Diesel, all types · per gallon · 1995 Verified
$1.12in June 1995 — about $2.45 in today's money.
- Price in 1995$1.12
- Same money today$2.45
- Actual price now · July 2026$5.13
- Change since 1995+358%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1995 · the federal minimum wage was $4.25/hour16 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)42 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 1995; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- GASDESW
- Observed
- June 1995
- Coverage
- March 1994 – July 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 152.5 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain