Inflation by year
What a dollar from any year is worth today
US prices from 1913 to Aug 2026, from the Consumer Price Index. Pick a year to see what $1 or $100 from then buys today, and what the same money invested would have become.
Or use the inflation calculator| Year | $1 then | $100 then | Prices since | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.05 | $105 | +5% | 3.4% |
| 2024 | $1.09 | $109 | +9% | 3.2% |
| 2023 | $1.12 | $112 | +12% | 3.2% |
| 2022 | $1.19 | $119 | +19% | 3.9% |
| 2021 | $1.28 | $128 | +28% | 4.5% |
| 2020 | $1.30 | $130 | +30% | 4.0% |
| 2019 | $1.33 | $133 | +33% | 3.8% |
| 2018 | $1.35 | $135 | +35% | 3.6% |
| 2017 | $1.38 | $138 | +38% | 3.4% |
| 2016 | $1.41 | $141 | +41% | 3.3% |
| 2015 | $1.43 | $143 | +43% | 3.2% |
| 2014 | $1.43 | $143 | +43% | 2.9% |
| 2013 | $1.45 | $145 | +45% | 2.8% |
| 2012 | $1.48 | $148 | +48% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | $1.52 | $152 | +52% | 2.7% |
| 2010 | $1.55 | $155 | +55% | 2.7% |
| 2009 | $1.59 | $159 | +59% | 2.7% |
| 2008 | $1.59 | $159 | +59% | 2.5% |
| 2007 | $1.65 | $165 | +65% | 2.6% |
| 2006 | $1.69 | $169 | +69% | 2.6% |
| 2005 | $1.76 | $176 | +76% | 2.6% |
| 2004 | $1.81 | $181 | +81% | 2.7% |
| 2003 | $1.84 | $184 | +84% | 2.6% |
| 2002 | $1.89 | $189 | +89% | 2.6% |
| 2001 | $1.91 | $191 | +91% | 2.6% |
| 2000 | $1.98 | $198 | +98% | 2.6% |
| 1999 | $2.04 | $204 | +104% | 2.6% |
| 1998 | $2.07 | $207 | +107% | 2.6% |
| 1997 | $2.11 | $211 | +111% | 2.5% |
| 1996 | $2.17 | $217 | +117% | 2.6% |
| 1995 | $2.23 | $223 | +123% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | $2.29 | $229 | +129% | 2.6% |
| 1993 | $2.35 | $235 | +135% | 2.6% |
| 1992 | $2.43 | $243 | +143% | 2.6% |
| 1991 | $2.49 | $249 | +149% | 2.6% |
| 1990 | $2.63 | $263 | +163% | 2.7% |
| 1989 | $2.77 | $277 | +177% | 2.7% |
| 1988 | $2.90 | $290 | +190% | 2.8% |
| 1987 | $3.01 | $301 | +201% | 2.8% |
| 1986 | $3.06 | $306 | +206% | 2.8% |
| 1985 | $3.18 | $318 | +218% | 2.8% |
| 1984 | $3.29 | $329 | +229% | 2.8% |
| 1983 | $3.43 | $343 | +243% | 2.9% |
| 1982 | $3.55 | $355 | +255% | 2.9% |
| 1981 | $3.85 | $385 | +285% | 3.0% |
| 1980 | $4.31 | $431 | +331% | 3.2% |
| 1979 | $4.90 | $490 | +390% | 3.4% |
| 1978 | $5.36 | $536 | +436% | 3.5% |
| 1977 | $5.73 | $573 | +473% | 3.6% |
| 1976 | $6.02 | $602 | +502% | 3.6% |
| 1975 | $6.43 | $643 | +543% | 3.7% |
| 1974 | $7.19 | $719 | +619% | 3.8% |
| 1973 | $7.86 | $786 | +686% | 3.9% |
| 1972 | $8.15 | $815 | +715% | 3.9% |
| 1971 | $8.42 | $842 | +742% | 3.9% |
