What is $100 in 1944 worth in 1945?

$100 in 1944 has the purchasing power of about $102 in 1945, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1944 and 1945?

Prices rose 2.3% in total between 1944 and 1945, an average of 2.27% per year.

How much is $1 in 1944 worth today?

$1 in 1944 is equivalent to about $1.02 in 1945. Equivalently, a 1945 dollar buys what $0.98 bought in 1944.

U.S. inflation · 1944–1945

Value of $100 in 1944, adjusted to 1945

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1944 has the same buying power as

$102

in 1945

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	2.3%
Average inflation rate	2.27% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$102
Price difference ($100 base)	$2.27
CPI in 1944	17.6
CPI in 1945	18
Inflation in 1944	1.73%
Inflation in 1945	2.27%
$100 in 1944 → 1945	$102
$100 in 1945 → 1944	$97.78

What happened to prices between 1944 and 1945

Between 1944 and 1945, the Consumer Price Index went from 17.6 to 18. Cumulatively, prices increased 2.3%, which works out to an average of 2.27% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1944 bought what $0.98 buys in 1945.

Common amounts: 1944 dollars in 1945

Amount in 1944	Value in 1945
$1.00	$1.02
$5.00	$5.11
$10.00	$10.23
$20.00	$20.45
$50.00	$51.14
$100	$102
$500	$511
$1,000	$1,023
$5,000	$5,114
$10,000	$10,227
$100,000	$102,273
$1,000,000	$1,022,727

Inflation by spending category, 1944–1945

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1944 spending costs in 1945, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1944 →
All items (CPI-U)	2.27%	$102
Apparel	5.37%	$105
Medical care	2.59%	$103
Food	2.37%	$102
Transportation	0.00%	$100

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1944: 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 1944

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1944
1944	17.6	1.7%	$100
1945	18	2.3%	$102

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1944 to 1945: $100 is worth $102 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1944-to-1945/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1944 to 1945. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1944-to-1945/

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.