Gasoline prices stable since January
In the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, the average price of regular gasoline now sits at $3.506 per gallon, according to AAA, a slight decrease over 12 months prior, when prices sat at $3.528 per gallon.
A graph on AAA’s website shows nationwide demand for gasoline has hardly shifted in either direction in the first nine months of 2025 and average prices have stayed in the low 3-dollar range.
This is a sharp departure from the prior three years, especially from 2022. That year, the price of crude oil — and thus, gasoline — hit all-time highs due in large part to the breakout of the war in Ukraine.
“Whatever’s happening with the price of oil is 50% to 60% of what you're going to spend at the pump, because it’s the main ingredient,” said Jim Garrity, director of public affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “Starting this time last year, prices did start to stabilize, because oil prices started to stabilize.”
In addition, the usual nationwide rise in oil prices during the summer months did not materialize this year.
“This summer, we didn’t have any major increases at the pump... because demand for gasoline was unseasonably low,” Garrity said. “Demand is another thing that tends to drive up gas prices.”
