Ham · per lb · 2021 Verified
$4.92in June 2021 — about $6.05 in today's money.
- Price in 2021$4.92
- Same money today$6.05
- Actual price now · June 2026$5.51
- Change since 2021+12%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2021 · the federal minimum wage was $7.25/hour41 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 2021; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000704312
- Observed
- June 2021
- Coverage
- January 1991 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 271.696 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain