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Inflation Calculator

What money from any year since 1913 is worth today, using the official Consumer Price Index.

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Value of the amount in each year, in the dollars of the year you compare to
Worth in September 2026
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$1 thentoday
The same amount from other years
0%Total price rise
0%Average a year
0Cents left of each dollar

How it works

The calculator scales an amount by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), the index the Bureau of Labor Statistics uses for its headline inflation rate. It divides the CPI of the year you compare to by the CPI of the starting year and multiplies the amount by that ratio.

Years use the annual average index. "September 2026" uses the latest monthly index (336.94), not seasonally adjusted. The series starts in 1913, the first year the index was published.

The CPI tracks the prices households pay for a fixed basket of goods and services. It does not track asset prices such as homes bought as investments, stocks or gold.

Sources

  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics: CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), series CUUR0000SA0

Questions readers ask

How much is $100 from 1971 worth today?

About $832 in September 2026 dollars, based on the CPI-U. Prices are roughly 8.3 times higher than in 1971.

Which inflation measure does this use?

The CPI-U, all items, US city average, published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is the measure behind the headline inflation rate in the news.

Why does my result differ from other calculators?

Calculators differ in whether they use annual averages or single months, and which month counts as today. This one uses annual averages for past years and the latest published month for today.

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