| The 'Real" Price of Gasoline Using 2005 Dollars | |||||||
| Year | Price of Gasoline | CPI | GDP Deflator | Unskilled Wage | Consumer Bundle | GDP per capita | Share GDP |
| 1949 | 0.27 | 2.21 | 1.85 | 3.75 | 3.53 | 6.32 | 12.61 |
| 1950 | 0.27 | 2.19 | 1.83 | 3.58 | 3.35 | 5.85 | 11.48 |
| 1951 | 0.27 | 2.03 | 1.71 | 3.31 | 3.18 | 5.13 | 9.94 |
| 1952 | 0.27 | 1.99 | 1.68 | 3.13 | 3.07 | 4.94 | 9.41 |
| 1953 | 0.29 | 2.12 | 1.78 | 3.14 | 3.14 | 5.09 | 9.54 |
| 1954 | 0.29 | 2.11 | 1.77 | 3.00 | 3.06 | 5.17 | 9.52 |
| 1955 | 0.29 | 2.12 | 1.74 | 2.88 | 2.87 | 4.83 | 8.73 |
| 1956 | 0.30 | 2.16 | 1.74 | 2.84 | 2.87 | 4.83 | 8.56 |
| 1957 | 0.31 | 2.15 | 1.74 | 2.79 | 2.84 | 4.82 | 8.40 |
| 1958 | 0.30 | 2.03 | 1.64 | 2.58 | 2.68 | 4.68 | 8.02 |
| 1959 | 0.31 | 2.08 | 1.68 | 2.56 | 2.62 | 4.54 | 7.64 |
| 1960 | 0.31 | 2.05 | 1.65 | 2.47 | 2.55 | 4.46 | 7.35 |
| 1961 | 0.31 | 2.02 | 1.63 | 2.38 | 2.55 | 4.38 | 7.11 |
| 1962 | 0.31 | 2.00 | 1.61 | 2.31 | 2.48 | 4.14 | 6.61 |
| 1963 | 0.30 | 1.91 | 1.54 | 2.16 | 2.32 | 3.85 | 6.06 |
| 1964 | 0.30 | 1.89 | 1.52 | 2.10 | 2.20 | 3.64 | 5.65 |
| 1965 | 0.31 | 1.92 | 1.54 | 2.11 | 2.17 | 3.51 | 5.38 |
| 1966 | 0.32 | 1.93 | 1.55 | 2.10 | 2.12 | 3.34 | 5.07 |
| 1967 | 0.33 | 1.93 | 1.55 | 2.06 | 2.12 | 3.29 | 4.95 |
| 1968 | 0.34 | 1.91 | 1.53 | 2.01 | 2.06 | 3.13 | 4.67 |
| 1969 | 0.35 | 1.87 | 1.50 | 1.95 | 2.01 | 3.01 | 4.44 |
| 1970 | 0.36 | 1.81 | 1.47 | 1.87 | 1.97 | 2.98 | 4.33 |
| 1971 | 0.36 | 1.74 | 1.40 | 1.73 | 1.87 | 2.78 | 3.99 |
| 1972 | 0.36 | 1.68 | 1.34 | 1.62 | 1.76 | 2.56 | 3.63 |
| 1973 | 0.39 | 1.72 | 1.37 | 1.64 | 1.90 | 2.51 | 3.52 |
| 1974 | 0.53 | 2.10 | 1.71 | 2.08 | 2.42 | 3.17 | 4.41 |
| 1975 | 0.57 | 2.07 | 1.68 | 2.06 | 2.40 | 3.15 | 4.34 |
| 1976 | 0.60 | 2.06 | 1.67 | 1.98 | 2.34 | 3.01 | 4.10 |
| 1977 | 0.64 | 2.06 | 1.68 | 1.95 | 2.29 | 2.91 | 3.94 |
| 1978 | 0.65 | 1.95 | 1.59 | 1.83 | 2.14 | 2.65 | 3.54 |
| 1979 | 0.88 | 2.37 | 1.99 | 2.29 | 2.66 | 3.24 | 4.29 |
| 1980 | 1.22 | 2.89 | 2.53 | 2.88 | 3.50 | 4.18 | 5.46 |
| 1981 | 1.35 | 2.90 | 2.56 | 2.94 | 3.69 | 4.17 | 5.39 |
| 1982 | 1.26 | 2.55 | 2.25 | 2.61 | 3.35 | 3.77 | 4.83 |
| 1983 | 1.20 | 2.35 | 2.06 | 2.38 | 2.92 | 3.34 | 4.24 |
| 1984 | 1.17 | 2.20 | 1.94 | 2.24 | 2.47 | 2.95 | 3.71 |
| 1985 | 1.16 | 2.11 | 1.87 | 2.15 | 2.29 | 2.75 | 3.43 |
| 1986 | 0.90 | 1.60 | 1.42 | 1.64 | 1.75 | 2.04 | 2.52 |
| 1987 | 0.93 | 1.60 | 1.43 | 1.65 | 1.77 | 2.00 | 2.45 |
| 1988 | 0.93 | 1.54 | 1.38 | 1.59 | 1.67 | 1.87 | 2.28 |
| 1989 | 1.01 | 1.59 | 1.44 | 1.67 | 1.69 | 1.91 | 2.30 |
| 1990 | 1.16 | 1.73 | 1.59 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 2.10 | 2.50 |
| 1991 | 1.14 | 1.63 | 1.51 | 1.75 | 1.79 | 2.02 | 2.37 |
| 1992 | 1.13 | 1.57 | 1.47 | 1.69 | 1.76 | 1.92 | 2.23 |
| 1993 | 1.11 | 1.50 | 1.41 | 1.61 | 1.68 | 1.82 | 2.08 |
| 1994 | 1.11 | 1.46 | 1.38 | 1.57 | 1.62 | 1.74 | 1.96 |
| 1995 | 1.15 | 1.47 | 1.40 | 1.58 | 1.65 | 1.74 | 1.94 |
| 1996 | 1.23 | 1.53 | 1.47 | 1.63 | 1.69 | 1.78 | 1.96 |
| 1997 | 1.23 | 1.50 | 1.45 | 1.58 | 1.64 | 1.70 | 1.85 |
| 1998 | 1.06 | 1.27 | 1.23 | 1.31 | 1.38 | 1.41 | 1.51 |
| 1999 | 1.17 | 1.37 | 1.34 | 1.40 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.58 |
| 2000 | 1.51 | 1.71 | 1.69 | 1.75 | 1.84 | 1.83 | 1.92 |
| 2001 | 1.46 | 1.61 | 1.60 | 1.62 | 1.71 | 1.73 | 1.80 |
| 2002 | 1.36 | 1.48 | 1.46 | 1.46 | 1.55 | 1.57 | 1.62 |
| 2003 | 1.59 | 1.69 | 1.68 | 1.66 | 1.81 | 1.77 | 1.81 |
| 2004 | 1.88 | 1.94 | 1.93 | 1.92 | 2.01 | 1.98 | 2.00 |
| 2005 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 |