$100 in 2005 is worth $150 in 2022,
because prices increased 49.8% over that period, an average of
2.41% a year.
$100 in 2005 has
the same buying power as
$150
in 2022
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
49.8%
Average inflation rate
2.41% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$150
Price difference ($100 base)
$49.85
CPI in 2005
195.3
CPI in 2022
292.655
Inflation in 2005
3.39%
Inflation in 2022
8.00%
$100 in 2005 → 2022
$150
$100 in 2022 → 2005
$66.73
What happened to prices between 2005 and 2022
Between 2005 and 2022, the Consumer Price Index went from 195.3 to 292.655.
Cumulatively, prices increased 49.8%, which works out to an average of
2.41% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2005 bought what
$0.67 buys in 2022: the 2005 dollar
lost 33.3% of its purchasing power over
these 17 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 2022 at the same ratio, 1.50: $1,000 becomes
$1,498, and $10,000 becomes $14,985.
Amount in 2005
Value in 2022
$1.00
$1.50
$5.00
$7.49
$10.00
$14.98
$20.00
$29.97
$50.00
$74.92
$100
$150
$500
$749
$1,000
$1,498
$5,000
$7,492
$10,000
$14,985
$100,000
$149,849
$1,000,000
$1,498,490
Inflation by spending category, 2005–2022
Between 2005 and 2022, medical care rose the most, up 69.1%, while apparel rose the least, up 6.3%, against 49.8% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2005
spending costs in 2022, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2005 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.41%
$150
Medical care
3.14%
$169
Energy
3.11%
$168
Food
2.81%
$160
Housing
2.56%
$154
Transportation
2.54%
$153
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.27%
$146
Education & communication
1.39%
$126
Recreation
1.06%
$120
Apparel
0.36%
$106
Decade by decade: 2005 to 2022
Prices climbed fastest in the 2020s, averaging 6.34% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (1.73% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2005–2022 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2005, at end
2005–2010
2.23%
11.7%
$112
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$133
2020–2022
6.34%
13.1%
$150
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2005
$100 from 2005 had already become $119 by
2013, on its way to $150 in 2022; 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 2022, prices rose 8.0% and $100 from 2005 had the buying
power of $150; the year's average CPI of 292.655 is the level
behind every 2022 figure on this page.
2022 was the year inflation returned. Consumer prices rose 8.0% on average,
the worst since 1981, driven by pandemic-era supply chains, stimulus-fueled
demand, and an energy shock from the war in Ukraine. Gas briefly topped $5 a
gallon nationally for the first time ever, and “inflation” became the
top-ranked economic concern in nearly every poll of American households.
MLA: “Inflation from 2005 to 2022: $100 is worth $150 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2005-to-2022/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2005 to 2022. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2005-to-2022/