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“Annual average” uses the official yearly average. Monthly values run from January 2000 through August 2026; BLS did not publish October 2025, so that month is unavailable.

$100 in 2000 is worth

$194.53

in August 2026 dollars, based on the CPI-U (172.2 → 334.980)

Cumulative inflation

+94.5%

Average annual inflation

2.58%

Change in buying power

-48.6%

Time span

26.1 years

CPI-U, 2000 annual average
172.2
CPI-U, August 2026
334.980
$100 in Aug 2026 equals, in 2000 dollars
$51.41
Buying power of $1 in Aug 2026, in 2000 dollars
$0.51

The 2026 annual average is not available until all 12 months of 2026 are published, so the latest month (August 2026) is used.

Buying power over time

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Year by year

Years use annual averages; a row labeled with a month uses that month’s index, and its inflation is the 12-month change.
YearCPI-UInflation$100 from 2000Buying power of $100
2000172.2+3.4%$100.00$100.00
2001177.1+2.8%$102.85$97.23
2002179.9+1.6%$104.47$95.72
2003184.0+2.3%$106.85$93.59
2004188.9+2.7%$109.70$91.16
2005195.3+3.4%$113.41$88.17
2006201.6+3.2%$117.07$85.42
2007207.342+2.8%$120.41$83.05
2008215.303+3.8%$125.03$79.98
2009214.537-0.4%$124.59$80.27
2010218.056+1.6%$126.63$78.97
2011224.939+3.2%$130.63$76.55
2012229.594+2.1%$133.33$75.00
2013232.957+1.5%$135.28$73.92
2014236.736+1.6%$137.48$72.74
2015237.017+0.1%$137.64$72.65
2016240.007+1.3%$139.38$71.75
2017245.120+2.1%$142.35$70.25
2018251.107+2.4%$145.82$68.58
2019255.657+1.8%$148.47$67.36
2020258.811+1.2%$150.30$66.54
2021270.970+4.7%$157.36$63.55
2022292.655+8.0%$169.95$58.84
2023304.702+4.1%$176.95$56.51
2024313.689+2.9%$182.17$54.90
2025321.943+2.6%$186.96$53.49
Aug 2026334.980+3.4%$194.53$51.41

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