$100 in 2025 has the buying power of $104.66 in September 2026. Prices are 4.7% higher, an average of 3.84% a year, by the official Consumer Price Index (CPI-U): 2025's average index was 321.943 and September 2026's is 336.940. Put the other way, $100 in September 2026 buys what $95.55 did in 2025.
Inflation in 2025 was 2.6% (the change in the year's average CPI from 2024; December to December, 2.7%), the 55th lowest of the 112 years since 1914. BLS published no index for October 2025, so 2025's average uses the 11 months it did publish.
| Year | Average CPI-U | Inflation | $100 then is worth today |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 258.811 | +1.2% | $130.19 |
| 2021 | 270.970 | +4.7% | $124.35 |
| 2022 | 292.655 | +8.0% | $115.13 |
| 2023 | 304.702 | +4.1% | $110.58 |
| 2024 | 313.689 | +2.9% | $107.41 |
| 2025 | 321.943 | +2.6% | $104.66 |
| Item | 2025 average | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| dozen large grade-A eggs | $4.25 | $2.27 (September 2026) | −46.6% |
| pound of ground coffee | $8.18 | $9.33 (September 2026) | +14.1% |
| pound of ground beef | $6.09 | $6.79 (September 2026) | +11.5% |
| kilowatt-hour of electricity | $0.185 | $0.196 (September 2026) | +5.9% |
| gallon of whole milk | $4.07 | $4.11 (September 2026) | +1.0% |
| pound of white bread | $1.87 | $1.83 (September 2026) | −2.1% |
| pound of sliced bacon | $7.02 | $6.76 (September 2026) | −3.8% |
| pound of whole chicken | $2.06 | $2.06 (September 2026) | +0.2% |
| pound of butter | $4.76 | $3.96 (September 2026) | −16.8% |
| pound of cheddar cheese | $5.84 | $6.13 (September 2026) | +5.0% |
| pound of all-purpose flour | $0.560 | $0.545 (September 2026) | −2.7% |
| pound of long-grain white rice | $1.05 | $1.12 (September 2026) | +6.4% |
| pound of white potatoes | $0.963 | $0.989 (September 2026) | +2.7% |
| pound of field-grown tomatoes | $1.84 | $1.99 (September 2026) | +8.2% |
| pound of bananas | $0.647 | $0.656 (September 2026) | +1.4% |
| pound of navel oranges | $1.60 | $1.72 (September 2026) | +7.7% |
| pound of chocolate chip cookies | $5.05 | $5.15 (September 2026) | +2.1% |
BLS average prices, U.S. city average; a year's figure is the average of its monthly prices.
3.84% a year, compounded from the middle of 2025 to September 2026: prices are 4.7% higher in all, so a dollar from 2025 is worth $1.05 today.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), all items, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, which runs back to January 1913. A year's figure is the average of its monthly indexes, as BLS computes annual averages; today's figure is the latest month, September 2026, so the answer moves each month when BLS publishes a new CPI.
2024 · Inflation calculator, any month since 1913
Source: BLS CPI-U, all items, U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted (FRED CPIAUCNS); through 2006, BLS's official annual averages. The answer moves each month, when BLS publishes a new CPI.