Diesel, all types · per gallon · 2002 Verified
$1.29in June 2002 — about $2.39 in today's money.
- Price in 2002$1.29
- Same money today$2.39
- Actual price now · July 2026$5.13
- Change since 2002+298%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2002 · the federal minimum wage was $5.15/hour15 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 2002; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- GASDESW
- Observed
- June 2002
- Coverage
- March 1994 – July 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 179.9 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain