Fuel oil #2 · per gallon · 2012 Verified
$3.51in June 2012 — about $5.11 in today's money.
- Price in 2012$3.51
- Same money today$5.11
- Actual price now · June 2026$4.71
- Change since 2012+34%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2012 · the federal minimum wage was $7.25/hour29 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)39 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
- APU000072511
- Observed
- June 2012
- Coverage
- November 1978 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 229.478 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain