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United States Inflation: 1973 to Now

$100.00 in 1973 is worth about $745.90 today (2026 prices).

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Cumulative change+645.9%
Average annual rate+3.86%

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$7.46
$10.00$74.59
$100.00$745.90
$1,000.00$7,459.01
$10,000$74,590
$100,000$745,901
$1,000,000$7,459,009

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
197344.4$100.00
197449.3$111.05
197553.8$121.21
197656.9$128.17
197760.6$136.50
197865.2$146.92
197972.6$163.46
198082.4$185.60
198190.9$204.79
198296.5$217.34
198399.6$224.32
1984103.9$233.97
1985107.6$242.27
1986109.6$246.86
1987113.6$255.91
1988118.3$266.35
1989124.0$279.20
1990130.7$294.27
1991136.2$306.74
1992140.3$316.03
1993144.5$325.36
1994148.2$333.84
1995152.4$343.20
1996156.8$353.27
1997160.5$361.52
1998163.0$367.14
1999166.6$375.17
2000172.2$387.84
2001177.1$398.80
2002179.9$405.12
2003184.0$414.32
2004188.9$425.41
2005195.3$439.85
2006201.6$454.04
2007207.3$466.99
2008215.3$484.92
2009214.5$483.19
2010218.1$491.11
2011224.9$506.62
2012229.6$517.10
2013233.0$524.68
2014236.7$533.19
2015237.0$533.82
2016240.0$540.56
2017245.1$552.07
2018251.1$565.56
2019255.7$575.80
2020258.8$582.91
2021271.0$610.29
2022292.7$659.13
2023304.7$686.27
2024313.7$706.51
2025321.9$725.10
2026331.2$745.90

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