Oranges, navel · per lb · 1991 Verified
$0.93in February 1991 — about $2.30 in today's money.
- Price in 1991$0.93
- Same money today$2.30
- Actual price now · June 2026$1.54
- Change since 1991+66%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1991 · the federal minimum wage was $4.25/hour13 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)13 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 February 1991; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000711311
- Observed
- February 1991
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 134.8 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain