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Grocery prices in 2013

In 2013, a gallon of regular gas cost $3.53 and a pound of white bread cost $1.41 in the U.S., and the average hourly wage was $20.13.

2013 vs 2025

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (U.S. city average) and average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees. Yearly figures are the mean of the monthly ones. Prices are in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation; minutes of work is the adjustment.

What changed

The wage went from $20.13 to $31.34 an hour. The whole basket above took about 133 minutes of work in 2013 and about 116 in 2025.

The biggest price rise was frozen orange juice concentrate, +83%, from $2.51 to $4.59.

Measured in work, a gallon of regular gas got the most affordable: about 11 minutes in 2013, about 6.2 now.

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2013 prices, answered

How much did a gallon of regular gas cost in 2013?
$3.53 (per gallon, unleaded regular), the U.S. city average for 2013 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At that year's average hourly wage of $20.13, it took about 11 minutes of work. In 2025 it cost $3.26, or about 6.2 minutes.
How much did a pound of white bread cost in 2013?
$1.41 (per lb, white pan bread), the U.S. city average for 2013 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At that year's average hourly wage of $20.13, it took about 4.2 minutes of work. In 2025 it cost $1.87, or about 3.6 minutes.
How much did a pound of ground beef cost in 2013?
$3.40 (per lb, 100% beef), the U.S. city average for 2013 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At that year's average hourly wage of $20.13, it took about 10 minutes of work. In 2025 it cost $6.09, or about 12 minutes.
How much did a pound of ground coffee cost in 2013?
$5.45 (per lb, 100% ground roast), the U.S. city average for 2013 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At that year's average hourly wage of $20.13, it took about 16 minutes of work. In 2025 it cost $8.18, or about 16 minutes.
How much did a pound of sliced bacon cost in 2013?
$5.29 (per lb, sliced), the U.S. city average for 2013 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At that year's average hourly wage of $20.13, it took about 16 minutes of work. In 2025 it cost $7.02, or about 13 minutes.
What was the average hourly wage in 2013?
$20.13 an hour, the BLS average for production and nonsupervisory employees in private industry. In 2025 it was $31.34.

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