Remember The Year
Prices by year

What things cost, year by year

Average U.S. prices from government records, each with a chart and a full table, plus what that price would be in today's money.

⛽

Gallon of regular gas

1949–2025 · today $4.48

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✉️

First-class postage stamp

1933–2025 · today 82¢

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🥛

Gallon of whole milk

1950–2025 · today $4.11

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🥛

Half-gallon of whole milk

1946–1994 · today $2.05

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🥚

Dozen large eggs

1946–2025 · today $2.27

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🍞

Loaf of white bread

1946–2025 · today $1.83

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🍔

Pound of ground beef

1950–2025 · today $6.79

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☕

Pound of ground coffee

1946–2025 · today $9.33

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🥓

Pound of bacon

1946–2025 · today $6.76

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🍗

Pound of whole chicken

1950–2025 · today $2.06

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🧀

Pound of cheddar cheese

1984–2025 · today $6.13

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🍌

Pound of bananas

1946–2025 · today 66¢

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🍅

Pound of tomatoes

1950–2025 · today $1.99

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🍬

Pound of white sugar

1946–2025 · today $1.02

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🌾

Pound of flour

1946–2025 · today 55¢

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💡

Kilowatt-hour of home electricity

1960–2025 · today 18.3¢

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🏠

Median price of a house sold

1963–2025 · today $393,300

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🧰

Average factory worker's hourly pay

1939–2025 · today $30.21

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Federal minimum wage

1939–2025 · today $7.25

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👪

Median family income

1953–2025 · today $110,500

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