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How many minutes of work did it take a typical hourly worker to pay for it?

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Prices: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (U.S. city average, annual averages). Wages: FRED, AHETPI (average hourly earnings, production & nonsupervisory workers, total private; source BLS).

Minutes of work = price ÷ that year's average hourly wage × 60, before taxes. Clocked is not affiliated with or endorsed by BLS, FRED or the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

How to play

Each day you get 5 everyday items, each from a different year.

Guess how many minutes of work it took a typical U.S. hourly worker to buy it back then. Slide or type your guess.

🟩 within 10%
🟨 within 25%
⬜ further off

Then see what it costs in work-minutes today. Everyone gets the same puzzle. New one at midnight Eastern.

All numbers are real: BLS average retail prices and BLS/FRED average hourly earnings for production & nonsupervisory workers.

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