$100 in 2010 is worth $144 in 2024,
because prices increased 43.9% over that period, an average of
2.63% a year.
$100 in 2010 has
the same buying power as
$144
in 2024
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
43.9%
Average inflation rate
2.63% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$144
Price difference ($100 base)
$43.86
CPI in 2010
218.056
CPI in 2024
313.689
Inflation in 2010
1.64%
Inflation in 2024
2.95%
$100 in 2010 → 2024
$144
$100 in 2024 → 2010
$69.51
What happened to prices between 2010 and 2024
Between 2010 and 2024, the Consumer Price Index went from 218.056 to 313.689.
Cumulatively, prices increased 43.9%, which works out to an average of
2.63% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2010 bought what
$0.70 buys in 2024: the 2010 dollar
lost 30.5% of its purchasing power over
these 14 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 2024 at the same ratio, 1.44: $1,000 becomes
$1,439, and $10,000 becomes $14,386.
Amount in 2010
Value in 2024
$1.00
$1.44
$5.00
$7.19
$10.00
$14.39
$20.00
$28.77
$50.00
$71.93
$100
$144
$500
$719
$1,000
$1,439
$5,000
$7,193
$10,000
$14,386
$100,000
$143,857
$1,000,000
$1,438,571
Inflation by spending category, 2010–2024
Between 2010 and 2024, housing rose the most, up 54.5%, while apparel rose the least, up 10.0%, against 43.9% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2010
spending costs in 2024, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2010 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.63%
$144
Housing
3.16%
$155
Food
2.96%
$150
Medical care
2.70%
$145
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.64%
$144
Transportation
2.43%
$140
Energy
2.01%
$132
Recreation
1.43%
$122
Education & communication
0.84%
$112
Apparel
0.68%
$110
Decade by decade: 2010 to 2024
Prices climbed fastest in the 2020s, averaging 4.93% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (1.73% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2010–2024 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2010, at end
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$119
2020–2024
4.93%
21.2%
$144
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2010
$100 from 2010 had already become $112 by
2017, on its way to $144 in 2024; 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 2024, prices rose 2.9% and $100 from 2010 had the buying
power of $144; the year's average CPI of 313.689 is the level
behind every 2024 figure on this page.
2024 brought inflation close to normal without fully reaching it. Consumer
prices rose 2.9% on average, the smallest yearly increase since 2020, and the
December-to-December rate was also 2.9%. Gasoline averaged $3.30 a gallon,
below 2023’s $3.52. Shelter stayed the biggest driver of the index, so the
pace of price growth in categories that households can’t easily avoid, such as
rent and insurance, lagged the drop in goods and energy costs.
The Federal Reserve declared progress in September, cutting its policy rate
by half a point, the first reduction since the pandemic emergency, and then
by a quarter point in November and again in December. Mortgage rates near 7%
kept the housing market frozen for many would-be buyers.
Median household income was $83,730, the federal minimum wage stayed at $7.25,
and a first-class stamp rose to 73 cents in July. After the November election,
attention turned to how announced tariffs and tax policy might affect prices
in 2025.
MLA: “Inflation from 2010 to 2024: $100 is worth $144 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2010-to-2024/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2010 to 2024. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2010-to-2024/