White bread price history and inflation, 1980–2026
$1.83 per pound (Sep 2026)
BLS average price per pound of white pan bread. Bread prices reflect wheat, energy, labor and packaging costs. The latest average price is $1.83 for Sep 2026. That is -2.0% from a year earlier.
Adjusted for overall inflation (CPI-U), the 1980 average price of $0.51 would be $2.08 in Sep 2026 dollars, so white bread has become less expensive in real terms.
Annual averages
| Year | Average price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 * | $1.87 | -5.1% |
| 2024 | $1.97 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | $1.96 | +15.3% |
| 2022 | $1.70 | +11.6% |
| 2021 | $1.52 | +5.0% |
| 2020 | $1.45 | +11.9% |
| 2019 | $1.30 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | $1.29 | -3.5% |
| 2017 | $1.33 | -2.8% |
| 2016 | $1.37 | -4.8% |
| 2015 | $1.44 | +2.8% |
| 2014 | $1.40 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | $1.41 | -0.8% |
| 2012 | $1.42 | -1.9% |
| 2011 | $1.44 | +5.2% |
| 2010 | $1.37 | -1.0% |
| 2009 | $1.39 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | $1.37 | +13.2% |
| 2007 | $1.21 | +11.7% |
| 2006 | $1.08 | +3.9% |
| 2005 | $1.04 | +7.3% |
| 2004 | $0.97 | -3.1% |
| 2003 | $1.00 | -1.5% |
| 2002 | $1.02 | +1.7% |
| 2001 | $1.00 | +7.4% |
| 2000 | $0.93 | +4.9% |
| 1999 | $0.89 | +3.1% |
| 1998 | $0.86 | -1.4% |
| 1997 | $0.87 | -0.4% |
| 1996 | $0.88 | +10.7% |
| 1995 | $0.79 | +4.0% |
| 1994 | $0.76 | +1.1% |
| 1993 | $0.75 | +0.3% |
| 1992 | $0.75 | +5.6% |
| 1991 | $0.71 | +2.2% |
| 1990 | $0.69 | +4.4% |
| 1989 | $0.67 | +8.6% |
| 1988 | $0.61 | +12.0% |
| 1987 | $0.55 | -3.1% |
| 1986 | $0.56 | +2.1% |
| 1985 | $0.55 | +2.2% |
| 1984 | $0.54 | -0.1% |
| 1983 | $0.54 | +1.8% |
| 1982 | $0.53 | +1.3% |
| 1981 | $0.53 | +3.2% |
| 1980 | $0.51 | +0.0% |
* Partial year, averaged over published months only. 2025: 11 of 12 months (BLS published no October 2025 data because of the federal government shutdown; the average uses the 11 published months).