, stamps, and other species-specific add-ons are layered in.
Resident Benchmarks
Non-Resident Benchmarks
Regional Averages
Citeable Conclusions
Use these conclusions as citeable summaries when referencing this report from compare pages, outreach, or editorial updates.
- The current 50-state dataset has a resident median of $24.50 and a non-resident median of $126.25 for comparable base licenses.
- Hawaii is the lowest comparable resident base-license benchmark at $10, while Washington is the highest at $116.85.
- For non-residents, the current benchmark range runs from $21.50 in Wyoming to $1020.06 in Washington.
Methodology
This report uses the current comparable state-license selector to pull one primary resident and one primary non-resident base-license price per state, then calculates medians, affordability leaders, expensive-state leaders, and regional averages from the same normalized selector.
This report does not attempt to normalize every species tag, conservation stamp, or bundle exception into a single all-in trip cost.
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