$100 in 1995 is worth $211 in 2025,
because prices increased 111.2% over that period, an average of
2.52% a year.
$100 in 1995 has
the same buying power as
$211
in 2025
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
111.2%
Average inflation rate
2.52% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$211
Price difference ($100 base)
$111
CPI in 1995
152.4
CPI in 2025
321.943
Inflation in 1995
2.83%
Inflation in 2025
2.63%
$100 in 1995 → 2025
$211
$100 in 2025 → 1995
$47.34
What happened to prices between 1995 and 2025
Between 1995 and 2025, the Consumer Price Index went from 152.4 to 321.943.
Cumulatively, prices increased 111.2%, which works out to an average of
2.52% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1995 bought what
$0.47 buys in 2025: the 1995 dollar
lost 52.7% of its purchasing power over
these 30 years.
In 1995, gas averaged $1.15 a gallon, a new home cost roughly $133,900, and the median household
earned about $34,100. Inflation ran at 2.8% for the year, little changed from 1994, as the
Federal Reserve shifted from raising rates to cutting them. Having lifted its policy rate six
times the year before, the Fed judged by July that the economy had cooled enough on its own, and
trimmed rates instead, an outcome economists would later point to as a rare soft landing. The
year opened with a currency crisis: Mexico’s peso lost roughly half its value against the dollar
in a matter of weeks, and the U.S. Treasury and the IMF assembled a $50 billion rescue package,
controversial in Congress, to stabilize it and keep the crisis from spreading to other emerging
markets. Closer to home, a budget standoff between President Clinton and the Republican Congress
shut down federal agencies twice, first for five days in November and then for 21 days spanning
December into January 1996, the longest shutdown up to that point. The Postal Service raised the
cost of a first-class stamp to 32 cents in January. Low, steady inflation was about the only calm
part of 1995’s economic story.
Every 1995 amount converts to 2025 at the same ratio, 2.11: $1,000 becomes
$2,112, and $10,000 becomes $21,125.
Amount in 1995
Value in 2025
$1.00
$2.11
$5.00
$10.56
$10.00
$21.12
$20.00
$42.25
$50.00
$106
$100
$211
$500
$1,056
$1,000
$2,112
$5,000
$10,562
$10,000
$21,125
$100,000
$211,249
$1,000,000
$2,112,487
Inflation by spending category, 1995–2025
Between 1995 and 2025, energy rose the most, up 165.5%, while apparel fell 0.5%, against 111.2% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 1995
spending costs in 2025, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 1995 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.52%
$211
Energy
3.31%
$266
Medical care
3.28%
$263
Housing
2.87%
$233
Food
2.80%
$229
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.40%
$203
Transportation
2.26%
$196
Education & communication
1.56%
$159
Recreation
1.34%
$149
Apparel
-0.02%
$99.48
Decade by decade: 1995 to 2025
Prices climbed fastest in the 2020s, averaging 4.46% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (1.73% a year). Each step below chains into the full 1995–2025 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 1995, at end
1995–2000
2.47%
13.0%
$113
2000–2010
2.39%
26.6%
$143
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$170
2020–2025
4.46%
24.4%
$211
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1995
$100 from 1995 had already become $143 by
2010, on its way to $211 in 2025; each row shows the CPI, that
year's inflation rate, and the running value.
Within the span, inflation peaked at 8.0% in 2022, and prices fell 0.4% in 2009, the deepest deflation of the period.
In 2025, prices rose 2.6% and $100 from 1995 had the buying
power of $211; 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 1995 to 2025: $100 is worth $211 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1995-to-2025/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1995 to 2025. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1995-to-2025/