Latest CPI: 334.980 (August 2026)
CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items. Source: BLS.
| Year | $100 then is worth (August 2026) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $104.05 |
| 2024 | $106.79 |
| 2023 | $109.94 |
| 2022 | $114.46 |
| 2021 | $123.62 |
| 2020 | $129.43 |
| 2019 | $131.03 |
| 2018 | $133.40 |
| 2017 | $136.66 |
| 2016 | $139.57 |
| 2015 | $141.33 |
| 2014 | $141.50 |
| 2013 | $143.79 |
| 2012 | $145.90 |
| 2011 | $148.92 |
| 2010 | $153.62 |
| 2009 | $156.14 |
| 2008 | $155.59 |
| 2007 | $161.56 |
| 2006 | $166.16 |
| 2005 | $171.52 |
| 2004 | $177.33 |
| 2003 | $182.05 |
| 2002 | $186.20 |
| 2001 | $189.15 |
| 2000 | $194.53 |
| 1999 | $201.07 |
| 1998 | $205.51 |
| 1997 | $208.71 |
| 1996 | $213.50 |
| 1995 | $219.80 |
| 1994 | $226.03 |
| 1993 | $231.82 |
| 1992 | $238.76 |
| 1991 | $245.95 |
| 1990 | $256.30 |
| 1989 | $270.15 |
| 1988 | $283.16 |
| 1987 | $294.88 |
| 1986 | $305.64 |
| 1985 | $311.32 |
| 1984 | $322.41 |
| 1983 | $336.33 |
| 1982 | $347.13 |
| 1981 | $368.51 |
| 1980 | $406.53 |
| 1979 | $461.40 |
| 1978 | $513.77 |
| 1977 | $552.77 |
| 1976 | $588.72 |
| 1975 | $622.64 |
| 1974 | $679.47 |
| 1973 | $754.46 |
| 1972 | $801.39 |
| 1971 | $827.11 |
| 1970 | $863.35 |
| 1969 | $912.75 |
| 1968 | $962.59 |
| 1967 | $1,002.93 |
| 1966 | $1,033.89 |
| 1965 | $1,063.43 |
| 1964 | $1,080.58 |
| 1963 | $1,094.71 |
| 1962 | $1,109.21 |
| 1961 | $1,120.33 |
| 1960 | $1,131.69 |
| 1959 | $1,151.13 |
| 1958 | $1,159.10 |
| 1957 | $1,192.10 |
| 1956 | $1,231.54 |
| 1955 | $1,249.93 |
| 1954 | $1,245.28 |
| 1953 | $1,254.61 |
| 1952 | $1,264.08 |
| 1951 | $1,288.38 |
| 1950 | $1,389.96 |
| 1949 | $1,407.48 |
| 1948 | $1,389.96 |
| 1947 | $1,502.15 |
| 1946 | $1,717.85 |
| 1945 | $1,861.00 |
| 1944 | $1,903.30 |
| 1943 | $1,936.30 |
| 1942 | $2,055.09 |
| 1941 | $2,278.78 |
| 1940 | $2,392.71 |
| 1939 | $2,409.93 |
| 1938 | $2,375.74 |
| 1937 | $2,326.25 |
| 1936 | $2,409.93 |
| 1935 | $2,445.11 |
| 1934 | $2,499.85 |
| 1933 | $2,576.77 |
| 1932 | $2,445.11 |
| 1931 | $2,203.82 |
| 1930 | $2,005.87 |
| 1929 | $1,958.95 |
| 1928 | $1,958.95 |
| 1927 | $1,925.17 |
| 1926 | $1,892.54 |
| 1925 | $1,914.17 |
| 1924 | $1,958.95 |
| 1923 | $1,958.95 |
| 1922 | $1,993.93 |
| 1921 | $1,871.40 |
| 1920 | $1,674.90 |
| 1919 | $1,936.30 |
| 1918 | $2,218.41 |
| 1917 | $2,617.03 |
| 1916 | $3,073.21 |
| 1915 | $3,316.63 |
| 1914 | $3,349.80 |
| 1913 | $3,383.64 |
Sources and method
- Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted (series CUUR0000SA0), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Past years use the annual average CPI. "Today" uses the latest monthly CPI. Results show what it takes to buy the same basket of consumer goods and services; individual prices change differently.
Data last checked: October 4, 2026.