Ice cream · per half gallon · 1991 Verified
$2.59in June 1991 — about $6.36 in today's money.
- Price in 1991$2.59
- Same money today$6.36
- Actual price now · June 2026$5.95
- Change since 1991+130%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1991 · the federal minimum wage was $4.25/hour37 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)49 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 1991; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000710411
- Observed
- June 1991
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 136 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain