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United States Inflation: 1955 to Now

$100.00 in 1955 is worth about $1,236.90 today (2026 prices).

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Cumulative change+1136.9%
Average annual rate+3.61%

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$12.37
$10.00$123.69
$100.00$1,236.90
$1,000.00$12,369
$10,000$123,690
$100,000$1,236,900
$1,000,000$12,369,001

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
195526.8$100.00
195627.2$101.52
195728.1$104.92
195828.9$107.78
195929.1$108.87
196029.6$110.46
196129.9$111.64
196230.3$112.98
196330.6$114.38
196431.0$115.84
196531.5$117.68
196632.5$121.23
196733.4$124.59
196834.8$129.91
196936.7$137.00
197038.8$145.00
197140.5$151.23
197241.8$156.18
197344.4$165.83
197449.3$184.16
197553.8$201.00
197656.9$212.54
197760.6$226.36
197865.2$243.63
197972.6$271.06
198082.4$307.78
198190.9$339.59
198296.5$360.41
198399.6$371.99
1984103.9$387.99
1985107.6$401.74
1986109.6$409.37
1987113.6$424.37
1988118.3$441.67
1989124.0$463.00
1990130.7$487.99
1991136.2$508.65
1992140.3$524.06
1993144.5$539.53
1994148.2$553.59
1995152.4$569.12
1996156.8$585.81
1997160.5$599.50
1998163.0$608.81
1999166.6$622.13
2000172.2$643.14
2001177.1$661.31
2002179.9$671.80
2003184.0$687.05
2004188.9$705.45
2005195.3$729.38
2006201.6$752.91
2007207.3$774.39
2008215.3$804.12
2009214.5$801.26
2010218.1$814.40
2011224.9$840.11
2012229.6$857.49
2013233.0$870.05
2014236.7$884.17
2015237.0$885.22
2016240.0$896.38
2017245.1$915.48
2018251.1$937.84
2019255.7$954.83
2020258.8$966.61
2021271.0$1,012.03
2022292.7$1,093.02
2023304.7$1,138.01
2024313.7$1,171.57
2025321.9$1,202.40
2026331.2$1,236.90

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