Steak, sirloin, boneless · per lb · 1998 Verified
$4.40in June 1998 — about $9.01 in today's money.
- Price in 1998$4.40
- Same money today$9.01
- Actual price now · June 2026$14.45
- Change since 1998+228%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1998 · the federal minimum wage was $5.15/hour51 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 1998; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000703613
- Observed
- June 1998
- Coverage
- January 1989 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 163 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain