Gas Prices Drop in NJ, Around Nation as Crude Prices Decline

A gas pump displays the prices at a BP gas station in New Jersey on May 6, 2021. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images

TRENTON, N.J.—Gas prices dropped in New Jersey and around the nation at large amid a decline in crude oil prices.

AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $3.22, down eight cents from last week. Drivers were paying $3.62 a gallon on average a year ago at this time.