$100 in 2010 is worth $134 in 2022,
because prices increased 34.2% over that period, an average of
2.48% a year.
$100 in 2010 has
the same buying power as
$134
in 2022
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
34.2%
Average inflation rate
2.48% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$134
Price difference ($100 base)
$34.21
CPI in 2010
218.056
CPI in 2022
292.655
Inflation in 2010
1.64%
Inflation in 2022
8.00%
$100 in 2010 → 2022
$134
$100 in 2022 → 2010
$74.51
What happened to prices between 2010 and 2022
Between 2010 and 2022, the Consumer Price Index went from 218.056 to 292.655.
Cumulatively, prices increased 34.2%, which works out to an average of
2.48% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2010 bought what
$0.75 buys in 2022: the 2010 dollar
lost 25.5% of its purchasing power over
these 12 years.
2010 was a year of recovery without much price pressure. The CPI rose 1.6%, a
return to growth after 2009’s deflation, with gasoline averaging $2.78 a
gallon as energy prices climbed back from their recession lows. Housing costs
barely moved: millions of foreclosed and vacant homes kept rents soft, and the
median new home sold for about $221,800. The federal minimum wage stayed at
$7.25, the level set in July 2009, and a first-class stamp cost 44 cents.
The Federal Reserve was more worried about too little inflation than too
much. Its policy rate sat at 0–0.25%, and in November it announced a further
$600 billion of Treasury purchases to hold down long-term borrowing costs.
Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act in July to tighten financial regulation,
while a 110 billion euro rescue of Greece in May showed that the crisis had
moved from American mortgages to European government debt. For anyone
comparing dollars across the decade, 2010 is a useful baseline: prices were
still close to their 2008 levels, and the years ahead brought a slow, steady
climb.
Every 2010 amount converts to 2022 at the same ratio, 1.34: $1,000 becomes
$1,342, and $10,000 becomes $13,421.
Amount in 2010
Value in 2022
$1.00
$1.34
$5.00
$6.71
$10.00
$13.42
$20.00
$26.84
$50.00
$67.11
$100
$134
$500
$671
$1,000
$1,342
$5,000
$6,711
$10,000
$13,421
$100,000
$134,211
$1,000,000
$1,342,109
Inflation by spending category, 2010–2022
Between 2010 and 2022, energy rose the most, up 41.1%, while apparel rose the least, up 6.3%, against 34.2% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2010
spending costs in 2022, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2010 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.48%
$134
Energy
2.91%
$141
Medical care
2.89%
$141
Housing
2.79%
$139
Food
2.79%
$139
Transportation
2.70%
$138
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.40%
$133
Recreation
1.21%
$115
Education & communication
0.85%
$111
Apparel
0.51%
$106
Decade by decade: 2010 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 2010–2022 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2010, at end
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$119
2020–2022
6.34%
13.1%
$134
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2010
$100 from 2010 had already become $110 by
2016, on its way to $134 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 the smallest rise was 0.1% in 2015.
In 2022, prices rose 8.0% and $100 from 2010 had the buying
power of $134; 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 2010 to 2022: $100 is worth $134 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2010-to-2022/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2010 to 2022. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2010-to-2022/