$100 in 2007 is worth $155 in 2025,
because prices increased 55.3% over that period, an average of
2.47% a year.
$100 in 2007 has
the same buying power as
$155
in 2025
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
55.3%
Average inflation rate
2.47% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$155
Price difference ($100 base)
$55.27
CPI in 2007
207.342
CPI in 2025
321.943
Inflation in 2007
2.85%
Inflation in 2025
2.63%
$100 in 2007 → 2025
$155
$100 in 2025 → 2007
$64.40
What happened to prices between 2007 and 2025
Between 2007 and 2025, the Consumer Price Index went from 207.342 to 321.943.
Cumulatively, prices increased 55.3%, which works out to an average of
2.47% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2007 bought what
$0.64 buys in 2025: the 2007 dollar
lost 35.6% of its purchasing power over
these 18 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 2025 at the same ratio, 1.55: $1,000 becomes
$1,553, and $10,000 becomes $15,527.
Amount in 2007
Value in 2025
$1.00
$1.55
$5.00
$7.76
$10.00
$15.53
$20.00
$31.05
$50.00
$77.64
$100
$155
$500
$776
$1,000
$1,553
$5,000
$7,764
$10,000
$15,527
$100,000
$155,271
$1,000,000
$1,552,715
Inflation by spending category, 2007–2025
Between 2007 and 2025, food rose the most, up 67.3%, while apparel rose the least, up 10.3%, against 55.3% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2007
spending costs in 2025, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2007 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.47%
$155
Food
2.90%
$167
Housing
2.84%
$165
Medical care
2.83%
$165
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.49%
$156
Transportation
2.18%
$147
Energy
1.66%
$134
Recreation
1.32%
$127
Education & communication
1.14%
$123
Apparel
0.55%
$110
Decade by decade: 2007 to 2025
Prices climbed fastest in the 2020s, averaging 4.46% a year, and slowest in the 2000s (1.69% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2007–2025 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
2020–2025
4.46%
24.4%
$155
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2007
$100 from 2007 had already become $116 by
2016, on its way to $155 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 2007 had the buying
power of $155; 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 2007 to 2025: $100 is worth $155 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2007-to-2025/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2007 to 2025. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2007-to-2025/