The solubility of different gases (carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, carbon monoxide and hydrogen) in ionic liquids with an alkyl sulfate anion has been modeled with the Group Contribution equation of state developed by Skjold-Jorgensen. New gas solubility measurements have been carried out with a high pressure magnetic suspension balance in order to cover pressure and temperature ranges not considered in previous studies and to obtain more experimental information for the correlation of parameters of the equation of state. New solubility measurements include the solubility of carbon dioxide in 1-ethyl 3-methyl imidazolium ethyl sulfate [emim][EtSO4] at temperatures of 298 K and 348 K and pressures ranging from 0.3 MPa to 6.5 MPa, the solubility of methane in [emim][EtSO4] at a temperature of 293 K and pressures ranging from 0.2 MPa to 10.2 MPa, and the solubility of ethane in [emim][EtSO4] at temperatures of 323 K and 350 K and pressures ranging from 0.2 MPa to 4 MPa. Results show that the Group Contribution equation of state can be used to describe the solubility of gases in alkyl sulfate ionic liquids as well as infinite dilution coefficients of alkanes in the ionic liquids, with average deviations between experiments and calculations ranging from 1% to 10% in the case of mixtures with CO2, CO, CH4 and H-2 with the alkyl sulfate ionic liquids to up to 34% in the case of the solubility of ethane in [emim][EtSO4]. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.