What is $100 in 1933 worth in 1935?

$100 in 1933 has the purchasing power of about $105 in 1935, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1933 and 1935?

Prices rose 5.4% in total between 1933 and 1935, an average of 2.66% per year.

How much is $1 in 1933 worth today?

$1 in 1933 is equivalent to about $1.05 in 1935. Equivalently, a 1935 dollar buys what $0.95 bought in 1933.

U.S. inflation · 1933–1935

Value of $100 in 1933, adjusted to 1935

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1933 has the same buying power as

$105

in 1935

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	5.4%
Average inflation rate	2.66% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$105
Price difference ($100 base)	$5.38
CPI in 1933	13
CPI in 1935	13.7
Inflation in 1933	-5.11%
Inflation in 1935	2.24%
$100 in 1933 → 1935	$105
$100 in 1935 → 1933	$94.89

What happened to prices between 1933 and 1935

Between 1933 and 1935, the Consumer Price Index went from 13 to 13.7. Cumulatively, prices increased 5.4%, which works out to an average of 2.66% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1933 bought what $0.95 buys in 1935.

Common amounts: 1933 dollars in 1935

Amount in 1933	Value in 1935
$1.00	$1.05
$5.00	$5.27
$10.00	$10.54
$20.00	$21.08
$50.00	$52.69
$100	$105
$500	$527
$1,000	$1,054
$5,000	$5,269
$10,000	$10,538
$100,000	$105,385
$1,000,000	$1,053,846

Inflation by spending category, 1933–1935

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1933 spending costs in 1935, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1933 →
All items (CPI-U)	2.66%	$105
Food	9.19%	$119
Apparel	5.18%	$111

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1933: 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 1933

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1933
1933	13	-5.1%	$100
1934	13.4	3.1%	$103
1935	13.7	2.2%	$105

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1933 to 1935: $100 is worth $105 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1933-to-1935/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1933 to 1935. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1933-to-1935/

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.