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United States Inflation: 1949 to Now

$100.00 in 1949 is worth about $1,391.05 today (2026 prices).

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Cumulative change+1291.0%
Average annual rate+3.48%

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$13.91
$10.00$139.10
$100.00$1,391.05
$1,000.00$13,910
$10,000$139,105
$100,000$1,391,045
$1,000,000$13,910,450

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
194923.8$100.00
195024.1$101.09
195126.0$109.03
195226.6$111.52
195326.8$112.43
195426.9$112.78
195526.8$112.46
195627.2$114.18
195728.1$117.99
195828.9$121.21
195929.1$122.44
196029.6$124.22
196129.9$125.55
196230.3$127.06
196330.6$128.63
196431.0$130.28
196531.5$132.34
196632.5$136.33
196733.4$140.11
196834.8$146.10
196936.7$154.08
197038.8$163.08
197140.5$170.08
197241.8$175.64
197344.4$186.49
197449.3$207.11
197553.8$226.05
197656.9$239.03
197760.6$254.57
197865.2$274.00
197972.6$304.83
198082.4$346.14
198190.9$381.91
198296.5$405.33
198399.6$418.35
1984103.9$436.34
1985107.6$451.81
1986109.6$460.38
1987113.6$477.26
1988118.3$496.72
1989124.0$520.69
1990130.7$548.80
1991136.2$572.04
1992140.3$589.37
1993144.5$606.76
1994148.2$622.58
1995152.4$640.05
1996156.8$658.81
1997160.5$674.21
1998163.0$684.68
1999166.6$699.66
2000172.2$723.29
2001177.1$743.73
2002179.9$755.52
2003184.0$772.67
2004188.9$793.36
2005195.3$820.28
2006201.6$846.74
2007207.3$870.89
2008215.3$904.33
2009214.5$901.11
2010218.1$915.89
2011224.9$944.80
2012229.6$964.36
2013233.0$978.48
2014236.7$994.35
2015237.0$995.54
2016240.0$1,008.09
2017245.1$1,029.57
2018251.1$1,054.72
2019255.7$1,073.83
2020258.8$1,087.08
2021271.0$1,138.15
2022292.7$1,229.23
2023304.7$1,279.83
2024313.7$1,317.58
2025321.9$1,352.25
2026331.2$1,391.05

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