CPI-U · 1913 to Sep 2026
Inflation calculator
Find out what an amount of money from one year would cost in another, using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. $100 in 2000 buys about the same as $195.67 in Sep 2026.
CPI data retrieved from FRED®, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (series CPIAUCNS). Latest month Sep 2026; snapshot taken Oct 26, 2026, 6:40 PM EDT.
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$195.67
$100.00 in 2000 has the same buying power as $195.67 in Sep 2026.
Prices rose 95.7% over this period, an average of 2.59% a year. CPI-U: 172.2 (2000 average) → 336.94 (Sep 2026).
How this calculator works
The calculator multiplies your amount by the ratio of the CPI in the two periods: amount × CPI in the later period ÷ CPI in the earlier period. For whole years it uses the annual average of the 12 monthly CPI-U values, not seasonally adjusted, which is the convention the Bureau of Labor Statistics uses for annual comparisons. For the latest period it uses the single most recent month, Sep 2026.
The CPI tracks a broad basket of consumer goods and services, so results describe average prices. The cost of a specific item, such as college tuition or a house, may have changed much more or much less. The official BLS calculator works month by month, so its answers can differ slightly from ours.
2025: the source data has 11 monthly values for this year, so the annual average here uses only the months available.
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| Year | CPI-U annual average | $100 then equals |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 9.883 | $3,409 |
| 1920 | 20.042 | $1,681 |
| 1930 | 16.7 | $2,018 |
| 1940 | 14.008 | $2,405 |
| 1950 | 24.067 | $1,400 |
| 1960 | 29.575 | $1,139 |
| 1970 | 38.825 | $867.84 |
| 1980 | 82.408 | $408.87 |
| 1990 | 130.658 | $257.88 |
| 2000 | 172.2 | $195.67 |
| 2010 | 218.056 | $154.52 |
| 2020 | 258.811 | $130.19 |
U.S. inflation rate by year
Annual inflation here is the percent change in the annual average CPI-U from the year before, for the last 30 complete years (1996–2025).
| Year | CPI-U annual average | Inflation rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 321.943 | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 313.689 | 2.9% |
| 2023 | 304.702 | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 292.655 | 8.0% |
| 2021 | 270.97 | 4.7% |
| 2020 | 258.811 | 1.2% |
| 2019 | 255.657 | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 251.107 | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 245.12 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 240.007 | 1.3% |
| 2015 | 237.017 | 0.1% |
| 2014 | 236.736 | 1.6% |
| 2013 | 232.957 | 1.5% |
| 2012 | 229.594 | 2.1% |
| 2011 | 224.939 | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 218.056 | 1.6% |
| 2009 | 214.537 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 215.303 | 3.8% |
| 2007 | 207.342 | 2.9% |
| 2006 | 201.592 | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 195.292 | 3.4% |
| 2004 | 188.883 | 2.7% |
| 2003 | 183.958 | 2.3% |
| 2002 | 179.875 | 1.6% |
| 2001 | 177.067 | 2.8% |
| 2000 | 172.2 | 3.4% |
| 1999 | 166.575 | 2.2% |
| 1998 | 163.008 | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 160.517 | 2.3% |
| 1996 | 156.85 | 2.9% |
For monthly inflation figures, see CPI inflation, core CPI and PCE inflation.
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Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average [CPIAUCNS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCNS, Oct 26, 2026.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index
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