Bread, white · per lb · 2002 Verified
$1.01in June 2002 — about $1.87 in today's money.
- Price in 2002$1.01
- Same money today$1.87
- Actual price now · June 2026$1.81
- Change since 2002+79%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2002 · the federal minimum wage was $5.15/hour12 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)15 min
Observed price divided by the observed wage for the same year — nothing here is back-cast. See the minimum wage record →
Price history
Record & method
This is an observed price. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded it in June 2002; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000702111
- Observed
- June 2002
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 179.9 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain