{"id":280662,"date":"2026-09-07T03:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T03:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280662\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T03:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T03:40:15","slug":"national-average-price-of-gas-set-to-break-labor-day-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280662\/","title":{"rendered":"National average price of gas set to break Labor Day record"},"content":{"rendered":"

National average price of gas set to break Labor Day record<\/p>\n

\"Jordan<\/a>PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/p>\n

Prices at the gas pump are at an all-time high this holiday weekend. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really, really bad,\u201d said Cecil Township resident David Budavich as he pumped gas. <\/p>\n

On Sunday, AAA said the national average price of gas was $4.15 per gallon. The average price in Pittsburgh was even higher at $4.35, according to AAA. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe national average has never been above $4 per gallon on Labor Day,\u201d AAA Media Relations Manager Aixa Diaz said in a news release. <\/p>\n

Budavich said the high fuel costs are making him think about how often he is getting behind the wheel. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe try to consolidate our shopping trips. Right? If we’re going to go pick something up, we’re going to try to make it a one-trip deal. So, a lot less frequent trips and stuff,\u201d Budavich said. <\/p>\n

AAA said the gas prices are a result of the high crude oil prices, which are \u201cin the $90 per barrel range.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Well actually my gas is over $5,” said Ralph Harlan Jr., who used 93 Super unleaded to fill his vehicle. \u201cAbout 14 gallons, $70 just for my car, let alone somebody, if they have a bigger vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Excluding this year, gas prices this time of year are typically cheaper because of the lower demand. <\/p>\n

The previous Labor Day record was $3.82 per gallon in 2012, according to AAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"National average price of gas set to break Labor Day record PITTSBURGH \u2014 Prices at the gas pump…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8102,117368,117366,44877,7680,117364,117367,117365,10680,73,75,74,27605,1837,526,6967,10254,78],"class_list":["post-280662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-aaa","tag-all-time-high","tag-budavich","tag-gallon","tag-gas","tag-labor-day-record","tag-lot-less-frequent-trip","tag-national-average-price","tag-news-release","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-stuff","tag-sunday","tag-time","tag-vehicle","tag-wtae","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}