What is $100 in 1933 worth in 1937?

$100 in 1933 has the purchasing power of about $111 in 1937, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1933 and 1937?

Prices rose 10.8% in total between 1933 and 1937, an average of 2.59% per year.

How much is $1 in 1933 worth today?

$1 in 1933 is equivalent to about $1.11 in 1937. Equivalently, a 1937 dollar buys what $0.90 bought in 1933.

U.S. inflation · 1933–1937

Value of $100 in 1933, adjusted to 1937

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1933 has the same buying power as

$111

in 1937

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	10.8%
Average inflation rate	2.59% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$111
Price difference ($100 base)	$10.77
CPI in 1933	13
CPI in 1937	14.4
Inflation in 1933	-5.11%
Inflation in 1937	3.60%
$100 in 1933 → 1937	$111
$100 in 1937 → 1933	$90.28

What happened to prices between 1933 and 1937

Between 1933 and 1937, the Consumer Price Index went from 13 to 14.4. Cumulatively, prices increased 10.8%, which works out to an average of 2.59% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1933 bought what $0.90 buys in 1937.

Common amounts: 1933 dollars in 1937

Amount in 1933	Value in 1937
$1.00	$1.11
$5.00	$5.54
$10.00	$11.08
$20.00	$22.15
$50.00	$55.38
$100	$111
$500	$554
$1,000	$1,108
$5,000	$5,538
$10,000	$11,077
$100,000	$110,769
$1,000,000	$1,107,692

Inflation by spending category, 1933–1937

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1933 spending costs in 1937, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1933 →
All items (CPI-U)	2.59%	$111
Food	5.94%	$126
Apparel	4.01%	$117

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
1936	13.9	1.5%	$107
1937	14.4	3.6%	$111

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1933 to 1937: $100 is worth $111 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1933-to-1937/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1933 to 1937. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1933-to-1937/

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.