What is $100 in 1990 worth in 1995?

$100 in 1990 has the purchasing power of about $117 in 1995, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1990 and 1995?

Prices rose 16.6% in total between 1990 and 1995, an average of 3.12% per year.

How much is $1 in 1990 worth today?

$1 in 1990 is equivalent to about $1.17 in 1995. Equivalently, a 1995 dollar buys what $0.86 bought in 1990.

U.S. inflation · 1990–1995

Value of $100 in 1990, adjusted to 1995

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1990 has the same buying power as

$117

in 1995

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	16.6%
Average inflation rate	3.12% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$117
Price difference ($100 base)	$16.60
CPI in 1990	130.7
CPI in 1995	152.4
Inflation in 1990	5.40%
Inflation in 1995	2.83%
$100 in 1990 → 1995	$117
$100 in 1995 → 1990	$85.76

What happened to prices between 1990 and 1995

Between 1990 and 1995, the Consumer Price Index went from 130.7 to 152.4. Cumulatively, prices increased 16.6%, which works out to an average of 3.12% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1990 bought what $0.86 buys in 1995.

In 1990, the median U.S. household earned about $29,900, gas averaged $1.15 a gallon, and mailing a letter cost a quarter. Inflation ran hot at 5.4% for the year, its highest rate since 1982, pushed up by an oil shock after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, and the economy tipped into recession that summer. It was the last gasp of elevated inflation before the long calm of the 1990s.

More about inflation in 1990 →

Common amounts: 1990 dollars in 1995

Amount in 1990	Value in 1995
$1.00	$1.17
$5.00	$5.83
$10.00	$11.66
$20.00	$23.32
$50.00	$58.30
$100	$117
$500	$583
$1,000	$1,166
$5,000	$5,830
$10,000	$11,660
$100,000	$116,603
$1,000,000	$1,166,029

Inflation by spending category, 1990–1995

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1990 spending costs in 1995, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1990 →
All items (CPI-U)	3.12%	$117
Medical care	6.26%	$135
Core (all items less food & energy)	3.53%	$119
Housing	2.94%	$116
Transportation	2.91%	$115
Food	2.31%	$112
Apparel	1.24%	$106
Energy	0.60%	$103

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1990: recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1990

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1990
1990	130.7	5.4%	$100
1991	136.2	4.2%	$104
1992	140.3	3.0%	$107
1993	144.5	3.0%	$111
1994	148.2	2.6%	$113
1995	152.4	2.8%	$117

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1990 to 1995: $100 is worth $117 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1990-to-1995/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1990 to 1995. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1990-to-1995/

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.