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1992 vs 2013

The Cost of Living Comparison

Median Income

$30,640 $53,590

+74.9%

Median Home

$121,375 $266,225

+119.3%

Housing Labor

4.0yr 5.0yr

1.3x harder

📊 Full Item Comparison

Item 1992 Price 2013 Price Change Hours 1992 Hours 2013 Verdict
🥚 Eggs $0.86 $1.91 +122% 0.1h 0.1h Harder
🍞 Bread $0.75 $1.41 +88% 0.1h 0.1h Harder
⛽ Gas $1.13 $3.53 +213% 0.1h 0.1h Harder
🥩 Ground Beef $1.54 $3.40 +121% 0.1h 0.1h Harder
🐔 Chicken $0.87 $1.50 +72% 0.1h 0.1h Easier
🥓 Bacon $1.92 $5.29 +176% 0.1h 0.2h Harder
☕ Coffee $2.58 $5.45 +112% 0.2h 0.2h Harder
🍊 Oranges $2.58 $4.99 +93% 0.2h 0.2h Harder
⚡ Electricity $0.09 $0.13 +50% 0.0h 0.0h Easier
🎓 College Tuition $2,349 $8,312 +254% 159.5h 322.6h Harder
🚗 New Car $17,109 $32,086 +88% 1161.4h 1245.4h Harder
🏠 Monthly Rent $463 $843 +82% 31.4h 32.7h Harder
🏥 Doctor Visit $34.64 $106 +206% 2.4h 4.1h Harder

📈 Got Harder to Earn

Items where labor hours increased from 1992 to 2013, sorted by magnitude.

🎓
College Tuition

159.5h → 322.6h

2.0x

harder

Gas

0.1h → 0.1h

1.8x

harder

🏥
Doctor Visit

2.4h → 4.1h

1.7x

harder

🥓
Bacon

0.1h → 0.2h

1.6x

harder

🥚
Eggs

0.1h → 0.1h

1.3x

harder

🥩
Ground Beef

0.1h → 0.1h

1.3x

harder

Coffee

0.2h → 0.2h

1.2x

harder

🍊
Oranges

0.2h → 0.2h

1.1x

harder

🍞
Bread

0.1h → 0.1h

1.1x

harder

🚗
New Car

1161.4h → 1245.4h

1.1x

harder

🏠
Monthly Rent

31.4h → 32.7h

1.0x

harder

📉 Got Easier to Earn

Items where labor hours decreased from 1992 to 2013, sorted by magnitude.

Electricity

0.0h → 0.0h

0.9x

easier

🐔
Chicken

0.1h → 0.1h

1.0x

easier

💵 Purchasing Power

If you earned the median income in 1992 ($30,640), you'd need $50,871 in 2013 to maintain the same lifestyle.

Based on CPI adjustment (140.3 → 233.0).

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