$100 in 2005 is worth $119 in 2013,
because prices increased 19.3% over that period, an average of
2.23% a year.
$100 in 2005 has
the same buying power as
$119
in 2013
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
19.3%
Average inflation rate
2.23% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$119
Price difference ($100 base)
$19.28
CPI in 2005
195.3
CPI in 2013
232.957
Inflation in 2005
3.39%
Inflation in 2013
1.46%
$100 in 2005 → 2013
$119
$100 in 2013 → 2005
$83.84
What happened to prices between 2005 and 2013
Between 2005 and 2013, the Consumer Price Index went from 195.3 to 232.957.
Cumulatively, prices increased 19.3%, which works out to an average of
2.23% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2005 bought what
$0.84 buys in 2013: the 2005 dollar
lost 16.2% of its purchasing power over
these 8 years.
Inflation rose to 3.4% in 2005, up from 2.7% in 2004, as gasoline averaged $2.30 a gallon,
compared with $1.88 the year before. Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, and with
Hurricane Rita weeks later it disrupted Gulf Coast refining, pushing the national average
price past $3 in early September. The Federal Reserve raised its policy rate at every meeting,
from 2.25% to 4.25%, to keep energy costs from feeding into other prices. The median household
earned about $46,300, up 4.5% from 2004, but the median new home price rose a further 9%, to
$240,900. In April, Congress passed a bankruptcy law that made it harder to clear debts. A
first-class stamp stayed at 37 cents until January 2006, and the federal minimum wage stayed
at $5.15.
Every 2005 amount converts to 2013 at the same ratio, 1.19: $1,000 becomes
$1,193, and $10,000 becomes $11,928.
Amount in 2005
Value in 2013
$1.00
$1.19
$5.00
$5.96
$10.00
$11.93
$20.00
$23.86
$50.00
$59.64
$100
$119
$500
$596
$1,000
$1,193
$5,000
$5,964
$10,000
$11,928
$100,000
$119,282
$1,000,000
$1,192,816
Inflation by spending category, 2005–2013
Between 2005 and 2013, energy rose the most, up 38.0%, while recreation rose the least, up 5.4%, against 19.3% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2005
spending costs in 2013, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2005 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.23%
$119
Energy
4.11%
$138
Medical care
3.49%
$132
Transportation
2.83%
$125
Food
2.76%
$124
Education & communication
2.25%
$120
Core (all items less food & energy)
1.91%
$116
Housing
1.89%
$116
Apparel
0.80%
$107
Recreation
0.66%
$105
Decade by decade: 2005 to 2013
Prices climbed fastest in the 2000s, averaging 2.23% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (2.23% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2005–2013 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2005, at end
2005–2010
2.23%
11.7%
$112
2010–2013
2.23%
6.8%
$119
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2005
$100 from 2005 had already become $110 by
2009, on its way to $119 in 2013; each row shows the CPI, that
year's inflation rate, and the running value.
Within the span, inflation peaked at 3.8% in 2008, and prices fell 0.4% in 2009, the deepest deflation of the period.
In 2013, prices rose 1.5% and $100 from 2005 had the buying
power of $119; the year's average CPI of 232.957 is the level
behind every 2013 figure on this page.
2013 was a low-inflation year with a lot of noise around the Federal Reserve.
Consumer prices rose 1.5%, below the Fed’s 2% target, and gasoline eased to an
average of $3.51 a gallon. Housing was the exception: the median new home sold
for about $268,900, up sharply from $245,200 in 2012, as the market recovered
from its post-crisis bottom.
The Fed dominated the news. Chairman Ben Bernanke’s May comments about slowing
bond purchases pushed long-term interest rates up by roughly a percentage
point that summer, and mortgages became more expensive within weeks. In
December the Fed finally announced a first small cut to its purchases while
promising to keep short-term rates near zero for a long time.
Washington added its own disruption. A 16-day government shutdown in October
delayed data releases and left a hole in that month’s CPI collection. Median
household income was reported at $53,585, the federal minimum wage stayed at
$7.25, and a first-class stamp cost 46 cents. The decade’s pattern was taking
shape: slow price growth, ultra-low interest rates, and a labor market that
improved gradually.
MLA: “Inflation from 2005 to 2013: $100 is worth $119 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2005-to-2013/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2005 to 2013. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2005-to-2013/