A dozen eggs cost $2.27 in September 2026, down 34.9% from a year earlier. In 2000 the average was $0.91, about $1.79 in today's dollars.
Adjust any amount for inflation
Every year since 1980
- Price at the time
- In September 2026 dollars
| Year | Average price | In today's dollars |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.25 | $4.45 |
| 2024 | $3.17 | $3.41 |
| 2023 | $2.80 | $3.09 |
| 2022 | $2.86 | $3.29 |
| 2021 | $1.67 | $2.08 |
| 2020 | $1.51 | $1.96 |
| 2019 | $1.40 | $1.84 |
| 2018 | $1.74 | $2.34 |
| 2017 | $1.47 | $2.02 |
| 2016 | $1.68 | $2.36 |
| 2015 | $2.47 | $3.51 |
| 2014 | $2.02 | $2.87 |
| 2013 | $1.91 | $2.76 |
| 2012 | $1.84 | $2.70 |
| 2011 | $1.77 | $2.65 |
| 2010 | $1.66 | $2.57 |
| 2009 | $1.66 | $2.61 |
| 2008 | $1.99 | $3.11 |
| 2007 | $1.68 | $2.72 |
| 2006 | $1.31 | $2.18 |
| 2005 | $1.22 | $2.10 |
| 2004 | $1.34 | $2.39 |
| 2003 | $1.24 | $2.28 |
| 2002 | $1.03 | $1.93 |
| 2001 | $0.93 | $1.77 |
| 2000 | $0.91 | $1.79 |
| 1999 | $0.96 | $1.94 |
| 1998 | $1.04 | $2.14 |
| 1997 | $1.06 | $2.22 |
| 1996 | $1.11 | $2.38 |
| 1995 | $0.93 | $2.05 |
| 1994 | $0.86 | $1.96 |
| 1993 | $0.91 | $2.12 |
| 1992 | $0.86 | $2.07 |
| 1991 | $0.99 | $2.45 |
| 1990 | $1.01 | $2.61 |
| 1989 | $1.00 | $2.71 |
| 1988 | $0.79 | $2.25 |
| 1987 | $0.78 | $2.32 |
| 1986 | $0.87 | $2.67 |
| 1985 | $0.80 | $2.52 |
| 1984 | $1.01 | $3.26 |
| 1983 | $0.89 | $3.02 |
| 1982 | $0.87 | $3.03 |
| 1981 | $0.90 | $3.33 |
| 1980 | $0.84 | $3.45 |
Yearly averages of monthly U.S. city average prices; a year counts once BLS published at least 10 of its months. Today's dollars use the all-items CPI to September 2026.
Against inflation
| Since | Egg prices | All prices |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | up 149% | up 96% |
| 1980 | up 169% | up 309% |
Since 2000, egg prices outpaced inflation; since 1980, egg prices lagged behind it.
Biggest yearly jumps
- 2022: up 70.7% from 2021 ($1.67 to $2.86)
- 2025: up 34.0% from 2024 ($3.17 to $4.25)
- 2007: up 28.3% from 2006 ($1.31 to $1.68)
Minutes of work
At the average hourly wage of production and nonsupervisory workers, a dozen eggs took 7.4 minutes of work in 1980 ($6.84 an hour) and 4.2 minutes in September 2026 ($32.54 an hour).
What moved egg prices
Recent egg price spikes followed outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which cut laying flocks. APHIS confirmed HPAI in a U.S. commercial flock on February 8, 2022, and BLS says the outbreak affected nearly 60 million egg-laying birds; the average price rose 70.7% that year. USDA reports the industry lost 41.8 million laying hens in 2025, when eggs averaged $4.25 a dozen, up from $1.40 in 2019. An earlier outbreak in 2014-15 also sent prices sharply higher; the average then fell 31.8% in 2016. By September 2026 eggs cost $2.27, down 34.9% in a year, as ERS reported egg production recovering and fewer new HPAI detections in early 2026.
Reviewed October 17, 2026. Sources:
- USDA ERS: Food Price Outlook, Summary Findings (September 2026 edition)
- USDA APHIS: Confirmations of HPAI in Commercial and Backyard Flocks
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review, "Eating the cost: food prices and the COVID-19 pandemic" (July 2026)
- BLS: data series APU0000708111
- USDA ERS: Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, February 2026 (LDP-M-380)
- USDA ERS: Chart of Note, "Egg prices rose and remained high during and after the 2014-15 U.S. HPAI outbreak"
Sources
- BLS series APU0000708111: Eggs, grade A large (U.S. city average, to September 2026)
- BLS Consumer Price Index, all items (CPI-U)
- BLS average price data and average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (CEU0500000008)
- How we use these figures: our methodology
General information, not financial advice.