Milk, whole · per gallon · 1999 Verified
$2.70in June 1999 — about $5.43 in today's money.
- Price in 1999$2.70
- Same money today$5.43
- Actual price now · June 2026$4.32
- Change since 1999+60%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1999 · the federal minimum wage was $5.15/hour31 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)36 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 1999; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000709112
- Observed
- June 1999
- Coverage
- July 1995 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 166.2 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain