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United States Inflation: 1979 to Now

$100.00 in 1979 is worth about $456.33 today (2026 prices).

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Cumulative change+356.3%
Average annual rate+3.28%

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$4.56
$10.00$45.63
$100.00$456.33
$1,000.00$4,563.28
$10,000$45,633
$100,000$456,328
$1,000,000$4,563,279

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
197972.6$100.00
198082.4$113.55
198190.9$125.28
198296.5$132.97
198399.6$137.24
1984103.9$143.14
1985107.6$148.21
1986109.6$151.03
1987113.6$156.56
1988118.3$162.95
1989124.0$170.81
1990130.7$180.03
1991136.2$187.66
1992140.3$193.34
1993144.5$199.05
1994148.2$204.24
1995152.4$209.97
1996156.8$216.12
1997160.5$221.17
1998163.0$224.61
1999166.6$229.52
2000172.2$237.27
2001177.1$243.98
2002179.9$247.85
2003184.0$253.47
2004188.9$260.26
2005195.3$269.09
2006201.6$277.77
2007207.3$285.69
2008215.3$296.66
2009214.5$295.61
2010218.1$300.45
2011224.9$309.94
2012229.6$316.35
2013233.0$320.99
2014236.7$326.19
2015237.0$326.58
2016240.0$330.70
2017245.1$337.75
2018251.1$346.00
2019255.7$352.27
2020258.8$356.61
2021271.0$373.37
2022292.7$403.24
2023304.7$419.84
2024313.7$432.23
2025321.9$443.60
2026331.2$456.33

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