Gasoline, regular · per gallon · 1981 Estimated
$1.26in June 1981 — about $4.66 in today's money.
- Price in 1981$1.26
- Same money today$4.66
- Actual price now · July 2026$3.86
- Change since 1981+205%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1981. 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 9 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 1981
- Coverage
- August 1990 – July 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 90.6 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SETB01
- Back-cast
- 9 years before the first record · reasonable confidence
- License
- Public domain