Chicken, whole · per lb · 1983 Verified
$0.70in June 1983 — about $2.35 in today's money.
- Price in 1983$0.70
- Same money today$2.35
- Actual price now · June 2026$2.04
- Change since 1983+191%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1983 · the federal minimum wage was $3.35/hour13 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)17 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 1983; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000706111
- Observed
- June 1983
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 99.5 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain