The national average gas price this week is $3.16, up from $3.15. Over the past seven years, the price of gas has averaged $3.05 per gallon — or $0.10 a gallon less expensive than today.
California has the most expensive gas in the US as of May. 01, 2025, with the highest gas prices in the US costing $4.78 a gallon. It’s followed by Hawaii ($4.50) and Washington ($4.27) as the next two most expensive states to buy gas.
At the other end of the spectrum, gas is at its cheapest in Mississippi, costing just $2.66 as of May. 01, 2025. The next cheapest state to buy a gallon of gas is Louisiana ($2.73) followed by Tennessee ($2.75).
Gas prices are down on average for the US as a whole, with the price of gas falling in 24 out of the 51 states over the last week.
The national average gas price rose from $3.15 per gallon on Apr. 24, 2025, to $3.16 per gallon on May. 01, 2025 — an increase of $0.01 per gallon or about 0%.
Week-on-week price increases were seen in states including Michigan (up $0.18), Ohio (up $0.18) and Indiana (up $0.14).
Arizona saw gas prices fall $0.07, while Maryland saw drops of $0.06 and Minnesota $0.06.
Gas prices over the last half-decade or so have seen their ups and downs. In fact, gas prices were at their highest levels ever, hitting $4.99 a gallon in the week of June 16, 2022 — a week in which Californians paid a whopping $6.43 per gallon.
Both prices are the highest figures in our dataset.
The current national average of $3.16 a gallon is higher than the average cost of gas since 2018: $3.05 a gallon.
This means what you’ll pay at the pump in 2025 is about $0.10 more expensive than the national six-year average.
US gas prices per gallon have wavered between a national average of $1.84 and $4.99 since 2018.
Americans saw the lowest annual average in 2020, when the average cost for a gallon of gas was $2.19. Fast-forward three years and gas is running an average of $3.12 so far in 2025.
The lowest weekly national average so far this year is $3.03 (Jan. 02, 2025) a gallon — which is lower than the six-year average of $3.05 a gallon.
It’s been an expensive half decade for gas in the US. How expensive? Well, in 2022 alone, we’ve seen the 10 most expensive national average prices since 2018.
While 2022 is the year of expensive gas, 2020 played host to all 10 of the cheapest gas prices since 2018.
One common talking point in the media, or in bars for that matter, it how expensive gas is now versus back in the good old days. While it’s true that gas is expensive, when you factor in inflation gas has always been expensive.
According to data collected from energy.gov(8) and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)(9), the average cost for a gallon of gas in the US since 1929 is $1.10, but that doesn’t factor in the value of a dollor. If we account for inflation, the average cost of gas since 1929 is actually $3.34, which is about $0.19 more than the $3.16 we’re paying today.
Gas prices are the top concern for American adults, with 86% saying they are concerned about the price of gas going forward, according to Finder’s Consumer Confidence Index. This is slightly ahead of house hold bills and groceries at 85%.
In fact, 25% of respondents are extremely concerned about the cost of gas, representing the highest percentage of extreme worry among those surveyed.
To give an idea of how much you’ll pay to fill up your car, we ran the numbers on these 50 sought-after makes and models.
The most expensive model to fill up is the Ram 2500 in 2024, costing you some $106.12 at the pump. In 2023, you could have topped off the tank with $113.40.
The most costly SUVs to fill up are the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Toyota 4Runner. Both set you back $81.50 at the gas station, while you could have filled up with $91.53 a year ago.
The most expensive sedan at the pump is a Toyota Camry. The Toyota Camry costs you $52.39 to fuel up in 2024, although sedans cost much less than other vehicles. Last year’s cost: $55.99.
As mentioned before, the Ram 2500 comes in as the most expensive vehicle to fill up with gas, followed by the Ford F-150 and the Ram 1500 both at $86.22 to fill.
At the other end of the spectrum are both the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla Cross at a cost of $41.12 for a tank of gas, with the Mazda CX-30 in third at $42.11.
*These are the least expensive vehicles out of the 50 looked at by Finder.
We based each model’s fuel tank capacity on the 2022 base model, according to Edmunds(4).
The US consumed roughly 137 billion gallons (or about 3.26 billion barrels) of gasoline in 2023, according to the The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)(7). This was a marked increase on 2020, when the pandemic saw massive drops in gas consumption, with April 2020 seeing a reduction of 40% compared to April 2019 before consumption rebounded later in the year(3). The release of the 2024 EIA data will be available on August 29, 2025.
You could save between $105 to $138 per month on fuel costs by choosing a fully electric vehicle over a gas-powered one. However, the exact amount you’ll spend on charging an electric car depends on where you charge it.
Charging at home may cost you in the ballpark of $40 per month, if you drive 14,000 miles per year and get four miles per kilowatt-hour (kWh). We base the at-home cost on the average home electricity cost of 14 cents per kWh, according to the Energy Information Administration(5).
However, a Level 3 fast-charging station might run closer to $73 per month, based on EVgo’s fee(6) of $0.25 per kWh. At this price point, EVgo also charges a $7 monthly subscription fee.
Compare your savings to the average monthly gas cost across the 50 US states, which is $177.85. That cost is based on 2022 gas prices and each state’s average monthly mileage according to the Bureau of Transportation.
If you’re considering an electric vehicle, keep other electric vehicle costs and incentives in mind, such as installing an at-home battery charger or getting federal tax credits.
Get an idea of how much you’ll pay each time you charge these popular electric models. Charging at home typically costs you two to three times less than charging at a Level 3 fast-charging station.