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United States Inflation: 1962 to Now

$100.00 in 1962 is worth about $1,094.81 today (2026 prices).

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Cumulative change+994.8%
Average annual rate+3.81%

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$10.95
$10.00$109.48
$100.00$1,094.81
$1,000.00$10,948
$10,000$109,481
$100,000$1,094,810
$1,000,000$10,948,099

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
196230.3$100.00
196330.6$101.24
196431.0$102.54
196531.5$104.16
196632.5$107.30
196733.4$110.27
196834.8$114.99
196936.7$121.27
197038.8$128.35
197140.5$133.86
197241.8$138.24
197344.4$146.78
197449.3$163.00
197553.8$177.91
197656.9$188.13
197760.6$200.36
197865.2$215.65
197972.6$239.92
198082.4$272.42
198190.9$300.58
198296.5$319.01
198399.6$329.26
1984103.9$343.41
1985107.6$355.59
1986109.6$362.34
1987113.6$375.62
1988118.3$390.94
1989124.0$409.81
1990130.7$431.93
1991136.2$450.22
1992140.3$463.86
1993144.5$477.55
1994148.2$490.00
1995152.4$503.75
1996156.8$518.51
1997160.5$530.63
1998163.0$538.87
1999166.6$550.66
2000172.2$569.26
2001177.1$585.35
2002179.9$594.63
2003184.0$608.13
2004188.9$624.41
2005195.3$645.59
2006201.6$666.42
2007207.3$685.43
2008215.3$711.75
2009214.5$709.21
2010218.1$720.84
2011224.9$743.60
2012229.6$758.99
2013233.0$770.11
2014236.7$782.60
2015237.0$783.53
2016240.0$793.41
2017245.1$810.31
2018251.1$830.11
2019255.7$845.15
2020258.8$855.57
2021271.0$895.77
2022292.7$967.45
2023304.7$1,007.28
2024313.7$1,036.99
2025321.9$1,064.27
2026331.2$1,094.81

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 1962 — United States Inflation Calculator · PNL404