$100 in 2005 is worth $165 in 2025,
because prices increased 64.8% over that period, an average of
2.53% a year.
$100 in 2005 has
the same buying power as
$165
in 2025
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
64.8%
Average inflation rate
2.53% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$165
Price difference ($100 base)
$64.85
CPI in 2005
195.3
CPI in 2025
321.943
Inflation in 2005
3.39%
Inflation in 2025
2.63%
$100 in 2005 → 2025
$165
$100 in 2025 → 2005
$60.66
What happened to prices between 2005 and 2025
Between 2005 and 2025, the Consumer Price Index went from 195.3 to 321.943.
Cumulatively, prices increased 64.8%, which works out to an average of
2.53% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2005 bought what
$0.61 buys in 2025: the 2005 dollar
lost 39.3% of its purchasing power over
these 20 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 2025 at the same ratio, 1.65: $1,000 becomes
$1,648, and $10,000 becomes $16,485.
Amount in 2005
Value in 2025
$1.00
$1.65
$5.00
$8.24
$10.00
$16.48
$20.00
$32.97
$50.00
$82.42
$100
$165
$500
$824
$1,000
$1,648
$5,000
$8,242
$10,000
$16,485
$100,000
$164,845
$1,000,000
$1,648,454
Inflation by spending category, 2005–2025
Between 2005 and 2025, medical care rose the most, up 79.5%, while apparel rose the least, up 9.9%, against 64.8% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2005
spending costs in 2025, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2005 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.53%
$165
Medical care
2.97%
$179
Food
2.93%
$178
Housing
2.90%
$177
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.48%
$163
Energy
2.30%
$158
Transportation
2.26%
$156
Education & communication
1.28%
$129
Recreation
1.28%
$129
Apparel
0.47%
$110
Decade by decade: 2005 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 2005–2025 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
2020–2025
4.46%
24.4%
$165
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2005
$100 from 2005 had already become $121 by
2015, on its way to $165 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 2005 had the buying
power of $165; 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 2005 to 2025: $100 is worth $165 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2005-to-2025/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2005 to 2025. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2005-to-2025/