What is $100 in 1945 worth in 1946?

$100 in 1945 has the purchasing power of about $108 in 1946, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1945 and 1946?

Prices rose 8.3% in total between 1945 and 1946, an average of 8.33% per year.

How much is $1 in 1945 worth today?

$1 in 1945 is equivalent to about $1.08 in 1946. Equivalently, a 1946 dollar buys what $0.92 bought in 1945.

U.S. inflation · 1945–1946

Value of $100 in 1945, adjusted to 1946

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1945 has the same buying power as

$108

in 1946

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	8.3%
Average inflation rate	8.33% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$108
Price difference ($100 base)	$8.33
CPI in 1945	18
CPI in 1946	19.5
Inflation in 1945	2.27%
Inflation in 1946	8.33%
$100 in 1945 → 1946	$108
$100 in 1946 → 1945	$92.31

What happened to prices between 1945 and 1946

Between 1945 and 1946, the Consumer Price Index went from 18 to 19.5. Cumulatively, prices increased 8.3%, which works out to an average of 8.33% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1945 bought what $0.92 buys in 1946.

Common amounts: 1945 dollars in 1946

Amount in 1945	Value in 1946
$1.00	$1.08
$5.00	$5.42
$10.00	$10.83
$20.00	$21.67
$50.00	$54.17
$100	$108
$500	$542
$1,000	$1,083
$5,000	$5,417
$10,000	$10,833
$100,000	$108,333
$1,000,000	$1,083,333

Inflation by spending category, 1945–1946

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1945 spending costs in 1946, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1945 →
All items (CPI-U)	8.33%	$108
Food	14.45%	$114
Apparel	9.55%	$110
Medical care	5.04%	$105
Transportation	5.03%	$105

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1945: 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 1945

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1945
1945	18	2.3%	$100
1946	19.5	8.3%	$108

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1945 to 1946: $100 is worth $108 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1945-to-1946/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1945 to 1946. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1945-to-1946/

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.