According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 749.13% higher in 2024 versus 1915 (a $1,385,887,486,515.64 difference in value).
Between 1915 and 2024: Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.98% per year. In other words, apparel costing $185,000,000,000 in the year 1915 would cost $1,570,887,486,515.64 in 2024 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.19% during this same period, inflation for apparel was lower.
In the year 1915: Pricing changed by 3%, which is above the average yearly change for apparel during the 1915-2024 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 1915 (0.92%), inflation for apparel was higher.
Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Apparel, over time, for $185,000,000,000 beginning in 1915. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:
Year | USD Value | Inflation Rate |
---|---|---|
1915 | $185,000,000,000.00 | 3.00% |
1916 | $207,750,809,061.49 | 12.30% |
1917 | $253,851,132,686.08 | 22.19% |
1918 | $353,834,951,456.31 | 39.39% |
1919 | $451,823,085,221.14 | 27.69% |
1920 | $512,491,909,385.11 | 13.43% |
1921 | $378,681,229,773.46 | -26.11% |
1922 | $321,624,595,469.26 | -15.07% |
1923 | $324,498,381,877.02 | 0.89% |
1924 | $320,427,184,466.02 | -1.25% |
1925 | $314,919,093,851.13 | -1.72% |
1926 | $309,331,175,836.03 | -1.77% |
1927 | $302,545,846,817.69 | -2.19% |
1928 | $298,953,613,807.98 | -1.19% |
1929 | $295,361,380,798.27 | -1.20% |
1930 | $288,176,914,778.86 | -2.43% |
1931 | $258,640,776,699.03 | -10.25% |
1932 | $229,902,912,621.36 | -11.11% |
1933 | $228,306,364,617.04 | -0.69% |
1934 | $247,464,940,668.82 | 8.39% |
1935 | $249,061,488,673.14 | 0.65% |
1936 | $251,855,447,680.69 | 1.12% |
1937 | $265,106,796,116.50 | 5.26% |
1938 | $261,754,045,307.44 | -1.26% |
1939 | $258,880,258,899.68 | -1.10% |
1940 | $261,206,657,420.25 | 0.90% |
1941 | $273,193,925,815.29 | 4.59% |
1942 | $319,708,737,864.08 | 17.03% |
1943 | $333,525,018,670.65 | 4.32% |
1944 | $356,920,587,503.11 | 7.01% |
1945 | $375,342,295,245.21 | 5.16% |
1946 | $411,817,276,574.56 | 9.72% |
1947 | $477,306,447,597.71 | 15.90% |
1948 | $508,991,784,914.12 | 6.64% |
1949 | $488,912,123,475.23 | -3.94% |
1950 | $482,372,417,226.79 | -1.34% |
1951 | $525,939,756,036.84 | 9.03% |
1952 | $520,321,135,175.50 | -1.07% |
1953 | $516,913,119,243.22 | -0.65% |
1954 | $515,163,057,007.72 | -0.34% |
1955 | $513,505,103,310.93 | -0.32% |
1956 | $523,821,259,646.50 | 2.01% |
1957 | $532,847,896,440.13 | 1.72% |
1958 | $534,874,284,291.76 | 0.38% |
1959 | $539,111,277,072.44 | 0.79% |
1960 | $547,216,828,478.96 | 1.50% |
1961 | $551,545,929,798.36 | 0.79% |
1962 | $554,585,511,575.80 | 0.55% |
1963 | $561,401,543,440.38 | 1.23% |
1964 | $566,191,187,453.32 | 0.85% |
1965 | $571,625,591,237.24 | 0.96% |
1966 | $586,915,608,663.18 | 2.67% |
1967 | $610,863,828,727.91 | 4.08% |
1968 | $643,470,251,431.42 | 5.34% |
1969 | $680,497,883,993.03 | 5.75% |
1970 | $708,590,988,299.73 | 4.13% |
1971 | $731,526,014,438.64 | 3.24% |
1972 | $746,631,814,787.15 | 2.06% |
1973 | $773,988,050,784.17 | 3.66% |
1974 | $831,371,670,400.80 | 7.41% |
