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United States Inflation: 1956 to Now

$100.00 in 1956 is worth about $1,218.33 today (2026 prices).

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Cumulative change+1118.3%
Average annual rate+3.64%

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$12.18
$10.00$121.83
$100.00$1,218.33
$1,000.00$12,183
$10,000$121,833
$100,000$1,218,335
$1,000,000$12,183,350

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
195627.2$100.00
195728.1$103.34
195828.9$106.16
195929.1$107.24
196029.6$108.80
196129.9$109.97
196230.3$111.28
196330.6$112.66
196431.0$114.10
196531.5$115.91
196632.5$119.41
196733.4$122.72
196834.8$127.96
196936.7$134.95
197038.8$142.83
197140.5$148.96
197241.8$153.84
197344.4$163.34
197449.3$181.39
197553.8$197.98
197656.9$209.35
197760.6$222.96
197865.2$239.98
197972.6$266.99
198082.4$303.16
198190.9$334.49
198296.5$355.00
198399.6$366.41
1984103.9$382.16
1985107.6$395.71
1986109.6$403.22
1987113.6$418.00
1988118.3$435.04
1989124.0$456.05
1990130.7$480.66
1991136.2$501.02
1992140.3$516.19
1993144.5$531.43
1994148.2$545.29
1995152.4$560.58
1996156.8$577.02
1997160.5$590.51
1998163.0$599.67
1999166.6$612.79
2000172.2$633.48
2001177.1$651.39
2002179.9$661.72
2003184.0$676.74
2004188.9$694.86
2005195.3$718.43
2006201.6$741.61
2007207.3$762.76
2008215.3$792.05
2009214.5$789.23
2010218.1$802.17
2011224.9$827.50
2012229.6$844.62
2013233.0$857.00
2014236.7$870.90
2015237.0$871.93
2016240.0$882.93
2017245.1$901.74
2018251.1$923.76
2019255.7$940.50
2020258.8$952.11
2021271.0$996.84
2022292.7$1,076.61
2023304.7$1,120.93
2024313.7$1,153.99
2025321.9$1,184.35
2026331.2$1,218.33

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