Ground beef · per lb · 2011 Verified
$2.77in June 2011 — about $4.10 in today's money.
- Price in 2011$2.77
- Same money today$4.10
- Actual price now · June 2026$6.83
- Change since 2011+147%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2011 · the federal minimum wage was $7.25/hour23 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)57 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 2011; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000703112
- Observed
- June 2011
- Coverage
- January 1984 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 225.722 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain