What is $100 in 1953 worth in 1955?

$100 in 1953 has the purchasing power of about $100 in 1955, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1953 and 1955?

Prices rose 0.4% in total between 1953 and 1955, an average of 0.19% per year.

How much is $1 in 1953 worth today?

$1 in 1953 is equivalent to about $1.00 in 1955. Equivalently, a 1955 dollar buys what $1.00 bought in 1953.

U.S. inflation · 1953–1955

Value of $100 in 1953, adjusted to 1955

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1953 has the same buying power as

$100

in 1955

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	0.4%
Average inflation rate	0.19% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$100
Price difference ($100 base)	$0.37
CPI in 1953	26.7
CPI in 1955	26.8
Inflation in 1953	0.75%
Inflation in 1955	-0.37%
$100 in 1953 → 1955	$100
$100 in 1955 → 1953	$99.63

What happened to prices between 1953 and 1955

Between 1953 and 1955, the Consumer Price Index went from 26.7 to 26.8. Cumulatively, prices increased 0.4%, which works out to an average of 0.19% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1953 bought what $1.00 buys in 1955.

Common amounts: 1953 dollars in 1955

Amount in 1953	Value in 1955
$1.00	$1.00
$5.00	$5.02
$10.00	$10.04
$20.00	$20.07
$50.00	$50.19
$100	$100
$500	$502
$1,000	$1,004
$5,000	$5,019
$10,000	$10,037
$100,000	$100,375
$1,000,000	$1,003,745

Inflation by spending category, 1953–1955

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1953 spending costs in 1955, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1953 →
All items (CPI-U)	0.19%	$100
Medical care	2.57%	$105
Apparel	-0.23%	$99.54
Food	-0.89%	$98.23
Transportation	-1.33%	$97.36

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1953: 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 1953

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1953
1953	26.7	0.8%	$100
1954	26.9	0.7%	$101
1955	26.8	-0.4%	$100

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1953 to 1955: $100 is worth $100 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1953-to-1955/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1953 to 1955. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1953-to-1955/

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.