Natural gas · per therm · 1986 Verified
$0.63in June 1986 — about $1.92 in today's money.
- Price in 1986$0.63
- Same money today$1.92
- Actual price now · June 2026$1.69
- Change since 1986+169%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1986 · the federal minimum wage was $3.35/hour11 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)14 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 1986; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU000072620
- Observed
- June 1986
- Coverage
- November 1978 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 109.5 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain