$100 in 2013 is worth $110 in 2019,
because prices increased 9.7% over that period, an average of
1.56% a year.
$100 in 2013 has
the same buying power as
$110
in 2019
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
9.7%
Average inflation rate
1.56% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$110
Price difference ($100 base)
$9.74
CPI in 2013
232.957
CPI in 2019
255.657
Inflation in 2013
1.46%
Inflation in 2019
1.81%
$100 in 2013 → 2019
$110
$100 in 2019 → 2013
$91.12
What happened to prices between 2013 and 2019
Between 2013 and 2019, the Consumer Price Index went from 232.957 to 255.657.
Cumulatively, prices increased 9.7%, which works out to an average of
1.56% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2013 bought what
$0.91 buys in 2019: the 2013 dollar
lost 8.9% of its purchasing power over
these 6 years.
2013 was a low-inflation year with a lot of noise around the Federal Reserve.
Consumer prices rose 1.5%, below the Fed’s 2% target, and gasoline eased to an
average of $3.51 a gallon. Housing was the exception: the median new home sold
for about $268,900, up sharply from $245,200 in 2012, as the market recovered
from its post-crisis bottom.
The Fed dominated the news. Chairman Ben Bernanke’s May comments about slowing
bond purchases pushed long-term interest rates up by roughly a percentage
point that summer, and mortgages became more expensive within weeks. In
December the Fed finally announced a first small cut to its purchases while
promising to keep short-term rates near zero for a long time.
Washington added its own disruption. A 16-day government shutdown in October
delayed data releases and left a hole in that month’s CPI collection. Median
household income was reported at $53,585, the federal minimum wage stayed at
$7.25, and a first-class stamp cost 46 cents. The decade’s pattern was taking
shape: slow price growth, ultra-low interest rates, and a labor market that
improved gradually.
Every 2013 amount converts to 2019 at the same ratio, 1.10: $1,000 becomes
$1,097, and $10,000 becomes $10,974.
Amount in 2013
Value in 2019
$1.00
$1.10
$5.00
$5.49
$10.00
$10.97
$20.00
$21.95
$50.00
$54.87
$100
$110
$500
$549
$1,000
$1,097
$5,000
$5,487
$10,000
$10,974
$100,000
$109,744
$1,000,000
$1,097,443
Inflation by spending category, 2013–2019
Between 2013 and 2019, medical care rose the most, up 17.2%, while energy fell 11.9%, against 9.7% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2013
spending costs in 2019, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2013 →
All items (CPI-U)
1.56%
$110
Medical care
2.69%
$117
Housing
2.65%
$117
Core (all items less food & energy)
1.99%
$113
Food
1.44%
$109
Recreation
0.76%
$105
Education & communication
0.23%
$101
Apparel
-0.44%
$97.36
Transportation
-0.57%
$96.62
Energy
-2.09%
$88.09
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2013
$100 from 2013 had already become $103 by
2016, on its way to $110 in 2019; each row shows the CPI, that
year's inflation rate, and the running value.
Within the span, inflation peaked at 2.4% in 2018, and the smallest rise was 0.1% in 2015.
In 2019, prices rose 1.8% and $100 from 2013 had the buying
power of $110; the year's average CPI of 255.657 is the level
behind every 2019 figure on this page.
2019 was the last ordinary year before COVID-19. Consumer prices rose 1.8%,
slightly under the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, with gasoline averaging
$2.60 a gallon. Median household income jumped to $68,703, the highest on
record up to that point, and the median new home sold for about $328,000. A
first-class stamp rose to 55 cents.
The Fed reversed course. After four increases in 2018, it cut rates three
times, to 1.50–1.75%, citing slower global growth, trade tensions, and low
inflation. In July the expansion that began in June 2009 became the longest in
U.S. records, and in August the yield curve briefly inverted, a signal
investors read as a recession warning.
For workers at the bottom of the pay scale, 2019 marked a milestone of a
different kind. The federal minimum wage stayed at $7.25 and reached its tenth
year without an increase, the longest gap since the wage was first set. Because
prices had climbed about 19% since it was last raised in 2009, its buying power
was lower than at any point in that span.
MLA: “Inflation from 2013 to 2019: $100 is worth $110 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2013-to-2019/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2013 to 2019. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2013-to-2019/