Gasoline, regular · per gallon · 2009 Verified
$2.67in June 2009 — about $4.13 in today's money.
- Price in 2009$2.67
- Same money today$4.13
- Actual price now · July 2026$4.00
- Change since 2009+50%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2009 · the federal minimum wage was $6.55/hour24 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)33 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 2009; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- GASREGW
- Observed
- June 2009
- Coverage
- August 1990 – July 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 215.693 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain