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United States Inflation: 1946 to Now

$100.00 in 1946 is worth about $1,696.88 today (2026 prices).

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Cumulative change+1596.9%
Average annual rate+3.60%

2026 is still in progress, so this figure averages the months published so far, not a full year.

At a Glance

USEquivalent value
$1.00$16.97
$10.00$169.69
$100.00$1,696.88
$1,000.00$16,969
$10,000$169,688
$100,000$1,696,880
$1,000,000$16,968,796

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
194619.5$100.00
194722.3$114.39
194824.0$123.18
194923.8$121.99
195024.1$123.31
195126.0$133.00
195226.6$136.04
195326.8$137.15
195426.9$137.57
195526.8$137.19
195627.2$139.28
195728.1$143.94
195828.9$147.86
195929.1$149.36
196029.6$151.53
196129.9$153.16
196230.3$154.99
196330.6$156.91
196431.0$158.92
196531.5$161.44
196632.5$166.31
196733.4$170.92
196834.8$178.22
196936.7$187.95
197038.8$198.93
197140.5$207.47
197241.8$214.26
197344.4$227.49
197449.3$252.64
197553.8$275.74
197656.9$291.58
197760.6$310.54
197865.2$334.24
197972.6$371.86
198082.4$422.24
198190.9$465.88
198296.5$494.44
198399.6$510.32
1984103.9$532.27
1985107.6$551.15
1986109.6$561.60
1987113.6$582.18
1988118.3$605.92
1989124.0$635.17
1990130.7$669.46
1991136.2$697.81
1992140.3$718.95
1993144.5$740.16
1994148.2$759.47
1995152.4$780.77
1996156.8$803.66
1997160.5$822.45
1998163.0$835.21
1999166.6$853.49
2000172.2$882.31
2001177.1$907.24
2002179.9$921.63
2003184.0$942.55
2004188.9$967.79
2005195.3$1,000.63
2006201.6$1,032.90
2007207.3$1,062.37
2008215.3$1,103.16
2009214.5$1,099.23
2010218.1$1,117.26
2011224.9$1,152.53
2012229.6$1,176.38
2013233.0$1,193.61
2014236.7$1,212.97
2015237.0$1,214.41
2016240.0$1,229.73
2017245.1$1,255.93
2018251.1$1,286.61
2019255.7$1,309.92
2020258.8$1,326.08
2021271.0$1,388.38
2022292.7$1,499.49
2023304.7$1,561.21
2024313.7$1,607.26
2025321.9$1,649.55
2026331.2$1,696.88

Other Starting Years

How This Is Calculated

Based on the official consumer price index (CPI) for this country — for the US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' CPI-U, averaged from monthly figures to a single annual value; for Korea and Japan, the World Bank's annual CPI series. A gap in the source data is shown as a gap, never estimated or interpolated.

US: 19132026

$100.00 in 1946 — United States Inflation Calculator · PNL404