Steak, sirloin, boneless · per lb · 1989 Verified
$4.04in June 1989 — about $10.87 in today's money.
- Price in 1989$4.04
- Same money today$10.87
- Actual price now · June 2026$14.45
- Change since 1989+258%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1989 · the federal minimum wage was $3.35/hour72 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)2 hours
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 1989; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000703613
- Observed
- June 1989
- Coverage
- January 1989 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 124.1 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain