Spaghetti and macaroni · per lb · 1992 Verified
$0.86in June 1992 — about $2.05 in today's money.
- Price in 1992$0.86
- Same money today$2.05
- Actual price now · June 2026$1.37
- Change since 1992+59%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1992 · the federal minimum wage was $4.25/hour12 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)11 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 1992; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000701322
- Observed
- June 1992
- Coverage
- January 1984 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 140.2 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain