Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
Prices in 2008 vs. today
“In today's money” adjusts the 2008 price for inflation (CPI-U, Sep 2026). If today's price is higher than that, the item really did get more expensive, not just the dollar.
| Item | 2008 | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 🏠 Median price of a house soldmedian sale price | $229,600 | $393,300 +71% |
| ⛽ Gallon of regular gasper gallon | $3.27 | $4.48 +37% |
| 🥛 Gallon of whole milkper gallon | $3.79 | $4.11 +8% |
| 🥚 Dozen large eggsper dozen | $1.99 | $2.27 +14% |
| 🍞 Loaf of white breadper pound | $1.37 | $1.83 +34% |
| ✉️ First-class postage stampper letter | 42¢ | 82¢ +95% |
| 💡 Kilowatt-hour of home electricityper kWh, residential | 11.3¢ | 18.3¢ +62% |
| ⏱️ Federal minimum wageper hour | $5.85 | $7.25 +24% |
| 🧰 Average factory worker's hourly payper hour, manufacturing production workers | $17.75 | $30.21 +70% |
| 👪 Median family incomeper year | $61,500 | $110,500 +80% |
| 🍔 Pound of ground beefper pound | $2.34 | $6.79 +190% |
| 🥓 Pound of baconper pound | $3.66 | $6.76 +85% |
| 🍗 Pound of whole chickenper pound | $1.21 | $2.06 +71% |
| 🧀 Pound of cheddar cheeseper pound | $4.72 | $6.13 +30% |
| 🍌 Pound of bananasper pound | 61¢ | 66¢ +8% |
| 🍅 Pound of tomatoesper pound | $1.74 | $1.99 +14% |
| 🍬 Pound of white sugarper pound | 53¢ | $1.02 +93% |
| 🌾 Pound of flourper pound | 51¢ | 55¢ +7% |
2008 at a glance
Questions people ask about 2008
How much was a gallon of gas in 2008?
Regular gasoline averaged $3.27 a gallon in 2008 (U.S. city average, including taxes). That's about $5.11 in today's money. In Sep 2026 it averaged $4.48.
How much was a postage stamp in 2008?
A first-class stamp cost 42¢ in 2008. Today it costs 82¢.
How much did a house cost in 2008?
The median price of a house sold in the U.S. in 2008 was $229,600, about $359,314 adjusted for inflation. The latest median (Q3 2026) is $393,300.
What was the minimum wage in 2008?
The federal minimum wage was $5.85 an hour in 2008, worth about $9.16 an hour today. It has been $7.25 since July 2009.
How much was milk in 2008?
A gallon of whole milk averaged $3.79 in 2008. Today: $4.11.
How much were eggs in 2008?
A dozen large Grade A eggs averaged $1.99 in 2008. Today: $2.27.
What was the #1 song of 2008?
Billboard's top song of 2008 was “Low” by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain.
How much is $1 from 2008 worth today?
$1 in 2008 buys about as much as $1.56 did in Sep 2026, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau & HUD, Median Sales Price of Houses Sold; U.S. Energy Information Administration (regular gasoline, U.S. city average retail price incl. taxes; leaded until 1975, unleaded from 1976); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (U.S. city average); U.S. Postal Service rate history (rate in effect July 1); U.S. Energy Information Administration (average residential price incl. taxes); U.S. Department of Labor (rate in effect July 1); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics; U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey; Billboard Year-End Hot 100. How we calculate these.
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