Fuel oil #2 · per gallon · 1981 Verified
$1.26in June 1981 — about $4.64 in today's money.
- Price in 1981$1.26
- Same money today$4.64
- Actual price now · June 2026$4.71
- Change since 1981+274%
Price history
Record & method
This is an observed price. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded it in June 1981; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU000072511
- Observed
- June 1981
- Coverage
- November 1978 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 90.6 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain