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United States Inflation: 1971 to Now

$100.00 in 1971 is worth about $817.89 today (2026 prices).

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Cumulative change+717.9%
Average annual rate+3.89%

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$8.18
$10.00$81.79
$100.00$817.89
$1,000.00$8,178.90
$10,000$81,789
$100,000$817,890
$1,000,000$8,178,900

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
197140.5$100.00
197241.8$103.27
197344.4$109.65
197449.3$121.77
197553.8$132.91
197656.9$140.54
197760.6$149.68
197865.2$161.10
197972.6$179.23
198082.4$203.52
198190.9$224.55
198296.5$238.32
198399.6$245.97
1984103.9$256.55
1985107.6$265.65
1986109.6$270.69
1987113.6$280.61
1988118.3$292.05
1989124.0$306.15
1990130.7$322.68
1991136.2$336.34
1992140.3$346.53
1993144.5$356.76
1994148.2$366.06
1995152.4$376.33
1996156.8$387.36
1997160.5$396.42
1998163.0$402.57
1999166.6$411.38
2000172.2$425.27
2001177.1$437.29
2002179.9$444.22
2003184.0$454.31
2004188.9$466.47
2005195.3$482.30
2006201.6$497.86
2007207.3$512.06
2008215.3$531.72
2009214.5$529.83
2010218.1$538.51
2011224.9$555.51
2012229.6$567.01
2013233.0$575.32
2014236.7$584.65
2015237.0$585.34
2016240.0$592.73
2017245.1$605.35
2018251.1$620.14
2019255.7$631.38
2020258.8$639.17
2021271.0$669.19
2022292.7$722.75
2023304.7$752.50
2024313.7$774.69
2025321.9$795.08
2026331.2$817.89

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