What is $100 in 1949 worth in 1951?

$100 in 1949 has the purchasing power of about $109 in 1951, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1949 and 1951?

Prices rose 9.2% in total between 1949 and 1951, an average of 4.52% per year.

How much is $1 in 1949 worth today?

$1 in 1949 is equivalent to about $1.09 in 1951. Equivalently, a 1951 dollar buys what $0.92 bought in 1949.

U.S. inflation · 1949–1951

Value of $100 in 1949, adjusted to 1951

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1949 has the same buying power as

$109

in 1951

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	9.2%
Average inflation rate	4.52% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$109
Price difference ($100 base)	$9.24
CPI in 1949	23.8
CPI in 1951	26
Inflation in 1949	-1.24%
Inflation in 1951	7.88%
$100 in 1949 → 1951	$109
$100 in 1951 → 1949	$91.54

What happened to prices between 1949 and 1951

Between 1949 and 1951, the Consumer Price Index went from 23.8 to 26. Cumulatively, prices increased 9.2%, which works out to an average of 4.52% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1949 bought what $0.92 buys in 1951.

Common amounts: 1949 dollars in 1951

Amount in 1949	Value in 1951
$1.00	$1.09
$5.00	$5.46
$10.00	$10.92
$20.00	$21.85
$50.00	$54.62
$100	$109
$500	$546
$1,000	$1,092
$5,000	$5,462
$10,000	$10,924
$100,000	$109,244
$1,000,000	$1,092,437

Inflation by spending category, 1949–1951

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1949 spending costs in 1951, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1949 →
All items (CPI-U)	4.52%	$109
Food	6.21%	$113
Transportation	4.43%	$109
Apparel	3.73%	$108
Medical care	3.65%	$107

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1949: 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 1949

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1949
1949	23.8	-1.2%	$100
1950	24.1	1.3%	$101
1951	26	7.9%	$109

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1949 to 1951: $100 is worth $109 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1949-to-1951/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1949 to 1951. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1949-to-1951/

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.