What is $100 in 1944 worth in 1948?

$100 in 1944 has the purchasing power of about $137 in 1948, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1944 and 1948?

Prices rose 36.9% in total between 1944 and 1948, an average of 8.17% per year.

How much is $1 in 1944 worth today?

$1 in 1944 is equivalent to about $1.37 in 1948. Equivalently, a 1948 dollar buys what $0.73 bought in 1944.

U.S. inflation · 1944–1948

Value of $100 in 1944, adjusted to 1948

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1944 has the same buying power as

$137

in 1948

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	36.9%
Average inflation rate	8.17% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$137
Price difference ($100 base)	$36.93
CPI in 1944	17.6
CPI in 1948	24.1
Inflation in 1944	1.73%
Inflation in 1948	8.07%
$100 in 1944 → 1948	$137
$100 in 1948 → 1944	$73.03

What happened to prices between 1944 and 1948

Between 1944 and 1948, the Consumer Price Index went from 17.6 to 24.1. Cumulatively, prices increased 36.9%, which works out to an average of 8.17% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1944 bought what $0.73 buys in 1948.

Common amounts: 1944 dollars in 1948

Amount in 1944	Value in 1948
$1.00	$1.37
$5.00	$6.85
$10.00	$13.69
$20.00	$27.39
$50.00	$68.47
$100	$137
$500	$685
$1,000	$1,369
$5,000	$6,847
$10,000	$13,693
$100,000	$136,932
$1,000,000	$1,369,318

Inflation by spending category, 1944–1948

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1944 spending costs in 1948, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1944 →
All items (CPI-U)	8.17%	$137
Food	11.48%	$154
Apparel	9.28%	$143
Transportation	6.69%	$130
Medical care	5.55%	$124

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
1946	19.5	8.3%	$111
1947	22.3	14.4%	$127
1948	24.1	8.1%	$137

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1944 to 1948: $100 is worth $137 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1944-to-1948/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1944 to 1948. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1944-to-1948/

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.