Inflation Calculator
See what a dollar from any year is worth today. US CPI data.
How It Works
Enter a dollar amount and select the original year and the target year. The calculator uses official US Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) annual averages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compute the equivalent purchasing power.
For example, $100 in 1970 had the same purchasing power as roughly $800 today, because prices have risen approximately 8x since then.
What Is CPI?
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the average change in prices paid by urban consumers for a basket of goods and services. The CPI-U (all urban consumers) is the most widely cited inflation measure in the United States and is published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.