Diesel, all types · per gallon · 2006 Verified
$2.92in June 2006 — about $4.81 in today's money.
- Price in 2006$2.92
- Same money today$4.81
- Actual price now · July 2026$5.13
- Change since 2006+76%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2006 · the federal minimum wage was $5.15/hour34 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 2006; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- GASDESW
- Observed
- June 2006
- Coverage
- March 1994 – July 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 202.9 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain