Eggs, grade A large · per dozen · 1997 Verified
$0.95in June 1997 — about $1.98 in today's money.
- Price in 1997$0.95
- Same money today$1.98
- Actual price now · June 2026$2.14
- Change since 1997+125%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1997 · the federal minimum wage was $4.75/hour12 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)18 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 1997; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000708111
- Observed
- June 1997
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 160.3 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain