Gasoline, regular · per gallon · 1979 Estimated
$0.81in June 1979 — about $3.73 in today's money.
- Price in 1979$0.81
- Same money today$3.73
- Actual price now · July 2026$3.86
- Change since 1979+378%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1979. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (August 1990) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 11 years. The further back it reaches, the less it should be trusted. Treat it as an approximation, not a historical fact.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- GASREGW
- Estimated for
- June 1979
- Coverage
- August 1990 – July 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 72.3 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SETB01
- Back-cast
- 11 years before the first record · moderate confidence
- License
- Public domain