What is $100 in 1915 worth in 1916?

$100 in 1915 has the purchasing power of about $108 in 1916, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1915 and 1916?

Prices rose 7.9% in total between 1915 and 1916, an average of 7.92% per year.

How much is $1 in 1915 worth today?

$1 in 1915 is equivalent to about $1.08 in 1916. Equivalently, a 1916 dollar buys what $0.93 bought in 1915.

U.S. inflation · 1915–1916

Value of $100 in 1915, adjusted to 1916

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1915 has the same buying power as

$108

in 1916

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	7.9%
Average inflation rate	7.92% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$108
Price difference ($100 base)	$7.92
CPI in 1915	10.1
CPI in 1916	10.9
Inflation in 1915	1.00%
Inflation in 1916	7.92%
$100 in 1915 → 1916	$108
$100 in 1916 → 1915	$92.66

What happened to prices between 1915 and 1916

Between 1915 and 1916, the Consumer Price Index went from 10.1 to 10.9. Cumulatively, prices increased 7.9%, which works out to an average of 7.92% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1915 bought what $0.93 buys in 1916.

Common amounts: 1915 dollars in 1916

Amount in 1915	Value in 1916
$1.00	$1.08
$5.00	$5.40
$10.00	$10.79
$20.00	$21.58
$50.00	$53.96
$100	$108
$500	$540
$1,000	$1,079
$5,000	$5,396
$10,000	$10,792
$100,000	$107,921
$1,000,000	$1,079,208

Inflation by spending category, 1915–1916

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1915 spending costs in 1916, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1915 →
All items (CPI-U)	7.92%	$108
Food	13.00%	$113
Apparel	9.80%	$110

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1915: core (all items less food & energy) (1957–), energy (1957–), housing (1967–), medical care (1935–), transportation (1935–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1915

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1915
1915	10.1	1.0%	$100
1916	10.9	7.9%	$108

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1915 to 1916: $100 is worth $108 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1915-to-1916/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1915 to 1916. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1915-to-1916/

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U annual averages (series CUUR0000SA0; category indexes listed on the data sources page). See how these numbers are calculated.