Eggbundance

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In 1919 a dozen eggs cost 61 cents, or around 5 cents per egg. Wages at the time were around 43 cents per hour, so workers had to spend around 7 minutes (425 seconds) to earn the money to buy one egg. Today you can buy 18 eggs for 57 cents, or 3.2 cents per egg. Blue-collar wages have increased to $32.54 per hour. In now takes around 3.5 seconds to earn one egg. For the time it took to earn the money to buy one egg in 1919, you get 121 today. One egg to 10 dozen in a little over 100 years. That’s a 12,000 percent increase in egg abundance. Egg abundance is growing at 4.8 percent a year, doubling in abundance every 14.6 years.

There's never been a better time to make an omelet.

Sources: measuringworth.com and Bureau of Labor Statistics