What is $100 in 1925 worth in 1926?

$100 in 1925 has the purchasing power of about $101 in 1926, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1925 and 1926?

Prices rose 1.1% in total between 1925 and 1926, an average of 1.14% per year.

How much is $1 in 1925 worth today?

$1 in 1925 is equivalent to about $1.01 in 1926. Equivalently, a 1926 dollar buys what $0.99 bought in 1925.

U.S. inflation · 1925–1926

Value of $100 in 1925, adjusted to 1926

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1925 has the same buying power as

$101

in 1926

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	1.1%
Average inflation rate	1.14% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$101
Price difference ($100 base)	$1.14
CPI in 1925	17.5
CPI in 1926	17.7
Inflation in 1925	2.34%
Inflation in 1926	1.14%
$100 in 1925 → 1926	$101
$100 in 1926 → 1925	$98.87

What happened to prices between 1925 and 1926

Between 1925 and 1926, the Consumer Price Index went from 17.5 to 17.7. Cumulatively, prices increased 1.1%, which works out to an average of 1.14% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1925 bought what $0.99 buys in 1926.

Common amounts: 1925 dollars in 1926

Amount in 1925	Value in 1926
$1.00	$1.01
$5.00	$5.06
$10.00	$10.11
$20.00	$20.23
$50.00	$50.57
$100	$101
$500	$506
$1,000	$1,011
$5,000	$5,057
$10,000	$10,114
$100,000	$101,143
$1,000,000	$1,011,429

Inflation by spending category, 1925–1926

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1925 spending costs in 1926, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1925 →
All items (CPI-U)	1.14%	$101
Food	3.03%	$103
Apparel	-1.52%	$98.48

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1925: 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 1925

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1925
1925	17.5	2.3%	$100
1926	17.7	1.1%	$101

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1925 to 1926: $100 is worth $101 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1925-to-1926/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1925 to 1926. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1925-to-1926/

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.