| 1970 | $8.86 | $886 | +786% | 3.9% |
| 1969 | $9.41 | $941 | +841% | 4.0% |
| 1968 | $9.82 | $982 | +882% | 4.0% |
| 1967 | $10.18 | $1,018 | +918% | 4.0% |
| 1966 | $10.53 | $1,053 | +953% | 4.0% |
| 1965 | $10.74 | $1,074 | +974% | 3.9% |
| 1964 | $10.84 | $1,084 | +984% | 3.9% |
| 1963 | $11.02 | $1,102 | +1002% | 3.8% |
| 1962 | $11.17 | $1,117 | +1017% | 3.8% |
| 1961 | $11.24 | $1,124 | +1024% | 3.8% |
| 1960 | $11.43 | $1,143 | +1043% | 3.7% |
| 1959 | $11.55 | $1,155 | +1055% | 3.7% |
| 1958 | $11.71 | $1,171 | +1071% | 3.7% |
| 1957 | $12.14 | $1,214 | +1114% | 3.7% |
| 1956 | $12.50 | $1,250 | +1150% | 3.6% |
| 1955 | $12.55 | $1,255 | +1155% | 3.6% |
| 1954 | $12.45 | $1,245 | +1145% | 3.5% |
| 1953 | $12.59 | $1,259 | +1159% | 3.5% |
| 1952 | $12.64 | $1,264 | +1164% | 3.5% |
| 1951 | $13.19 | $1,319 | +1219% | 3.5% |
| 1950 | $14.25 | $1,425 | +1325% | 3.5% |
| 1949 | $13.96 | $1,396 | +1296% | 3.5% |
| 1948 | $14.13 | $1,413 | +1313% | 3.4% |
| 1947 | $15.58 | $1,558 | +1458% | 3.5% |
| 1946 | $18.41 | $1,841 | +1741% | 3.7% |
| 1945 | $18.82 | $1,882 | +1782% | 3.7% |
| 1944 | $19.25 | $1,925 | +1825% | 3.6% |
| 1943 | $19.82 | $1,982 | +1882% | 3.6% |
| 1942 | $21.34 | $2,134 | +2034% | 3.7% |
| 1941 | $23.76 | $2,376 | +2276% | 3.8% |
| 1940 | $24.10 | $2,410 | +2310% | 3.7% |
| 1939 | $23.93 | $2,393 | +2293% | 3.7% |
| 1938 | $23.59 | $2,359 | +2259% | 3.6% |
| 1937 | $23.76 | $2,376 | +2276% | 3.6% |
| 1936 | $24.27 | $2,427 | +2327% | 3.6% |
| 1935 | $24.63 | $2,463 | +2363% | 3.6% |
| 1934 | $25.38 | $2,538 | +2438% | 3.6% |
| 1933 | $25.97 | $2,597 | +2497% | 3.5% |
| 1932 | $23.43 | $2,343 | +2243% | 3.4% |
| 1931 | $21.07 | $2,107 | +2007% | 3.2% |
| 1930 | $19.59 | $1,959 | +1859% | 3.1% |
| 1929 | $19.59 | $1,959 | +1859% | 3.1% |
| 1928 | $19.36 | $1,936 | +1836% | 3.1% |
| 1927 | $19.14 | $1,914 | +1814% | 3.0% |
| 1926 | $18.71 | $1,871 | +1771% | 3.0% |
| 1925 | $19.36 | $1,936 | +1836% | 3.0% |
| 1924 | $19.36 | $1,936 | +1836% | 2.9% |
| 1923 | $19.94 | $1,994 | +1894% | 2.9% |
| 1922 | $19.82 | $1,982 | +1882% | 2.9% |
| 1921 | $17.63 | $1,763 | +1663% | 2.8% |
| 1920 | $17.36 | $1,736 | +1636% | 2.7% |
| 1919 | $20.30 | $2,030 | +1930% | 2.8% |
| 1918 | $23.93 | $2,393 | +2293% | 3.0% |
| 1917 | $28.63 | $2,863 | +2763% | 3.1% |
| 1916 | $32.21 | $3,221 | +3121% | 3.2% |
| 1915 | $33.17 | $3,317 | +3217% | 3.2% |
| 1914 | $33.50 | $3,350 | +3250% | 3.2% |
| 1913 | $34.18 | $3,418 | +3318% | 3.2% |
Value in Aug 2026 dollars, using CPI-U for January of each year. Methodology.