All items less shelter priced at $20 in 2012 $25.87 in 2025

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Prices for All Items Less Shelter, 2012-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for all items less shelter are 29.35% higher in 2025 versus 2012 (a $5.87 difference in value).

Between 2012 and 2025: All items less shelter experienced an average inflation rate of 2% per year. In other words, all items less shelter costing $20 in the year 2012 would cost $25.87 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.56% during this same period, inflation for all items less shelter was lower.

In the year 2012: Pricing changed by 2.03%, which is above the average yearly change for all items less shelter during the 2012-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2012 (2.07%), inflation for all items less shelter was lower.

Price Inflation for All items less shelter since 1935

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1947 (16.11%), 1942 (12.69%), and 1980 (11.74%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2012

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for All items less shelter, over time, for $20 beginning in 2012. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2012$20.002.03%
2013$20.211.07%
2014$20.431.06%
2015$20.17-1.27%
2016$20.210.22%
2017$20.521.53%
2018$20.932.00%
2019$21.151.05%
2020$21.290.62%
2021$22.505.71%
2022$24.549.05%
2023$25.142.47%
2024$25.581.72%
2025$25.871.15%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.


Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for All items less shelter:

Year1935193619371938193919401941194219431944194519461947194819491950195119521953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI14.00014.16714.64014.18013.98014.11414.91516.80818.05418.40818.90820.77724.12326.02325.55425.70027.89228.45428.53828.52328.36928.76929.73830.58530.85431.29231.66232.01532.40832.82333.30834.31535.20836.62338.36940.29242.03143.28546.16951.42356.02359.26963.06267.36974.23182.94691.02396.23199.838103.908107.023108.008111.631115.877121.585128.154133.469137.338141.354144.808148.615152.808155.938157.223160.223165.723169.738170.815174.585179.277186.054191.915196.639205.453203.301208.643217.048221.446223.820226.192223.313223.807227.241231.789234.215235.676249.142271.690278.412283.200286.450

Adjust all items less shelter prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2012 * 2012 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for All items less shelter was 221.446 in the year 2012 and 286.450 in 2025:

286.450 / 221.446 * $20 = $25.87

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2012 has the same "purchasing power" as $25.87 in 2025 (in the CPI category of All items less shelter).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for All items less shelter in 1935. In addition to all items less shelter, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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