Prices
Eggs, milk, bread, gasoline and coffee: the latest U.S. average, with last month and a year ago beside it.
These are average prices published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The month on each tile is the month they describe. The figure is a U.S. city average for that measure, for the whole country. A shop near you can charge a different price. Coupons are not listed here.
Everyday prices
Photo: Gisela Francisco, CC BY 3.0 Eggs
A dozen large grade A eggs.
$2.27 per dozen
U.S. city average, August 2026
July 2026 was $2.19.
Down 37% from a year ago (August 2025: $3.59).
Photo: Santeri Viinamäki, CC BY-SA 4.0 Milk
A gallon of fresh whole milk.
$4.23 per gallon
U.S. city average, August 2026
July 2026 was $4.31.
Up 1% from a year ago (August 2025: $4.17).
Photo: Mike Finn, CC BY 2.0 Bread
A pound of white pan bread.
$1.82 per pound
U.S. city average, August 2026
July 2026 was $1.82.
Down 1% from a year ago (August 2025: $1.84).
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0 Gasoline
A gallon of unleaded regular gasoline.
$4.20 per gallon
U.S. city average, August 2026
July 2026 was $4.09.
Up 27% from a year ago (August 2025: $3.30).
Photo: Julius Schorzman, CC BY-SA 2.0 Coffee
A pound of ground roast coffee.
$9.30 per pound
U.S. city average, August 2026
July 2026 was $9.32.
Up 5% from a year ago (August 2025: $8.87).
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average price series. Public domain. Read 8 h ago. Photographs are from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each tile.