$100 in 2006 is worth $145 in 2022,
because prices increased 45.2% over that period, an average of
2.36% a year.
$100 in 2006 has
the same buying power as
$145
in 2022
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
45.2%
Average inflation rate
2.36% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$145
Price difference ($100 base)
$45.17
CPI in 2006
201.6
CPI in 2022
292.655
Inflation in 2006
3.23%
Inflation in 2022
8.00%
$100 in 2006 → 2022
$145
$100 in 2022 → 2006
$68.89
What happened to prices between 2006 and 2022
Between 2006 and 2022, the Consumer Price Index went from 201.6 to 292.655.
Cumulatively, prices increased 45.2%, which works out to an average of
2.36% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2006 bought what
$0.69 buys in 2022: the 2006 dollar
lost 31.1% of its purchasing power over
these 16 years.
Inflation was 3.2% in 2006 and gasoline averaged $2.59 a gallon, up 29 cents from 2005. The
median household earned about $48,200 and the median new home cost $246,500, a gain of about
2% after a 13% jump in 2004 and 9% in 2005. National home prices, by the S&P/Case-Shiller
index, peaked in mid-2006. Ben Bernanke replaced Alan Greenspan as Federal Reserve chair on
February 1, and on June 29 the Fed raised its policy rate to 5.25%, the last of 17 straight
quarter-point increases. It held there for over a year. A first-class stamp rose to 39 cents in
January, and the federal minimum wage was $5.15 for the ninth full year in a row.
Every 2006 amount converts to 2022 at the same ratio, 1.45: $1,000 becomes
$1,452, and $10,000 becomes $14,517.
Amount in 2006
Value in 2022
$1.00
$1.45
$5.00
$7.26
$10.00
$14.52
$20.00
$29.03
$50.00
$72.58
$100
$145
$500
$726
$1,000
$1,452
$5,000
$7,258
$10,000
$14,517
$100,000
$145,166
$1,000,000
$1,451,662
Inflation by spending category, 2006–2022
Between 2006 and 2022, medical care rose the most, up 62.6%, while apparel rose the least, up 6.3%, against 45.2% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2006
spending costs in 2022, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2006 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.36%
$145
Medical care
3.08%
$163
Food
2.84%
$156
Energy
2.63%
$151
Housing
2.48%
$148
Transportation
2.45%
$147
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.26%
$143
Education & communication
1.31%
$123
Recreation
1.04%
$118
Apparel
0.39%
$106
Decade by decade: 2006 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 2006–2022 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2006, at end
2006–2010
1.98%
8.2%
$108
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$128
2020–2022
6.34%
13.1%
$145
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2006
$100 from 2006 had already become $117 by
2014, on its way to $145 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 2006 had the buying
power of $145; 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 2006 to 2022: $100 is worth $145 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2006-to-2022/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2006 to 2022. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2006-to-2022/