1975 | $868,399,302,962.41 | 4.45% |
1976 | $900,913,617,127.21 | 3.74% |
1977 | $941,257,157,082.40 | 4.48% |
1978 | $974,324,122,479.46 | 3.51% |
1979 | $1,016,970,375,902.41 | 4.38% |
1980 | $1,088,907,144,635.30 | 7.07% |
1981 | $1,140,856,360,468.01 | 4.77% |
1982 | $1,170,791,635,548.92 | 2.62% |
1983 | $1,199,713,716,704.01 | 2.47% |
1984 | $1,221,819,765,994.52 | 1.84% |
1985 | $1,257,557,879,014.19 | 2.92% |
1986 | $1,268,242,469,504.61 | 0.85% |
1987 | $1,324,060,243,963.16 | 4.40% |
1988 | $1,381,535,972,118.50 | 4.34% |
1989 | $1,419,945,232,760.77 | 2.78% |
1990 | $1,485,802,837,938.76 | 4.64% |
1991 | $1,541,160,069,703.76 | 3.73% |
1992 | $1,579,108,787,652.48 | 2.46% |
1993 | $1,600,477,968,633.31 | 1.35% |
1994 | $1,597,346,278,317.15 | -0.20% |
1995 | $1,580,121,981,578.29 | -1.08% |
1996 | $1,576,990,291,262.14 | -0.20% |
1997 | $1,590,806,572,068.71 | 0.88% |
1998 | $1,592,832,959,920.34 | 0.13% |
1999 | $1,572,108,538,710.48 | -1.30% |
2000 | $1,551,568,334,578.04 | -1.31% |
2001 | $1,523,935,772,964.90 | -1.78% |
2002 | $1,485,065,969,629.08 | -2.55% |
2003 | $1,447,393,577,296.49 | -2.54% |
2004 | $1,442,051,282,051.28 | -0.37% |
2005 | $1,431,366,691,560.87 | -0.74% |
2006 | $1,430,353,497,635.05 | -0.07% |
2007 | $1,424,897,908,887.23 | -0.38% |
2008 | $1,423,804,580,532.74 | -0.08% |
2009 | $1,437,829,026,636.79 | 0.98% |
2010 | $1,430,942,992,282.80 | -0.48% |
2011 | $1,462,166,865,820.26 | 2.18% |
2012 | $1,511,906,397,809.31 | 3.40% |
2013 | $1,525,637,017,674.88 | 0.91% |
2014 | $1,526,869,429,922.83 | 0.08% |
2015 | $1,507,570,848,892.21 | -1.26% |
2016 | $1,509,280,383,370.67 | 0.11% |
2017 | $1,504,091,909,385.11 | -0.34% |
2018 | $1,504,599,427,433.41 | 0.03% |
2019 | $1,485,408,613,393.08 | -1.28% |
2020 | $1,413,887,254,169.78 | -4.81% |
2021 | $1,448,779,810,804.08 | 2.47% |
2022 | $1,521,679,113,766.49 | 5.03% |
2023 | $1,563,563,629,574.31 | 2.75% |
2024 | $1,570,887,486,515.64 | 0.47%* |
* 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 Apparel:
Year | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
CPI | 14.900 | 15.000 | 15.450 | 17.350 | 21.200 | 29.550 | 37.733 | 42.800 | 31.625 | 26.860 | 27.100 | 26.760 | 26.300 | 25.833 | 25.267 | 24.967 | 24.667 | 24.067 | 21.600 | 19.200 | 19.067 | 20.667 | 20.800 | 21.033 | 22.140 | 21.860 | 21.620 | 21.814 | 22.815 | 26.700 | 27.854 | 29.808 | 31.346 | 34.392 | 39.862 | 42.508 | 40.831 | 40.285 | 43.923 | 43.454 | 43.169 | 43.023 | 42.885 | 43.746 | 44.500 | 44.669 | 45.023 | 45.700 | 46.062 | 46.315 | 46.885 | 47.285 | 47.738 | 49.015 | 51.015 | 53.738 | 56.831 | 59.177 | 61.092 | 62.354 | 64.638 | 69.431 | 72.523 | 75.238 | 78.608 | 81.369 | 84.931 | 90.938 | 95.277 | 97.777 | 100.192 | 102.038 | 105.023 | 105.915 | 110.577 | 115.377 | 118.585 | 124.085 | 128.708 | 131.877 | 133.662 | 133.400 | 131.962 | 131.700 | 132.854 | 133.023 | 131.292 | 129.577 | 127.269 | 124.023 | 120.877 | 120.431 | 119.538 | 119.454 | 118.998 | 118.907 | 120.078 | 119.503 | 122.111 | 126.265 | 127.411 | 127.514 | 125.903 | 126.045 | 125.612 | 125.654 | 124.052 | 118.079 | 120.993 | 127.081 | 130.579 | 131.190 |