{"id":3803,"date":"2025-09-01T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/?p=3803"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:25:24","slug":"labor-day-drivers-get-a-surprise-at-the-pump-with-prices-falling-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/labor-day-drivers-get-a-surprise-at-the-pump-with-prices-falling-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Day Drivers Get A Surprise At The Pump With Prices Falling Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gas-Station-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Labor Day gas prices are the cheapest they&rsquo;ve been since 2021.<\/li>\n<li>The national average price of regular unleaded is $3.190 per gallon.<\/li>\n<li>Prices are expected to continue dropping and could dip below $3.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As millions of Americans celebrate Labor Day, they have something else to be excited about &ndash; the lowest gas prices in years. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\">AAA<\/a>, the national average for a gallon of gasoline is $3.190. That&rsquo;s down significantly from last year, when the price was $3.332 per gallon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While prices recently climbed due to flooding at a refinery in Indiana, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gasbuddy.com\/go\/gas-prices-labor-day-2025\">GasBuddy data<\/a> indicates Labor Day prices are the lowest they&rsquo;ve been since 2021, when the price of regular unleaded was $3.16 per gallon. However, prices are still a far cry away from 2020, when Americans were headed to barbeques using gas that cost $2.22 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/04\/gas-prices-are-the-lowest-theyve-been-in-years\/\">Gas Prices Are The Lowest They&rsquo;ve Been In Years<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The situation is expected to improve even further as refineries will transition to cheaper winter gasoline in mid-September. On top of that, demand is expected to fall as summer is unofficially over and this means there will be less road trips.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>GasBuddy&rsquo;s head of petroleum analysis, Patrick De Haan, said &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve seen a remarkably affordable summer to hit the road with incomes up and gas prices down, but there are some challenges that remain: hurricane season and uncertainty over trade, tariffs and Russia&rsquo;s war on Ukraine.&rdquo; However, he believes prices could potentially drop to under $3 per gallon this fall.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Labor-Day-Gas-Prices-901-1.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Labor Day Drivers Get A Surprise At The Pump With Prices Falling Fast\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Labor-Day-Gas-Prices-901-1-1024x1024.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GasBuddy \/ Projected price is lower than in reality<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/gas-prices-go-down-but-how-low-will-they-go\/\">AAA<\/a> also floated the possibility of gasoline dropping below $3, but contended there are &ldquo;too many variables to make a prediction&rdquo; as the &ldquo;oil market is too volatile.&rdquo; That being said, the organization noted &ldquo;barring any major geopolitical events or tropical storms hitting the Gulf Coast, it&rsquo;s safe to say drivers could continue to see cheaper prices at the pump as summer winds down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, where you live has a big difference on what you pay at the pump. Californians are paying an average of $4.612 this Labor Day, while prices in Texas are just $2.769 per gallon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Labor-Day-Gas-Prices-901-3.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Labor Day Drivers Get A Surprise At The Pump With Prices Falling Fast\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Labor-Day-Gas-Prices-901-3-1024x576.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AAA<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor Day gas prices are the cheapest they&rsquo;ve been since 2021. The national average price of regular unleaded is $3.190 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/labor-day-drivers-get-a-surprise-at-the-pump-with-prices-falling-fast\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Labor Day Drivers Get A Surprise At The Pump With Prices Falling Fast<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3806,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3803\/revisions\/3806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}