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United States Inflation: 1988 to Now

$100.00 in 1988 is worth about $280.05 today (2026 prices).

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Cumulative change+180.0%
Average annual rate+2.75%

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$2.80
$10.00$28.00
$100.00$280.05
$1,000.00$2,800.49
$10,000$28,005
$100,000$280,049
$1,000,000$2,800,487

Year by Year

YearCPIEquivalent value
1988118.3$100.00
1989124.0$104.83
1990130.7$110.49
1991136.2$115.17
1992140.3$118.65
1993144.5$122.15
1994148.2$125.34
1995152.4$128.86
1996156.8$132.63
1997160.5$135.73
1998163.0$137.84
1999166.6$140.86
2000172.2$145.61
2001177.1$149.73
2002179.9$152.10
2003184.0$155.56
2004188.9$159.72
2005195.3$165.14
2006201.6$170.47
2007207.3$175.33
2008215.3$182.06
2009214.5$181.41
2010218.1$184.39
2011224.9$190.21
2012229.6$194.15
2013233.0$196.99
2014236.7$200.19
2015237.0$200.42
2016240.0$202.95
2017245.1$207.28
2018251.1$212.34
2019255.7$216.19
2020258.8$218.85
2021271.0$229.13
2022292.7$247.47
2023304.7$257.66
2024313.7$265.26
2025321.9$272.24
2026331.2$280.05

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 1988 — United States Inflation Calculator · PNL404