Diesel, all types · per gallon · 1973 Estimated
$0.37in June 1973 — about $2.83 in today's money.
- Price in 1973$0.37
- Same money today$2.83
- Actual price now · July 2026$4.80
- Change since 1973+1181%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1973. 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 21 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 1973
- Coverage
- March 1994 – July 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 44.2 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SETB01
- Back-cast
- 21 years before the first record · moderate confidence
- License
- Public domain