PITTSBURGH — The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is a penny cheaper this week at $3.036 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

On the week, prices increased as much as nine cents in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region. Statewide, the average price for gasoline across Pennsylvania is a penny more expensive this week at $2.98.

After last week’s more than 3-million-barrel decline, regional gasoline stocks dropped by another 1 million barrels this week, as reported by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Levels are tight at a total of 59.2 million barrels. However, expected imports in the weeks ahead should help to replenish supply, which could help balance retail prices.

The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in Bradford was $2.995; Brookville, $3.166; DuBois, $2.992; Erie, $3.082; and Warren, $3.087.

With only a penny increase on the week, the national gas price average saw the smallest one-week jump since mid-February. For the last eight weeks, weekly jumps ranged anywhere between a nickel and a nearly a quarter. Thirty states saw pump prices increase or decrease by three cents or less, which helped keep the national average relatively steady.