Spending $X in year A is like spending $Y in year B.
Pick a year, pick an amount. We crunch official BLS Consumer Price Index data and show you what those dollars are really worth today (or any other year you choose).
Inflation calculator
$1,000.00 in 2010 is like spending
$1,527.22
in 2026.
Prices rose 52.7% over that span.
April CPI is used for 2026 until the annual average is published.
How the Fiat Watch inflation calculator works
Inflation erodes the value of money over time. A dollar in 1913 bought a lot more bread, gasoline, and rent than a dollar today. To compare prices across years fairly, we use the Consumer Price Index — a basket of goods the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has been tracking since 1913.
The math is simple:
converted = amount × (CPItarget ÷ CPIstart).
We use the annual averages of the CPI-U (All Urban Consumers, series CUUR0000SA0) so the
result reflects a typical year, not a single noisy month.
Frequently asked questions
- What years are supported?
- Annual averages from 1913 through 2026. April CPI is used for 2026 until the annual average is published.
- Why do my answers differ slightly from other calculators?
- Most calculators use annual averages, but a few use specific months (often December or January). We use annual averages — the same approach the BLS recommends for long-horizon comparisons.
- Where does the data come from?
- Directly from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The dataset bundled with this site is refreshable via a single Rake task that hits the public BLS API.