$100 in 2010 is worth $148 in 2025,
because prices increased 47.6% over that period, an average of
2.63% a year.
$100 in 2010 has
the same buying power as
$148
in 2025
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
47.6%
Average inflation rate
2.63% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$148
Price difference ($100 base)
$47.64
CPI in 2010
218.056
CPI in 2025
321.943
Inflation in 2010
1.64%
Inflation in 2025
2.63%
$100 in 2010 → 2025
$148
$100 in 2025 → 2010
$67.73
What happened to prices between 2010 and 2025
Between 2010 and 2025, the Consumer Price Index went from 218.056 to 321.943.
Cumulatively, prices increased 47.6%, which works out to an average of
2.63% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2010 bought what
$0.68 buys in 2025: the 2010 dollar
lost 32.3% of its purchasing power over
these 15 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 2025 at the same ratio, 1.48: $1,000 becomes
$1,476, and $10,000 becomes $14,764.
Amount in 2010
Value in 2025
$1.00
$1.48
$5.00
$7.38
$10.00
$14.76
$20.00
$29.53
$50.00
$73.82
$100
$148
$500
$738
$1,000
$1,476
$5,000
$7,382
$10,000
$14,764
$100,000
$147,642
$1,000,000
$1,476,423
Inflation by spending category, 2010–2025
Between 2010 and 2025, housing rose the most, up 60.3%, while apparel rose the least, up 9.9%, against 47.6% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2010
spending costs in 2025, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2010 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.63%
$148
Housing
3.20%
$160
Food
2.95%
$155
Medical care
2.71%
$149
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.66%
$148
Transportation
2.30%
$141
Energy
1.87%
$132
Recreation
1.47%
$125
Education & communication
0.82%
$113
Apparel
0.63%
$110
Decade by decade: 2010 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 2010–2025 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2010, at end
2010–2020
1.73%
18.7%
$119
2020–2025
4.46%
24.4%
$148
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2010
$100 from 2010 had already become $112 by
2017, on its way to $148 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 the smallest rise was 0.1% in 2015.
In 2025, prices rose 2.6% and $100 from 2010 had the buying
power of $148; 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 2010 to 2025: $100 is worth $148 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2010-to-2025/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2010 to 2025. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2010-to-2025/