$100 in 2007 is worth $141 in 2022,
because prices increased 41.1% over that period, an average of
2.32% a year.
$100 in 2007 has
the same buying power as
$141
in 2022
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
41.1%
Average inflation rate
2.32% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$141
Price difference ($100 base)
$41.15
CPI in 2007
207.342
CPI in 2022
292.655
Inflation in 2007
2.85%
Inflation in 2022
8.00%
$100 in 2007 → 2022
$141
$100 in 2022 → 2007
$70.85
What happened to prices between 2007 and 2022
Between 2007 and 2022, the Consumer Price Index went from 207.342 to 292.655.
Cumulatively, prices increased 41.1%, which works out to an average of
2.32% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2007 bought what
$0.71 buys in 2022: the 2007 dollar
lost 29.2% of its purchasing power over
these 15 years.
Inflation was 2.8% in 2007, with gasoline averaging $2.80 a gallon, but the year is better
known for what began underneath prices. In August, French bank BNP Paribas froze funds tied to
U.S. subprime mortgages, and credit between banks tightened. The Federal Reserve responded with
a half-point cut on September 18, its first in four years, and took the policy rate from 5.25% to
4.25% by December. The economy peaked that month, by the National Bureau of Economic Research’s
dating, and the Great Recession followed. The median household earned about $50,200, and the
median new home cost $247,900. Congress ended the decade-long freeze on the federal minimum wage
in May, with the first of three steps to $5.85 in July. A first-class stamp cost 41 cents.
Every 2007 amount converts to 2022 at the same ratio, 1.41: $1,000 becomes
$1,411, and $10,000 becomes $14,115.
Amount in 2007
Value in 2022
$1.00
$1.41
$5.00
$7.06
$10.00
$14.11
$20.00
$28.23
$50.00
$70.57
$100
$141
$500
$706
$1,000
$1,411
$5,000
$7,057
$10,000
$14,115
$100,000
$141,146
$1,000,000
$1,411,460
Inflation by spending category, 2007–2022
Between 2007 and 2022, medical care rose the most, up 55.7%, while apparel rose the least, up 6.8%, against 41.1% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2007
spending costs in 2022, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2007 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.32%
$141
Medical care
3.00%
$156
Food
2.76%
$150
Transportation
2.47%
$144
Energy
2.44%
$144
Housing
2.44%
$144
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.25%
$140
Education & communication
1.24%
$120
Recreation
1.08%
$117
Apparel
0.44%
$107
Decade by decade: 2007 to 2022
Prices climbed fastest in the 2020s, averaging 6.34% a year, and slowest in the 2000s (1.69% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2007–2022 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2007, at end
2007–2010
1.69%
5.2%
$105
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$125
2020–2022
6.34%
13.1%
$141
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2007
$100 from 2007 had already become $114 by
2014, on its way to $141 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 2007 had the buying
power of $141; 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 2007 to 2022: $100 is worth $141 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2007-to-2022/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2007 to 2022. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2007-to-2022/