Lettuce, romaine · per lb · 2018 Verified
$1.94in June 2018 — about $2.57 in today's money.
- Price in 2018$1.94
- Same money today$2.57
- Actual price now · June 2026$4.02
- Change since 2018+107%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 2018 · the federal minimum wage was $7.25/hour16 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)33 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 2018; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000FL2101
- Observed
- June 2018
- Coverage
- January 2006 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 251.989 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain