What is $100 in 1950 worth in 1953?

$100 in 1950 has the purchasing power of about $111 in 1953, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1950 and 1953?

Prices rose 10.8% in total between 1950 and 1953, an average of 3.47% per year.

How much is $1 in 1950 worth today?

$1 in 1950 is equivalent to about $1.11 in 1953. Equivalently, a 1953 dollar buys what $0.90 bought in 1950.

U.S. inflation · 1950–1953

Value of $100 in 1950, adjusted to 1953

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1950 has the same buying power as

$111

in 1953

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	10.8%
Average inflation rate	3.47% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$111
Price difference ($100 base)	$10.79
CPI in 1950	24.1
CPI in 1953	26.7
Inflation in 1950	1.26%
Inflation in 1953	0.75%
$100 in 1950 → 1953	$111
$100 in 1953 → 1950	$90.26

What happened to prices between 1950 and 1953

Between 1950 and 1953, the Consumer Price Index went from 24.1 to 26.7. Cumulatively, prices increased 10.8%, which works out to an average of 3.47% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1950 bought what $0.90 buys in 1953.

Common amounts: 1950 dollars in 1953

Amount in 1950	Value in 1953
$1.00	$1.11
$5.00	$5.54
$10.00	$11.08
$20.00	$22.16
$50.00	$55.39
$100	$111
$500	$554
$1,000	$1,108
$5,000	$5,539
$10,000	$11,079
$100,000	$110,788
$1,000,000	$1,107,884

Inflation by spending category, 1950–1953

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1950 spending costs in 1953, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1950 →
All items (CPI-U)	3.47%	$111
Transportation	5.29%	$117
Medical care	4.64%	$115
Food	3.67%	$111
Apparel	2.26%	$107

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1950: 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 1950

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1950
1950	24.1	1.3%	$100
1951	26	7.9%	$108
1952	26.5	1.9%	$110
1953	26.7	0.8%	$111

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1950 to 1953: $100 is worth $111 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1950-to-1953/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1950 to 1953. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1950-to-1953/

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.