Ham · per lb · 1998 Verified
$2.82in June 1998 — about $5.78 in today's money.
- Price in 1998$2.82
- Same money today$5.78
- Actual price now · June 2026$5.51
- Change since 1998+95%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1998 · the federal minimum wage was $5.15/hour33 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)46 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 1998; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000704312
- Observed
- June 1998
- Coverage
- January 1991 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 163 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain