Potato chips · per 16 oz · 1942 Estimated
$0.41in June 1942 — about $8.50 in today's money.
- Price in 1942$0.41
- Same money today$8.50
- Actual price now · June 2026$6.63
- Change since 1942+1498%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1942. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (January 1980) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 38 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
- APU0000718311
- Estimated for
- June 1942
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 16.3 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Back-cast
- 38 years before the first record · very low confidence
- License
- Public domain