Prices are displayed above the different grades of gasoline available to motorists, Thursday, May 27, 2021, near Cheyenne, Wyo. After a brief dip, gas prices in the U.S. are on the rise again, up 2.5 cents per gallon from last week to $3.09 per gallon, according to the travel and fuel price tracking app GasBuddy. On Monday, June 28, 2021 West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.14 to $72.91 per barrel, but the price is still up 50% on the year. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

WESTWOOD, Mass. (AP) — Gas prices in Massachusetts have surged to their highest level in seven years, AAA Northeast said Monday.

With a 9-cent increase from a week ago, the average cost of a gallon of gas in the state is up to $3.27, the highest it’s been since October 2014, when it was selling for an average of $3.32 per gallon.

The current per-gallon price is 17 cents higher that it was a month ago and $1.17 higher than it was one year ago.

The Massachusetts average is a nickel lower than the national average.

It now costs drivers about $17 more to fill up their can than it did a year ago, AAA spokesperson Mary Maguire said in a statement. And prices are not likely to drop anytime soon, she said.

Increasing crude oil prices are the primary factor in the higher prices at the pump.

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