Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
Prices in 2015 vs. today
“In today's money” adjusts the 2015 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 | 2015 | Today |
|---|---|---|
| 🏠 Median price of a house soldmedian sale price | $294,200 | $393,300 +34% |
| ⛽ Gallon of regular gasper gallon | $2.45 | $4.48 +83% |
| 🥛 Gallon of whole milkper gallon | $3.42 | $4.11 +20% |
| 🥚 Dozen large eggsper dozen | $2.47 | $2.27 -8% |
| 🍞 Loaf of white breadper pound | $1.44 | $1.83 +27% |
| ☕ Pound of ground coffeeper pound | $4.72 | $9.33 +98% |
| ✉️ First-class postage stampper letter | 49¢ | 82¢ +67% |
| 💡 Kilowatt-hour of home electricityper kWh, residential | 12.7¢ | 18.3¢ +44% |
| ⏱️ Federal minimum wageper hour | $7.25 | $7.25 +0% |
| 🧰 Average factory worker's hourly payper hour, manufacturing production workers | $19.90 | $30.21 +52% |
| 👪 Median family incomeper year | $70,700 | $110,500 +56% |
| 🍔 Pound of ground beefper pound | $4.17 | $6.79 +63% |
| 🥓 Pound of baconper pound | $5.45 | $6.76 +24% |
| 🍗 Pound of whole chickenper pound | $1.49 | $2.06 +39% |
| 🧀 Pound of cheddar cheeseper pound | $5.38 | $6.13 +14% |
| 🍌 Pound of bananasper pound | 58¢ | 66¢ +13% |
| 🍅 Pound of tomatoesper pound | $1.84 | $1.99 +8% |
| 🍬 Pound of white sugarper pound | 65¢ | $1.02 +56% |
| 🌾 Pound of flourper pound | 52¢ | 55¢ +5% |
2015 at a glance
Questions people ask about 2015
How much was a gallon of gas in 2015?
Regular gasoline averaged $2.45 a gallon in 2015 (U.S. city average, including taxes). That's about $3.48 in today's money. In Sep 2026 it averaged $4.48.
How much was a postage stamp in 2015?
A first-class stamp cost 49¢ in 2015. Today it costs 82¢.
How much did a house cost in 2015?
The median price of a house sold in the U.S. in 2015 was $294,200, about $418,231 adjusted for inflation. The latest median (Q3 2026) is $393,300.
What was the minimum wage in 2015?
The federal minimum wage was $7.25 an hour in 2015, worth about $10.31 an hour today. It has been $7.25 since July 2009.
How much was milk in 2015?
A gallon of whole milk averaged $3.42 in 2015. Today: $4.11.
How much were eggs in 2015?
A dozen large Grade A eggs averaged $2.47 in 2015. Today: $2.27.
What was the #1 song of 2015?
Billboard's top song of 2015 was “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars.
How much is $1 from 2015 worth today?
$1 in 2015 buys about as much as $1.42 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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