What is $100 in 1968 worth in 1970?

$100 in 1968 has the purchasing power of about $111 in 1970, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1968 and 1970?

Prices rose 11.5% in total between 1968 and 1970, an average of 5.59% per year.

How much is $1 in 1968 worth today?

$1 in 1968 is equivalent to about $1.11 in 1970. Equivalently, a 1970 dollar buys what $0.90 bought in 1968.

U.S. inflation · 1968–1970

Value of $100 in 1968, adjusted to 1970

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1968 has the same buying power as

$111

in 1970

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	11.5%
Average inflation rate	5.59% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$111
Price difference ($100 base)	$11.49
CPI in 1968	34.8
CPI in 1970	38.8
Inflation in 1968	4.19%
Inflation in 1970	5.72%
$100 in 1968 → 1970	$111
$100 in 1970 → 1968	$89.69

What happened to prices between 1968 and 1970

Between 1968 and 1970, the Consumer Price Index went from 34.8 to 38.8. Cumulatively, prices increased 11.5%, which works out to an average of 5.59% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1968 bought what $0.90 buys in 1970.

Common amounts: 1968 dollars in 1970

Amount in 1968	Value in 1970
$1.00	$1.11
$5.00	$5.57
$10.00	$11.15
$20.00	$22.30
$50.00	$55.75
$100	$111
$500	$557
$1,000	$1,115
$5,000	$5,575
$10,000	$11,149
$100,000	$111,494
$1,000,000	$1,114,943

Inflation by spending category, 1968–1970

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1968 spending costs in 1970, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1968 →
All items (CPI-U)	5.59%	$111
Housing	6.65%	$114
Medical care	6.64%	$114
Core (all items less food & energy)	6.02%	$112
Food	5.38%	$111
Apparel	5.00%	$110
Transportation	4.56%	$109
Energy	2.65%	$105

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1968: recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1968

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1968
1968	34.8	4.2%	$100
1969	36.7	5.5%	$105
1970	38.8	5.7%	$111

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1968 to 1970: $100 is worth $111 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1968-to-1970/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1968 to 1970. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1968-to-1970/

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.