$100 in 2006 is worth $160 in 2025,
because prices increased 59.7% over that period, an average of
2.49% a year.
$100 in 2006 has
the same buying power as
$160
in 2025
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
59.7%
Average inflation rate
2.49% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$160
Price difference ($100 base)
$59.69
CPI in 2006
201.6
CPI in 2025
321.943
Inflation in 2006
3.23%
Inflation in 2025
2.63%
$100 in 2006 → 2025
$160
$100 in 2025 → 2006
$62.62
What happened to prices between 2006 and 2025
Between 2006 and 2025, the Consumer Price Index went from 201.6 to 321.943.
Cumulatively, prices increased 59.7%, which works out to an average of
2.49% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2006 bought what
$0.63 buys in 2025: the 2006 dollar
lost 37.4% of its purchasing power over
these 19 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 2025 at the same ratio, 1.60: $1,000 becomes
$1,597, and $10,000 becomes $15,969.
Amount in 2006
Value in 2025
$1.00
$1.60
$5.00
$7.98
$10.00
$15.97
$20.00
$31.94
$50.00
$79.85
$100
$160
$500
$798
$1,000
$1,597
$5,000
$7,985
$10,000
$15,969
$100,000
$159,694
$1,000,000
$1,596,939
Inflation by spending category, 2006–2025
Between 2006 and 2025, food rose the most, up 73.9%, while apparel rose the least, up 9.9%, against 59.7% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2006
spending costs in 2025, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2006 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.49%
$160
Food
2.96%
$174
Medical care
2.91%
$173
Housing
2.85%
$171
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.48%
$159
Transportation
2.17%
$150
Energy
1.86%
$142
Recreation
1.28%
$127
Education & communication
1.21%
$126
Apparel
0.50%
$110
Decade by decade: 2006 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 2006–2025 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
2020–2025
4.46%
24.4%
$160
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2006
$100 from 2006 had already become $118 by
2015, on its way to $160 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 2006 had the buying
power of $160; 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 2006 to 2025: $100 is worth $160 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2006-to-2025/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2006 to 2025. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2006-to-2025/