U.S. inflation · 2019–2022
$100 in 2019 has the same buying power as
$114
in 2022
| Cumulative price change | 14.5% |
|---|---|
| Average inflation rate | 4.61% per year |
| Converted amount ($100 base) | $114 |
| Price difference ($100 base) | $14.47 |
| CPI in 2019 | 255.657 |
| CPI in 2022 | 292.655 |
| Inflation in 2019 | 1.81% |
| Inflation in 2022 | 8.00% |
| $100 in 2019 → 2022 | $114 |
| $100 in 2022 → 2019 | $87.36 |
Between 2019 and 2022, the Consumer Price Index went from 255.657 to 292.655. Cumulatively, prices increased 14.5%, which works out to an average of 4.61% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2019 bought what $0.87 buys in 2022.
| Amount in 2019 | Value in 2022 |
|---|---|
| $1.00 | $1.14 |
| $5.00 | $5.72 |
| $10.00 | $11.45 |
| $20.00 | $22.89 |
| $50.00 | $57.24 |
| $100 | $114 |
| $500 | $572 |
| $1,000 | $1,145 |
| $5,000 | $5,724 |
| $10,000 | $11,447 |
| $100,000 | $114,472 |
| $1,000,000 | $1,144,717 |
The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 2019 spending costs in 2022, by category:
| Category | Avg. yearly inflation | $100 in 2019 → |
|---|---|---|
| All items (CPI-U) | 4.61% | $114 |
| Energy | 11.48% | $139 |
| Transportation | 8.23% | $127 |
| Food | 5.74% | $118 |
| Housing | 4.19% | $113 |
| Core (all items less food & energy) | 3.79% | $112 |
| Medical care | 3.12% | $110 |
| Recreation | 2.75% | $108 |
| Education & communication | 1.43% | $104 |
| Apparel | 0.81% | $102 |
| Year | CPI | Inflation rate | $100 from 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 255.657 | 1.8% | $100 |
| 2020 | 258.811 | 1.2% | $101 |
| 2021 | 270.97 | 4.7% | $106 |
| 2022 | 292.655 | 8.0% | $114 |
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 2019 to 2022: $100 is worth $114 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2019-to-2022/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2019 to 2022. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2019-to-2022/
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U annual averages (series CUUR0000SA0; category indexes listed on the data sources page). See how these numbers are calculated.