Electricity · per kwh · 1985 Verified
$0.09in June 1985 — about $0.26 in today's money.
- Price in 1985$0.09
- Same money today$0.26
- Actual price now · June 2026$0.20
- Change since 1985+133%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1985 · the federal minimum wage was $3.35/hour2 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)2 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 1985; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU000072610
- Observed
- June 1985
- Coverage
- November 1978 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 107.6 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain