Diesel, all types · per gallon · 2012 Verified
$3.78in June 2012 — about $5.50 in today's money.
- Price in 2012$3.78
- Same money today$5.50
- Actual price now · July 2026$5.13
- Change since 2012+36%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2012 · the federal minimum wage was $7.25/hour31 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 2012; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- GASDESW
- Observed
- June 2012
- Coverage
- March 1994 – July 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 229.478 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain