$100 in 1958 is worth $1,114 in 2025,
because prices increased 1014.0% over that period, an average of
3.66% a year.
$100 in 1958 has
the same buying power as
$1,114
in 2025
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
1014.0%
Average inflation rate
3.66% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$1,114
Price difference ($100 base)
$1,014
CPI in 1958
28.9
CPI in 2025
321.943
Inflation in 1958
2.85%
Inflation in 2025
2.63%
$100 in 1958 → 2025
$1,114
$100 in 2025 → 1958
$8.98
What happened to prices between 1958 and 2025
Between 1958 and 2025, the Consumer Price Index went from 28.9 to 321.943.
Cumulatively, prices increased 1014.0%, which works out to an average of
3.66% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1958 bought what
$0.09 buys in 2025: the 1958 dollar
lost 91.0% of its purchasing power over
these 67 years.
Consumer prices rose 2.8% in 1958, down only slightly from
1957’s 3.3% even as the country sank into the sharpest
postwar recession to that point, an early sign that inflation and a
shrinking economy could coexist rather than trade off against each other.
The National Bureau of Economic Research dates the downturn’s trough to
that April, with unemployment peaking near 7.5% that summer, the worst
reading since the 1930s. The Post Office raised first-class postage to 4
cents that August 1, up from 3 cents, the rate’s first change since 1932.
Washington answered the Soviet Union’s technological lead that summer
too: Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29,
establishing NASA, which opened for business that October 1 to compete
with the Soviet space program after the shock of Sputnik the year before.
Consumer prices finished 1958 191.9% above their 1913
level. The minimum wage held at $1.00 an hour, and first-class postage
rose to 4 cents that August, the first increase since 1932.
Every 1958 amount converts to 2025 at the same ratio, 11.14: $1,000 becomes
$11,140, and $10,000 becomes $111,399.
Amount in 1958
Value in 2025
$1.00
$11.14
$5.00
$55.70
$10.00
$111
$20.00
$223
$50.00
$557
$100
$1,114
$500
$5,570
$1,000
$11,140
$5,000
$55,699
$10,000
$111,399
$100,000
$1,113,990
$1,000,000
$11,139,896
Inflation by spending category, 1958–2025
Between 1958 and 2025, medical care rose the most, up 2716.0%, while apparel rose the least, up 194.4%, against 1014.0% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 1958
spending costs in 2025, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 1958 →
All items (CPI-U)
3.66%
$1,114
Medical care
5.11%
$2,816
Energy
3.90%
$1,299
Food
3.68%
$1,124
Core (all items less food & energy)
3.66%
$1,108
Transportation
3.42%
$951
Apparel
1.62%
$294
Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1958: housing (1967–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).
Decade by decade: 1958 to 2025
Prices climbed fastest in the 1970s, averaging 7.82% a year, and slowest in the 1950s (1.20% a year). Each step below chains into the full 1958–2025 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 1958, at end
1958–1960
1.20%
2.4%
$102
1960–1970
2.74%
31.1%
$134
1970–1980
7.82%
112.4%
$285
1980–1990
4.72%
58.6%
$452
1990–2000
2.80%
31.8%
$596
2000–2010
2.39%
26.6%
$755
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$896
2020–2025
4.46%
24.4%
$1,114
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1958
$100 from 1958 had already become $500 by
1993, on its way to $1,114 in 2025; each row shows the CPI, that
year's inflation rate, and the running value.
Within the span, inflation peaked at 13.5% in 1980, and prices fell 0.4% in 2009, the deepest deflation of the period.
Long periods are sampled every 5 years; the calculator above covers any pair of years.
The destination year: 2025
In 2025, prices rose 2.6% and $100 from 1958 had the buying
power of $1,114; the year's average CPI of 321.943 is the level
behind every 2025 figure on this page.
2025 was a year of trade policy and data disruptions rather than an
inflation surge. Consumer prices rose 2.6% on average, a step down from
2024’s 2.9% and well below the 8.0% of 2022. Tariffs announced in April
pushed up prices for some imported goods, including furniture, apparel, and
auto parts, but the effect on the overall index was smaller than many
forecasters feared at the start of the year, in part because retailers
absorbed some of the cost and demand for services stayed steady.
The Federal Reserve held its policy rate steady through the first half of the
year, then began cutting again in September, lowering it in three quarter-point
steps to 3.50–3.75% by December.
The federal government shutdown that began October 1 lasted 43 days, and the
Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish a CPI for October 2025 because the
survey data could not be collected. The federal minimum wage stayed at $7.25,
and a first-class stamp rose to 78 cents in July.
MLA: “Inflation from 1958 to 2025: $100 is worth $1,114 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1958-to-2025/
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