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