Milk, whole · per gallon · 1981 Estimated
$1.58in June 1981 — about $5.82 in today's money.
- Price in 1981$1.58
- Same money today$5.82
- Actual price now · June 2026$4.32
- Change since 1981+173%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1981. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (July 1995) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 14 years. The further back it reaches, the less it should be trusted. Treat it as an approximation, not a historical fact.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000709112
- Estimated for
- June 1981
- Coverage
- July 1995 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 90.6 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SAF11
- Back-cast
- 14 years before the first record · moderate confidence
- License
- Public domain