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National Cannabis
Pricing Index

The only cross-state cannabis pricing benchmark in America. Nobody else tracks this.

Real-time median pricing across 19 states and 5 product categories. Built from 6.0M+ menu items at 7,400+ dispensaries. Validated against 20+ government sources. This is the dataset that shows where every market is heading — and how fast it’s getting there.

19
States Tracked
6.0M+
Menu Items
7,400+
Dispensaries
20+
Govt Sources
Data as of March 10, 2026 · Scraped from multiple dispensary platforms · Validated against 20+ government sources
NJ
New Jersey
$14.29/g
median flower $/g
PRICE→ Stable
STAGEEarly
386 disps · 82 cities · 198,076 items
IL
Illinois
$12.57/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGEGrowing
268 disps · 126 cities · 243,706 items
CT
Connecticut
$12.57/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGEGrowing
87 disps · 35 cities · 38,956 items
NY
New York
$12.57/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGEEarly
628 disps · 209 cities · 360,459 items
AK
Alaska
$12.29/g
median flower $/g
PRICE→ Stable
STAGEGrowing
144 disps · 23 cities · 51,939 items
AZ
Arizona
$12.86/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGEGrowing
402 disps · 49 cities · 302,481 items
MD
Maryland
$11.43/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGEGrowing
215 disps · 74 cities · 152,187 items
VT
Vermont
$10.86/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGEGrowing
113 disps · 57 cities · 44,306 items
OH
Ohio
$10.00/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓↓ Accelerating
STAGECompressing
183 disps · 65 cities · 103,119 items
CA
California
$9.84/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGECompressing
887 disps · 208 cities · 1,208,565 items
MO
Missouri
$10.00/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGEGrowing
335 disps · 113 cities · 344,303 items
WA
Washington
$10.00/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGECompressing
363 disps · 110 cities · 398,704 items
NV
Nevada
$10.00/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGECompressing
155 disps · 19 cities · 114,949 items
ME
Maine
$7.14/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGECompressing
368 disps · 90 cities · 118,756 items
OR
Oregon
$7.71/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGECompressed
806 disps · 101 cities · 495,209 items
MA
Massachusetts
$7.14/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGECompressed
632 disps · 101 cities · 287,114 items
CO
Colorado
$6.86/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGECompressed
629 disps · 71 cities · 263,545 items
NM
New Mexico
$6.86/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGECompressing
404 disps · 53 cities · 185,875 items
MI
Michigan
$5.71/g
median flower $/g
PRICE↓ Falling
STAGECompressed
1,066 disps · 153 cities · 1,014,367 items
Government Data

The Compression Timeline

Price compression isn’t a prediction — it’s a pattern verified by government agencies in every mature cannabis market. Nineteen states, 19 data feeds, one outcome.

Case Study
Massachusetts: $14.09 → $7.14/gram
Seven years of government-tracked price data. Record $1.8B in 2025 sales. 30 businesses closed in 2024 alone.

Source: Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) · Avg retail flower price per gram · 72% total decline

Four Stages — Every State — Same Destination
Stage 01
Launch Premium
MA: $14.09/gram at launch (2018)
OH: $31.85/tenth oz peak (2021)
Limited licenses, pent-up demand, no competition. Operators enjoy peak margins. This is the golden window — and it never lasts more than 2-3 years.
Stage 02
Growth Masks Decline
NY: $39.34 → $31.49/unit in 18 months
MO: Record $1.52B sales, steady $120M/mo
Sales volume climbs, new stores open, headlines celebrate revenue records. But per-unit prices are quietly eroding 15-25%. Most operators don’t notice until it’s too late.
Stage 03
Acceleration
OH: Spiked 57% at rec launch, then crashed 33% in 6 months
CO wholesale: $2,100 → $725/lb
Oversupply arrives. Cultivation licenses flood the market. Wholesale collapses first, then retail follows within 12-18 months. Discount culture takes hold.
Stage 04
Race to the Bottom
MI: $419 → $58/oz — 86% decline in 5 years
MA: $14.09 → $7.14/gram — 72% decline in 7 years
Record sales volume, record business closures. Revenue-per-store collapses. Only operators with data-driven strategy and ruthless efficiency survive consolidation.
Michigan & Ohio: Two Speeds, Same Direction
Michigan’s 5-year grind vs Ohio’s post-rec cliff — both tracked by state regulators.

Sources: Michigan CRA (avg $/oz, 2020–2025) · Ohio DCC (avg $/tenth oz, 2021–2026)

Government sources: MA CCC, MI CRA, OH DCC, NY OCM, MO DCR, CO DOR, CT DCP, NM CCD, NV CCB, AZ DHS, CA DCC, OR OLCC, ME OCP, VT CCB, AK AMCO, MD MCA, NJ CRC, IL IDFPR, WA LCB · 20+ feeds integrated

Key Insights

What the Data Says

2.4x Gap
The premium-to-compressed gap: NJ and MI represent opposite ends of the pricing spectrum — the widest flower gap across all 19 states. Same product, same country, dramatically different pricing.
MI $5 Gummies
Michigan’s late-stage compression: gummy prices 4–5x cheaper than premium markets like IL, MO, and NY — this is what full compression looks like across every category.
3 Tiers
Markets cluster into three distinct tiers: premium markets (supply-controlled states), mid-market (moderate licensing), and compressed (open licensing or mature markets). Government data shows every state migrates down over time.
Methodology

How the Index Is Calculated

Every number on this page follows the same methodology across all 19 states. No manual adjustments, no editorial smoothing.

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Price Calculation
All flower medians are calculated from package pricing normalized to per-gram equivalents. Single-gram prices are excluded due to widespread mislabeling across dispensary platforms — values labeled as "1g" frequently contain eighth or pre-roll unit prices. This produces clean, consistent $/g figures across all 19 states.
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Data Sources
Menu data collected from multiple independent dispensary platforms and cross-referenced for consistency. Items are attributed to physical dispensary locations and deduplicated by geographic coordinates. 6.0M+ items across 7,400+ dispensaries as of March 2026. Promotional data (BOGO, discounts, target pricing) tracked across all states; deal frequency and promotional pressure analysis available in market intelligence reports.
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Government Validation
State medians are cross-referenced against tax revenue reports from 19 state regulatory agencies plus the U.S. Census Bureau. California coverage independently validated at 78% of the state's $979M quarterly market — 505 unique physical locations representing ~$760M in tracked quarterly sales.
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Update Frequency
Index data is updated continuously with daily versioned archives. State medians recalculated after each source update. Government data updated as agencies publish new reports — typically monthly or quarterly depending on the state.

This is the only national cannabis pricing benchmark. Use it.

19 states. 5 categories. Government-validated. Updated weekly. The operators, brands, and investors who track compression in real time are the ones still standing when it levels out.

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