US Inflation CalculatorValue of the dollar by year
Pick a year to see what $1 or $100 from that year buys in October 2026, the inflation in that year and how the value changed in the years after.
1910s
- 1913 $100 = $3,415
- 1914 $100 = $3,369
- 1915 $100 = $3,339
- 1916 $100 = $3,101
- 1917 $100 = $2,632
- 1918 $100 = $2,244
- 1919 $100 = $1,947
1920s
- 1920 $100 = $1,684
- 1921 $100 = $1,891
- 1922 $100 = $2,015
- 1923 $100 = $1,980
- 1924 $100 = $1,971
- 1925 $100 = $1,924
- 1926 $100 = $1,907
- 1927 $100 = $1,944
- 1928 $100 = $1,967
- 1929 $100 = $1,967
1930s
- 1930 $100 = $2,021
- 1931 $100 = $2,219
- 1932 $100 = $2,474
- 1933 $100 = $2,610
- 1934 $100 = $2,522
- 1935 $100 = $2,459
- 1936 $100 = $2,434
- 1937 $100 = $2,347
- 1938 $100 = $2,395
- 1939 $100 = $2,427
1940s
- 1940 $100 = $2,409
- 1941 $100 = $2,292
- 1942 $100 = $2,066
- 1943 $100 = $1,950
- 1944 $100 = $1,919
- 1945 $100 = $1,876
- 1946 $100 = $1,729
- 1947 $100 = $1,512
- 1948 $100 = $1,404
- 1949 $100 = $1,418
1950s
- 1950 $100 = $1,402
- 1951 $100 = $1,300
- 1952 $100 = $1,271
- 1953 $100 = $1,261
- 1954 $100 = $1,257
- 1955 $100 = $1,261
- 1956 $100 = $1,242
- 1957 $100 = $1,201
- 1958 $100 = $1,170
- 1959 $100 = $1,158
1960s
- 1960 $100 = $1,141
- 1961 $100 = $1,129
- 1962 $100 = $1,116
- 1963 $100 = $1,102
- 1964 $100 = $1,088
- 1965 $100 = $1,071
- 1966 $100 = $1,040
- 1967 $100 = $1,012
- 1968 $100 = $970
- 1969 $100 = $920
1970s
- 1970 $100 = $869
- 1971 $100 = $834
- 1972 $100 = $807
- 1973 $100 = $760
- 1974 $100 = $684
- 1975 $100 = $627
- 1976 $100 = $593
- 1977 $100 = $557
- 1978 $100 = $517
- 1979 $100 = $465
1980s
- 1980 $100 = $410
- 1981 $100 = $371
- 1982 $100 = $350
- 1983 $100 = $339
- 1984 $100 = $325
- 1985 $100 = $314
- 1986 $100 = $308
- 1987 $100 = $297
- 1988 $100 = $285
- 1989 $100 = $272
1990s
- 1990 $100 = $258
- 1991 $100 = $248
- 1992 $100 = $241
- 1993 $100 = $234
- 1994 $100 = $228
- 1995 $100 = $221
- 1996 $100 = $215
- 1997 $100 = $210
- 1998 $100 = $207
- 1999 $100 = $203
2000s
- 2000 $100 = $196
- 2001 $100 = $191
- 2002 $100 = $188
- 2003 $100 = $183
- 2004 $100 = $179
- 2005 $100 = $173
- 2006 $100 = $167
- 2007 $100 = $163
- 2008 $100 = $157
- 2009 $100 = $157
2010s
- 2010 $100 = $155
- 2011 $100 = $150
- 2012 $100 = $147
- 2013 $100 = $145
- 2014 $100 = $143
- 2015 $100 = $142
- 2016 $100 = $141
- 2017 $100 = $138
- 2018 $100 = $134
- 2019 $100 = $132
2020s
Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted, index 1982-84 = 100 (series CUUR0000SA0), January 1913 to October 2026, read through the BLS public data API (bls.gov/cpi) on 13 November 2026.
- BLS shows no value for October 2025 in the data, so that month is left out; yearly figures are the average of the 12 months and are shown only for 1913 to 2024.
- Every result is index arithmetic: amount × (index in the later month ÷ index in the earlier month).
Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics read on 13 November 2026; latest month October 2026. This site is independent and not connected with the BLS or any government. The CPI is an average of urban consumer prices and measures nothing about your own spending. Results are estimates, not financial advice.