Coffee · per lb · 2009 Verified
$3.69in December 2007 — about $5.87 in today's money.
- Price in 2009$3.69
- Same money today$5.87
- Actual price now · June 2026$9.46
- Change since 2009+156%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2009 · the federal minimum wage was $6.55/hour34 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)78 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 December 2007; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000717311
- Observed
- December 2007
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 210.036 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain