$100 in 1913 is worth $3,346 today
What US dollars from 1913 are worth in 2026 money, adjusted for inflation with the official price index from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
1913 money in 2026 money
- Prices since
- +3246.4%
- Per year
- +3.16% compounded
- Multiplier
- ×33.464
| In 1913 | Worth in 2026 |
|---|---|
| $1 | $33.46 |
| $5 | $167 |
| $10 | $335 |
| $20 | $669 |
| $50 | $1,673 |
| $100 | $3,346 |
| $1,000 | $33,464 |
| $10,000 | $334,639 |
US Bureau of Labor Statistics — CPI-U, US city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted, 1982-84 = 100. Retrieved 2026-08-06. 2026 figures are the January–June average so far and will shift slightly as the year completes. Open in the calculator to compare any two years.
Inflation in 1913
1913 is the first year this price index covers, so it has no rate of its own — there is no earlier year to compare it with. Across the 1910s, prices rose an average of 10.0% a year, peaking at 17.8% in 1917.
| Year | Rate | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | +1.4% | |
| 1915 | +0.9% | |
| 1916 | +7.7% | |
| 1917 | +17.8% | |
| 1918 | +17.3% | |
| 1919 | +15.2% |
How far the US dollar has fallen since 1913
An US dollar in 2026 buys about 3.0% of what one bought in 1913, a loss of 97.0% of its buying power. Prices had doubled from their 1913 level by 1920, 7 years later. Read the other way, here is what today's money would have been in 1913:
| In 2026 | Same as, in 1913 |
|---|---|
| $10 | $0.30 |
| $20 | $0.60 |
| $50 | $1.49 |
| $100 | $2.99 |
| $1,000 | $29.88 |
| $10,000 | $299 |
What these numbers can and cannot tell you
The figures compare the price index in 1913 with 2026: the cost of the same broad basket of goods and services, averaged across each year. That is the right measure for "what would this amount be in today's money" — a wage, a price, an inheritance. It is not a measure of what any particular thing cost: housing, education, and healthcare have mostly risen faster than the average, while electronics and clothing have risen far slower or fallen. And it says nothing about exchange rates, so it cannot turn 1913 US dollars into another currency.
Common questions
How much is $100 from 1913 worth today?
$100 in 1913 is worth about $3,346 in 2026 money, adjusted with the official price index published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices have risen 3,246.4% over that span, an average of 3.16% a year compounded. 2026 figures are the January–June average so far and will shift slightly as the year completes.
How much buying power has the US dollar lost since 1913?
About 97.0%. Put the other way round, $100 in 2026 would have bought what $2.99 bought in 1913. Prices had doubled from their 1913 level by 1920, 7 years later.
1913 in other countries: United Kingdom .