Inflation calculator

See what an amount of money from any year since 1913 is worth in another year, using the official Consumer Price Index (latest: September 2026).

Amount

A price, a salary, any dollar amount.

In the year

Annual average CPI for that year.

Is worth this much in

Pick a later year for "worth today", an earlier one to go back in time.

Press Calculate to adjust for inflation

CPI-U, all items, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84 = 100): U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Value = amount × (CPI in the later period ÷ CPI in the earlier one), our calculation. Prices of single items can rise faster or slower than the index.