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United States Inflation: 1981 to Now

$100.00 in 1981 is worth about $364.23 today (2026 prices).

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Cumulative change+264.2%
Average annual rate+2.91%

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$3.64
$10.00$36.42
$100.00$364.23
$1,000.00$3,642.34
$10,000$36,423
$100,000$364,234
$1,000,000$3,642,343

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
198190.9$100.00
198296.5$106.13
198399.6$109.54
1984103.9$114.25
1985107.6$118.30
1986109.6$120.55
1987113.6$124.97
1988118.3$130.06
1989124.0$136.34
1990130.7$143.70
1991136.2$149.78
1992140.3$154.32
1993144.5$158.88
1994148.2$163.02
1995152.4$167.59
1996156.8$172.50
1997160.5$176.54
1998163.0$179.28
1999166.6$183.20
2000172.2$189.39
2001177.1$194.74
2002179.9$197.83
2003184.0$202.32
2004188.9$207.73
2005195.3$214.78
2006201.6$221.71
2007207.3$228.04
2008215.3$236.79
2009214.5$235.95
2010218.1$239.82
2011224.9$247.39
2012229.6$252.51
2013233.0$256.21
2014236.7$260.36
2015237.0$260.67
2016240.0$263.96
2017245.1$269.58
2018251.1$276.17
2019255.7$281.17
2020258.8$284.64
2021271.0$298.01
2022292.7$321.86
2023304.7$335.11
2024313.7$345.00
2025321.9$354.08
2026331.2$364.23

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 1981 — United States Inflation Calculator · PNL404