What is $100 in 1922 worth in 1925?

$100 in 1922 has the purchasing power of about $104 in 1925, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1922 and 1925?

Prices rose 4.2% in total between 1922 and 1925, an average of 1.37% per year.

How much is $1 in 1922 worth today?

$1 in 1922 is equivalent to about $1.04 in 1925. Equivalently, a 1925 dollar buys what $0.96 bought in 1922.

U.S. inflation · 1922–1925

Value of $100 in 1922, adjusted to 1925

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1922 has the same buying power as

$104

in 1925

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	4.2%
Average inflation rate	1.37% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$104
Price difference ($100 base)	$4.17
CPI in 1922	16.8
CPI in 1925	17.5
Inflation in 1922	-6.15%
Inflation in 1925	2.34%
$100 in 1922 → 1925	$104
$100 in 1925 → 1922	$96.00

What happened to prices between 1922 and 1925

Between 1922 and 1925, the Consumer Price Index went from 16.8 to 17.5. Cumulatively, prices increased 4.2%, which works out to an average of 1.37% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1922 bought what $0.96 buys in 1925.

Common amounts: 1922 dollars in 1925

Amount in 1922	Value in 1925
$1.00	$1.04
$5.00	$5.21
$10.00	$10.42
$20.00	$20.83
$50.00	$52.08
$100	$104
$500	$521
$1,000	$1,042
$5,000	$5,208
$10,000	$10,417
$100,000	$104,167
$1,000,000	$1,041,667

Inflation by spending category, 1922–1925

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1922 spending costs in 1925, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1922 →
All items (CPI-U)	1.37%	$104
Food	3.46%	$111
Apparel	-0.87%	$97.41

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1922: 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 1922

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1922
1922	16.8	-6.1%	$100
1923	17.1	1.8%	$102
1924	17.1	0.0%	$102
1925	17.5	2.3%	$104

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1922 to 1925: $100 is worth $104 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1922-to-1925/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1922 to 1925. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1922-to-1925/

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.