Ham · per lb · 2003 Verified
$2.88in June 2003 — about $5.24 in today's money.
- Price in 2003$2.88
- Same money today$5.24
- Actual price now · June 2026$5.51
- Change since 2003+91%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2003 · the federal minimum wage was $5.15/hour34 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 2003; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000704312
- Observed
- June 2003
- Coverage
- January 1991 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 183.7 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain