{"id":2437256,"date":"2025-05-21T06:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T10:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-slight-increase-at-the-pumps-in-the-middle-of-the-workweek-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T06:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T10:42:28","slug":"gas-prices-slight-increase-at-the-pumps-in-the-middle-of-the-workweek-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-slight-increase-at-the-pumps-in-the-middle-of-the-workweek-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices: Slight increase at the pumps in the middle of the workweek &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgas-prices-slight-increase-at-the-pumps-in-the-middle-of-the-workweek-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2437256&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Gas prices experienced a slight increase on Wednesday, with the national average for regular gas rising to $3.182 per gallon, compared to $3.177 the previous day. This uptick is also noted when compared to prices from last week ($3.18) and a month ago ($3.153).Despite the recent rise, current prices are substantially lower than a year ago when the average was $3.597. The fluctuations in gas prices throughout 2025 have been influenced by various geopolitical factors, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including oil supply<\/a> and demand changes.<\/p>\n<p>Regional differences in gas prices are notable, with states on the West Coast facing the highest costs-California leads with an average of $4.883 per gallon.In contrast, states near the Gulf of Mexico, such as Mississippi ($2.66) and Louisiana ($2.718),have the lowest prices. the state in which a person resides remains a key factor in gas pricing,with various states showing notable disparities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Gas prices: Slight increase at the pumps in the middle of the workweek<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Gas prices are on the rise on Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The national average price for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-slight-increase-at-the-pumps-a-week-before-election-day-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...: ... at the pumps a ... before Election Day - Washington Examiner\">regular gas slightly increased<\/a> on Wednesday to $3.182 per gallon, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to AAA<\/a>. This was a slight rise from Tuesday&rsquo;s costs when the national average for a gallon of regular gas was $3.177. It was also an increase from last week&rsquo;s pricing when a gallon of regular gas cost $3.18. And a month ago, the national average for a gallon of regular gas was $3.153.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3415324\/scott-bessent-tax-cuts-offset-tariff-inflation\/\">Scott Bessent urges tax cuts to offset possible tariff inflation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3415276\/bessent-warns-countries-refusing-negotiate-increased-tariffs\/\">Bessent warns countries refusing to negotiate can expect increased tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3414981\/california-leaders-implore-congress-to-maintain-tax-cuts\/\">California leaders implore Congress to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-bessent-warns-countries-can-expect-apr-2-level-tariffs\/\" title=\"Scott Bessent warns countries can expect Apr 2 level tariffs\">maintain tax cuts<\/a>, Opportunity Zones<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<div class=\"infogram-embed\" data-id=\"bdc07528-2e2b-416b-ba52-abf34cf63783\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Gas Prices\"><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(e,n,i,s){var d=\"InfogramEmbeds\";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,\"script\",\"infogram-async\",\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed-loader-min.js\");<\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The current gas price point reflects the fluctuation in fuel costs in May. Incidentally, Wednesday&rsquo;s national average price for gas is the same as it was on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3395993\/gas-prices-increases-to-end-month-of-april\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last day of April.<\/a> This was a slight increase from April 28, when the cost was $3.149. A week later, and just a few days into the new month, on May 5, gas prices dropped a bit to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3400631\/gas-prices-more-expensive-than-week-ago\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$3.165<\/a>. By May 9, prices had fallen again to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3406426\/gas-prices-decrease-to-end-the-week\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$3.145<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices are, however, significantly less expensive than a year ago, when the national average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.597. Much of this decrease happened during the second half of 2024, when fuel costs underwent a gradual, precipitous decrease in the summer and fall. By the end of the year, the national average price for regular gas had <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3255592\/average-cost-regular-gas-falls\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dropped<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3255592\/average-cost-regular-gas-falls\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$3.011 per gallon<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fuel costs have varied quite a bit in 2025, falling to close to $3 per gallon at various points in the year and rising to nearly $3.30 per gallon at others. Several geopolitical factors, including oil supply and demand, tariffs, and wars, have impacted the national average price for gas. Ultimately, however, the main determining factor for how much one spends on gas is based on the state in which he or she resides.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>States on the West Coast have the most expensive gas prices in the nation, while the states with the cheapest fuel costs are located near the Gulf of America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mississippi<\/a> has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-fuels-costs-continue-to-fall-across-the-country-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...: Fuels ... continue to fall across the country - Washington Examiner\">lowest average gas price<\/a> in the country, at $2.66 per gallon. Next is Louisiana, at $2.718, and then Alabama, at $2.75. Tennessee and Texas round out the five states with the lowest gas prices in the country, with fuel costs of $2.778 per gallon and $2.79 per gallon, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>California has the nation&rsquo;s highest gas prices, with an average cost of $4.883 per gallon. Hawaii has the next highest prices at $4.491, followed by Washington state at $4.364. The next two states have average prices that are just barely beneath the $4-per-gallon threshold. Oregon has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-lawmakers-look-to-suspend-state-gas-tax-for-a-year\/\" title=\"California Lawmakers Look to Suspend State Gas Tax for a Year\">statewide average price<\/a> of $3.977 per gallon, while the average price for a gallon of regular gas in Nevada is $3.94 per gallon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices rise slightly midweek, now averaging $3.182\/gallon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2437257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Gas_Prices_jj1w3.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34477,32544,32076],"class_list":["post-2437256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fuel-costs","tag-gas-prices","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Gas_Prices_jj1w3.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2437256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2437260,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437256\/revisions\/2437260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2437257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2437256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2437256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2437256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}