Chicken breast, boneless · per lb · 1979 Estimated
$1.41in June 1979 — about $6.51 in today's money.
- Price in 1979$1.41
- Same money today$6.51
- Actual price now · June 2026$4.18
- Change since 1979+197%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1979. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (January 2006) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 27 years. The further back it reaches, the less it should be trusted. Treat it as an approximation, not a historical fact.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000FF1101
- Estimated for
- June 1979
- Coverage
- January 2006 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 72.3 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SAF11
- Back-cast
- 27 years before the first record · low confidence
- License
- Public domain