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United States Inflation: 1961 to Now

$100.00 in 1961 is worth about $1,107.92 today (2026 prices).

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Cumulative change+1007.9%
Average annual rate+3.77%

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$11.08
$10.00$110.79
$100.00$1,107.92
$1,000.00$11,079
$10,000$110,792
$100,000$1,107,922
$1,000,000$11,079,219

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
196129.9$100.00
196230.3$101.20
196330.6$102.45
196431.0$103.76
196531.5$105.41
196632.5$108.58
196733.4$111.60
196834.8$116.36
196936.7$122.72
197038.8$129.88
197140.5$135.46
197241.8$139.89
197344.4$148.53
197449.3$164.95
197553.8$180.04
197656.9$190.38
197760.6$202.76
197865.2$218.23
197972.6$242.79
198082.4$275.69
198190.9$304.18
198296.5$322.83
198399.6$333.20
1984103.9$347.53
1985107.6$359.85
1986109.6$366.68
1987113.6$380.12
1988118.3$395.62
1989124.0$414.72
1990130.7$437.10
1991136.2$455.61
1992140.3$469.41
1993144.5$483.27
1994148.2$495.87
1995152.4$509.78
1996156.8$524.72
1997160.5$536.99
1998163.0$545.32
1999166.6$557.26
2000172.2$576.07
2001177.1$592.36
2002179.9$601.75
2003184.0$615.41
2004188.9$631.88
2005195.3$653.33
2006201.6$674.40
2007207.3$693.64
2008215.3$720.27
2009214.5$717.71
2010218.1$729.48
2011224.9$752.51
2012229.6$768.08
2013233.0$779.33
2014236.7$791.97
2015237.0$792.91
2016240.0$802.91
2017245.1$820.02
2018251.1$840.05
2019255.7$855.27
2020258.8$865.82
2021271.0$906.50
2022292.7$979.04
2023304.7$1,019.34
2024313.7$1,049.41
2025321.9$1,077.02
2026331.2$1,107.92

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 1961 — United States Inflation Calculator · PNL404