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What things cost in 2002

42 items · 37 observed in the public record · 5 inflation-estimated

ItemIn 2002Today's money
Average home sale price / each$227,600$422,733
Average hourly earnings, private / hour$14.93$27.71
Bacon / lb$3.19$5.92
Bananas / lb$0.51$0.95
Beans, dried, any type / lb$0.73$1.36
Bread, white / lb$1.01$1.87
Cheddar cheese, natural / lb$4.31$8.00
Chicken legs, bone-in / lb$1.31$2.43
Chicken, whole / lb$1.07$1.99
Coffee / lb$2.94$5.46
Diesel, all types / gallon$1.29$2.39
Eggs, grade A large / dozen$0.98$1.82
Electricity / kwh$0.10$0.18
Flour, white / lb$0.33$0.61
Fuel oil #2 / gallon$1.14$2.12
Gasoline, regular / gallon$1.38$2.56
Ground beef / lb$1.72$3.19
Ham / lb$2.89$5.36
Ice cream / half gallon$3.75$6.96
Lemons / lb$1.39$2.58
Malt beverages, all types / 16 oz$1.00$1.86
Median home sale price / each$187,200$347,696
Median household income / year$42,410$79,971
Milk, whole / gallon$2.77$5.14
Minimum wage, federal / hour$5.15$9.56
Natural gas / therm$0.77$1.43
Orange juice, frozen concentrate / 16 oz$1.89$3.51
Oranges, navel / lb$0.85$1.58
Potato chips / 16 oz$3.43$6.37
Potatoes, white / lb$0.52$0.97
Rice, white / lb$0.47$0.87
Spaghetti and macaroni / lb$0.94$1.74
Steak, sirloin, boneless / lb$5.43$10.08
Strawberries / 12 oz$1.55$2.88
Sugar, white / lb$0.43$0.80
Tomatoes / lb$1.30$2.41
Wine, red and white table / liter$6.13$11.38
Butter, stick / lb$3.02$5.61
Chicken breast, boneless / lb$3.00$5.56
Lettuce, romaine / lb$1.21$2.25
Soft drinks, all / 2 liter$1.05$1.95
Yogurt / 8 oz$0.77$1.43

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