Diesel, all types · per gallon · 1917 Estimated
This figure may be significantly off. It is projected back 77 years from the first recorded price, using general inflation. Items do not track inflation evenly — groceries in particular were far more expensive relative to other goods before modern agriculture, so a figure this old can understate the real price by two-fold or more. Use it for a sense of scale, not as a historical price.
$0.10in June 1917 — about $2.52 in today's money.
- Price in 1917$0.10
- Same money today$2.52
- Actual price now · July 2026$5.13
- Change since 1917+5135%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1917. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (March 1994) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 77 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
- GASDESW
- Estimated for
- June 1917
- Coverage
- March 1994 – July 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 13 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Back-cast
- 77 years before the first record · very low confidence
- License
- Public domain