What is $100 in 1923 worth in 1925?

$100 in 1923 has the purchasing power of about $102 in 1925, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1923 and 1925?

Prices rose 2.3% in total between 1923 and 1925, an average of 1.16% per year.

How much is $1 in 1923 worth today?

$1 in 1923 is equivalent to about $1.02 in 1925. Equivalently, a 1925 dollar buys what $0.98 bought in 1923.

U.S. inflation · 1923–1925

Value of $100 in 1923, adjusted to 1925

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1923 has the same buying power as

$102

in 1925

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	2.3%
Average inflation rate	1.16% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$102
Price difference ($100 base)	$2.34
CPI in 1923	17.1
CPI in 1925	17.5
Inflation in 1923	1.79%
Inflation in 1925	2.34%
$100 in 1923 → 1925	$102
$100 in 1925 → 1923	$97.71

What happened to prices between 1923 and 1925

Between 1923 and 1925, the Consumer Price Index went from 17.1 to 17.5. Cumulatively, prices increased 2.3%, which works out to an average of 1.16% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1923 bought what $0.98 buys in 1925.

Common amounts: 1923 dollars in 1925

Amount in 1923	Value in 1925
$1.00	$1.02
$5.00	$5.12
$10.00	$10.23
$20.00	$20.47
$50.00	$51.17
$100	$102
$500	$512
$1,000	$1,023
$5,000	$5,117
$10,000	$10,234
$100,000	$102,339
$1,000,000	$1,023,392

Inflation by spending category, 1923–1925

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1923 spending costs in 1925, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1923 →
All items (CPI-U)	1.16%	$102
Food	3.51%	$107
Apparel	-1.49%	$97.05

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1923: 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 1923

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1923
1923	17.1	1.8%	$100
1924	17.1	0.0%	$100
1925	17.5	2.3%	$102

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1923 to 1925: $100 is worth $102 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1923-to-1925/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1923 to 1925. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1923-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.