A dollar from 1950 buys what $13.91 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 September 2026
Values use each year’s average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), and the latest reading for today, September 28, 2026.
| Year | $1 then is worth today | $100 then is worth today | $1 today was worth then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | $13.91 | $1,391 | $0.07 |
| 1951 | $12.90 | $1,290 | $0.08 |
| 1952 | $12.61 | $1,261 | $0.08 |
| 1953 | $12.51 | $1,251 | $0.08 |
| 1954 | $12.51 | $1,251 | $0.08 |
| 1955 | $12.51 | $1,251 | $0.08 |
| 1956 | $12.33 | $1,233 | $0.08 |
| 1957 | $11.93 | $1,193 | $0.08 |
| 1958 | $11.60 | $1,160 | $0.09 |
| 1959 | $11.48 | $1,148 | $0.09 |
| 1960 | $11.33 | $1,133 | $0.09 |
| 1961 | $11.21 | $1,121 | $0.09 |
| 1962 | $11.10 | $1,110 | $0.09 |
| 1963 | $10.96 | $1,096 | $0.09 |
| 1964 | $10.82 | $1,082 | $0.09 |
| 1965 | $10.64 | $1,064 | $0.09 |
| 1966 | $10.32 | $1,032 | $0.10 |
| 1967 | $10.04 | $1,004 | $0.10 |
| 1968 | $9.64 | $964 | $0.10 |
| 1969 | $9.14 | $914 | $0.11 |
| 1970 | $8.64 | $864 | $0.12 |
| 1971 | $8.28 | $828 | $0.12 |
| 1972 | $8.02 | $802 | $0.12 |
| 1973 | $7.55 | $755 | $0.13 |
| 1974 | $6.80 | $680 | $0.15 |
| 1975 | $6.23 | $623 | $0.16 |
| 1976 | $5.89 | $589 | $0.17 |
| 1977 | $5.53 | $553 | $0.18 |
| 1978 | $5.14 | $514 | $0.19 |
| 1979 | $4.62 | $462 | $0.22 |
| 1980 | $4.07 | $407 | $0.25 |
| 1981 | $3.69 | $369 | $0.27 |
| 1982 | $3.47 | $347 | $0.29 |
| 1983 | $3.37 | $337 | $0.30 |
| 1984 | $3.23 | $323 | $0.31 |
| 1985 | $3.12 | $312 | $0.32 |
| 1986 | $3.06 | $306 | $0.33 |
| 1987 | $2.95 | $295 | $0.34 |
| 1988 | $2.83 | $283 | $0.35 |
| 1989 | $2.70 | $270 | $0.37 |
| 1990 | $2.57 | $257 | $0.39 |
| 1991 | $2.46 | $246 | $0.41 |
| 1992 | $2.39 | $239 | $0.42 |
| 1993 | $2.32 | $232 | $0.43 |
| 1994 | $2.26 | $226 | $0.44 |
| 1995 | $2.20 | $220 | $0.45 |
| 1996 | $2.14 | $214 | $0.47 |
| 1997 | $2.09 | $209 | $0.48 |
| 1998 | $2.06 | $206 | $0.49 |
| 1999 | $2.01 | $201 | $0.50 |
| 2000 | $1.95 | $195 | $0.51 |
| 2001 | $1.89 | $189 | $0.53 |
| 2002 | $1.86 | $186 | $0.54 |
| 2003 | $1.82 | $182 | $0.55 |
| 2004 | $1.78 | $178 | $0.56 |
| 2005 | $1.72 | $172 | $0.58 |
| 2006 | $1.66 | $166 | $0.60 |
| 2007 | $1.62 | $162 | $0.62 |
| 2008 | $1.56 | $156 | $0.64 |
| 2009 | $1.56 | $156 | $0.64 |
| 2010 | $1.54 | $154 | $0.65 |
| 2011 | $1.49 | $149 | $0.67 |
| 2012 | $1.46 | $146 | $0.68 |
| 2013 | $1.44 | $144 | $0.69 |
| 2014 | $1.42 | $142 | $0.71 |
| 2015 | $1.41 | $141 | $0.71 |
| 2016 | $1.40 | $140 | $0.72 |
| 2017 | $1.37 | $137 | $0.73 |
| 2018 | $1.34 | $134 | $0.75 |
| 2019 | $1.31 | $131 | $0.76 |
| 2020 | $1.30 | $130 | $0.77 |
| 2021 | $1.23 | $123 | $0.81 |
| 2022 | $1.13 | $113 | $0.88 |
| 2023 | $1.10 | $110 | $0.91 |
| 2024 | $1.07 | $107 | $0.94 |
| 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.