Tomatoes · per lb · 1993 Verified
$1.28in June 1993 — about $2.96 in today's money.
- Price in 1993$1.28
- Same money today$2.96
- Actual price now · June 2026$2.15
- Change since 1993+68%
Priced in working time
- Work to buy in 1993 · the federal minimum wage was $4.25/hour18 min
- Work to buy today · at $7.25/hour (2026)18 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 1993; we have not adjusted the figure.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- APU0000712311
- Observed
- June 1993
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 144.4 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- License
- Public domain