Inflation in the USA
Consumer prices in the USA have risen 1,454.7% since January 1947, the start of the official series. That means $100 then buys what $1,554.71 buys in June 2026, so the same basket of goods now costs 15.5 times what it did. Over the most recent year on record, June 2025 to June 2026, prices rose 3.5%.
Cumulative & Yearly Inflation
What $100 would be worth today
Each row takes $100 at that date and shows the equivalent sum in June 2026, the most recent month on record for the USA.
| Date | Amount then | Worth today | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1947 | $100.00 | $1,554.71 | 1,454.7% |
| January 1970 | $100.00 | $881.14 | 781.1% |
| January 1990 | $100.00 | $261.92 | 161.9% |
| January 2020 | $100.00 | $128.87 | 28.9% |
How inflation in the USA is measured
The figures above come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS series CUUR0000SA0). The series is indexed so that a chosen base year equals 100, and the calculator works out the ratio between any two dates you pick.
Coverage runs from January 1947 to June 2026, and updates automatically as each new release is published. Figures for the most recent periods can be revised by the statistics office after first publication.