here is good news. gas is actually cheaper now than a year ago, but you better fill up fast, because experts say oil and gas prices are set to rise. cnn national correspondent, susan candiotti, has details. reporter: we have good news for people who are traveling not only here along the new jersey turnpike, but everywhere in the country, prices have gone down compared to labor day weekend last year. let s look at the chart right now. last year, this weekend the national average for gas, $3.83, and this year it s down to $3.69, and that s a 14-cent drop. why is that? well, in part you might remember that last year hurricane isaac was churning around in the gulf and production was down, and also there is a drop in demand.
talking about showers and only gets worse as the weekend continues. here is what it looks like today. as we go in through tomorrow the ohio valley you ll start to see some showers. there are two cold fronts so it gets worse as we go in through, yes, saturday in through sunday, notice we start to see the northeast and mid-atlantic starting to go down in the southeast and sunday into monday is when it gets the toughest, we merge the two systems together to get just what everyone wants is rain right on labor day forecast. you re welcome. need to know it, though. thanks so much. we ll check back in. labor day all about the working man and woman. problem is that s who s going to be most affected by gas prices. christine what do we know about the cost it will fill up to make the drives this weekend? last year was the most expensive labor day ever for driving and this year it will be a lot better. you have about 20 cents lower the average price of gas compared with last year and that s
underemployment and low wages are crippling the middle class. i want to show you where the jobs are. they were mostly mid-range work. cutting back, payrolls. what kinds of jobs are cutting back? wow, look at that. you see right there. right there. hourly rates of $7.69 to $13.83. this is from 2010 to the second quarter of last year. here s the median hourly wages for the top five occupations with the most hires during the recovery, right. these are the people being hired during the recovery. $10, $9, $7, $10. this is it. what about the next few years. these jobs will be in high demand but most put a family of more. right here take look at this.
bit here. reporter: experts say this is the new normal for at least the rest of the summer. this is actually the largest price spike since back in february. reporter: in michigan, $3.83, up 38 cents a gallon in the last two weeks. in indiana, up 32 cents. and ohio, 35 cents. the question on everyone s mind is, where are gas prices going? right now it s looking like we could see prices continue to rise. reporter: all of this despite america producing domestic oil at a record-breaking pace of 7.4 million barrels a day. nearly twice as much as five years ago. one problem? a shortage of pipelines to move all that oil to consumers. so when might drivers start to feel some relief? generally gas prices start to drop in the fall. unfortunately, not any time too soon. susan foley, abc news, washington. medical researchers discovered something dangerous in several brands of hot sauce. experts in las vegas examined
gallon is now $3.36, that s five cents higher than a week ago, and adam shapiro is live from fox business network at the breaking news desk with more for us. hi, adam. reporter: unfortunately, what goes up may not be coming down anytime soon. you can blame warm weather for the increase in gas prices. aa reports that california is among the first big states where refineries are switching over the more expensive summer blend of fuel. the average price for a gallon of gas was up 12 cents from a month ago, and some analysts predict the price in california could predict up to 25 cents over the next two weeks. demand for gasoline also increases. it s a different story in other parts of the country though. drivers on the east coast, here in new york, for instance, and in the midwest are actually paying the most on average for gasoline. new york city filling up costs on average $3.83 while drivers in chicago are paying about $3.60 a gallon. why? midwest gas prices are going up