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The Cheeseburger Index

American Cheese:
$5.99

$5.99
$NaN
Cost per burger
+8.2%
Year-over-Year
109
Months of Data

Price History

$4.50$5.00$5.50$6.00$6.50Jan 2017Oct 2018Jul 2020Apr 2022Jan 2024Nov 2025Feb 2026

Price Records

All-Time High
$6.12
August 2025
All-Time Low
$4.75
May 2017

How It Affects Your Burger

Each cheeseburger uses of american cheese. At the current price of $5.99 , that adds $NaN to the cost of each burger.

BLS Series: . Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (public domain).

Frequently Asked Questions

American Cheese currently costs $5.99 undefined, according to BLS CPI Average Price data. The price has changed +8.2% year-over-year.

Each homemade cheeseburger uses undefined undefined of american cheese. At the current price, that adds $NaN to the cost of each burger.

The all-time high price for american cheese was $6.12 undefined, recorded in August 2025. The all-time low was $4.75, recorded in May 2017.