What is $100 in 1941 worth in 1942?

$100 in 1941 has the purchasing power of about $111 in 1942, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1941 and 1942?

Prices rose 10.9% in total between 1941 and 1942, an average of 10.88% per year.

How much is $1 in 1941 worth today?

$1 in 1941 is equivalent to about $1.11 in 1942. Equivalently, a 1942 dollar buys what $0.90 bought in 1941.

U.S. inflation · 1941–1942

Value of $100 in 1941, adjusted to 1942

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1941 has the same buying power as

$111

in 1942

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	10.9%
Average inflation rate	10.88% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$111
Price difference ($100 base)	$10.88
CPI in 1941	14.7
CPI in 1942	16.3
Inflation in 1941	5.00%
Inflation in 1942	10.88%
$100 in 1941 → 1942	$111
$100 in 1942 → 1941	$90.18

What happened to prices between 1941 and 1942

Between 1941 and 1942, the Consumer Price Index went from 14.7 to 16.3. Cumulatively, prices increased 10.9%, which works out to an average of 10.88% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1941 bought what $0.90 buys in 1942.

Common amounts: 1941 dollars in 1942

Amount in 1941	Value in 1942
$1.00	$1.11
$5.00	$5.54
$10.00	$11.09
$20.00	$22.18
$50.00	$55.44
$100	$111
$500	$554
$1,000	$1,109
$5,000	$5,544
$10,000	$11,088
$100,000	$110,884
$1,000,000	$1,108,844

Inflation by spending category, 1941–1942

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1941 spending costs in 1942, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1941 →
All items (CPI-U)	10.88%	$111
Food	17.56%	$118
Apparel	17.11%	$117
Transportation	8.84%	$109
Medical care	2.88%	$103

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1941: core (all items less food & energy) (1957–), energy (1957–), housing (1967–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1941

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1941
1941	14.7	5.0%	$100
1942	16.3	10.9%	$111

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1941 to 1942: $100 is worth $111 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1941-to-1942/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1941 to 1942. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1941-to-1942/

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.