A dollar from 1950 buys what $13.99 buys today, going by the Consumer Price Index. Put the other way, a dollar today buys what 7¢ bought in 1950. Pick any year below to see what its dollar is worth now.
What $1 from that year is worth in October 2026
Values use each year’s average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), and the latest reading for today, October 22, 2026.
| Year | $1 then is worth today | $100 then is worth today | $1 today was worth then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | $13.99 | $1,399 | $0.07 |
| 1951 | $12.97 | $1,297 | $0.08 |
| 1952 | $12.68 | $1,268 | $0.08 |
| 1953 | $12.58 | $1,258 | $0.08 |
| 1954 | $12.58 | $1,258 | $0.08 |
| 1955 | $12.58 | $1,258 | $0.08 |
| 1956 | $12.40 | $1,240 | $0.08 |
| 1957 | $12.00 | $1,200 | $0.08 |
| 1958 | $11.67 | $1,167 | $0.09 |
| 1959 | $11.55 | $1,155 | $0.09 |
| 1960 | $11.39 | $1,139 | $0.09 |
| 1961 | $11.28 | $1,128 | $0.09 |
| 1962 | $11.17 | $1,117 | $0.09 |
| 1963 | $11.02 | $1,102 | $0.09 |
| 1964 | $10.88 | $1,088 | $0.09 |
| 1965 | $10.71 | $1,071 | $0.09 |
| 1966 | $10.38 | $1,038 | $0.10 |
| 1967 | $10.10 | $1,010 | $0.10 |
| 1968 | $9.69 | $969 | $0.10 |
| 1969 | $9.19 | $919 | $0.11 |
| 1970 | $8.69 | $869 | $0.12 |
| 1971 | $8.33 | $833 | $0.12 |
| 1972 | $8.07 | $807 | $0.12 |
| 1973 | $7.60 | $760 | $0.13 |
| 1974 | $6.84 | $684 | $0.15 |
| 1975 | $6.27 | $627 | $0.16 |
| 1976 | $5.93 | $593 | $0.17 |
| 1977 | $5.57 | $557 | $0.18 |
| 1978 | $5.17 | $517 | $0.19 |
| 1979 | $4.65 | $465 | $0.22 |
| 1980 | $4.09 | $409 | $0.24 |
| 1981 | $3.71 | $371 | $0.27 |
| 1982 | $3.49 | $349 | $0.29 |
| 1983 | $3.39 | $339 | $0.30 |
| 1984 | $3.25 | $325 | $0.31 |
| 1985 | $3.13 | $313 | $0.32 |
| 1986 | $3.08 | $308 | $0.32 |
| 1987 | $2.97 | $297 | $0.34 |
| 1988 | $2.85 | $285 | $0.35 |
| 1989 | $2.72 | $272 | $0.37 |
| 1990 | $2.58 | $258 | $0.39 |
| 1991 | $2.48 | $248 | $0.40 |
| 1992 | $2.40 | $240 | $0.42 |
| 1993 | $2.33 | $233 | $0.43 |
| 1994 | $2.28 | $228 | $0.44 |
| 1995 | $2.21 | $221 | $0.45 |
| 1996 | $2.15 | $215 | $0.46 |
| 1997 | $2.10 | $210 | $0.48 |
| 1998 | $2.07 | $207 | $0.48 |
| 1999 | $2.02 | $202 | $0.49 |
| 2000 | $1.96 | $196 | $0.51 |
| 2001 | $1.90 | $190 | $0.53 |
| 2002 | $1.87 | $187 | $0.53 |
| 2003 | $1.83 | $183 | $0.55 |
| 2004 | $1.79 | $179 | $0.56 |
| 2005 | $1.73 | $173 | $0.58 |
| 2006 | $1.67 | $167 | $0.60 |
| 2007 | $1.63 | $163 | $0.61 |
| 2008 | $1.57 | $157 | $0.64 |
| 2009 | $1.57 | $157 | $0.64 |
| 2010 | $1.55 | $155 | $0.65 |
| 2011 | $1.50 | $150 | $0.67 |
| 2012 | $1.47 | $147 | $0.68 |
| 2013 | $1.45 | $145 | $0.69 |
| 2014 | $1.42 | $142 | $0.70 |
| 2015 | $1.42 | $142 | $0.70 |
| 2016 | $1.41 | $141 | $0.71 |
| 2017 | $1.38 | $138 | $0.73 |
| 2018 | $1.34 | $134 | $0.74 |
| 2019 | $1.32 | $132 | $0.76 |
| 2020 | $1.30 | $130 | $0.77 |
| 2021 | $1.24 | $124 | $0.81 |
| 2022 | $1.14 | $114 | $0.88 |
| 2023 | $1.10 | $110 | $0.91 |
| 2024 | $1.07 | $107 | $0.93 |
| 2025 | $1.04 | $104 | $0.96 |
BLS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
The chart resets to $1.00 at the start of whichever range you pick.
Each year shows the U.S. figure at midyear. Years marked ≈ fall between this series’ data points and are estimated by smooth interpolation between them. Today’s dollars use the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). How it works.
Average U.S. salary by yearPayroll tax on the average salary, by year
What everything cost in 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020. All prices.