According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 399.58% higher in 2025 versus 1925 (a $399,576,996,197.72 difference in value).
Between 1925 and 2025: Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.62% per year. In other words, apparel costing $100,000,000,000 in the year 1925 would cost $499,576,996,197.72 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.95% during this same period, inflation for apparel was lower.
In the year 1925: Pricing changed by -1.72%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for apparel during the 1925-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 1925 (2.43%), inflation for apparel was much lower.
Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Apparel, over time, for $100,000,000,000 beginning in 1925. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:
| Year | USD Value | Inflation Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | $100,000,000,000.00 | -1.72% |
| 1926 | $98,225,602,027.88 | -1.77% |
| 1927 | $96,070,975,918.88 | -2.19% |
| 1928 | $94,930,291,508.24 | -1.19% |
| 1929 | $93,789,607,097.59 | -1.20% |
| 1930 | $91,508,238,276.30 | -2.43% |
| 1931 | $82,129,277,566.54 | -10.25% |
| 1932 | $73,003,802,281.37 | -11.11% |
| 1933 | $72,496,831,432.19 | -0.69% |
| 1934 | $78,580,481,622.31 | 8.39% |
| 1935 | $79,087,452,471.48 | 0.65% |
| 1936 | $79,974,651,457.54 | 1.12% |
| 1937 | $84,182,509,505.70 | 5.26% |
| 1938 | $83,117,870,722.43 | -1.26% |
| 1939 | $82,205,323,193.92 | -1.10% |
| 1940 | $82,944,052,145.57 | 0.90% |
| 1941 | $86,750,511,845.57 | 4.59% |
| 1942 | $101,520,912,547.53 | 17.03% |
| 1943 | $105,908,160,280.78 | 4.32% |
| 1944 | $113,337,233,109.10 | 7.01% |
| 1945 | $119,186,896,753.44 | 5.16% |
| 1946 | $130,769,230,769.23 | 9.72% |
| 1947 | $151,564,785,024.86 | 15.90% |
| 1948 | $161,626,206,493.13 | 6.64% |
| 1949 | $155,250,073,120.80 | -3.94% |
| 1950 | $153,173,442,527.05 | -1.34% |
| 1951 | $167,007,897,045.92 | 9.03% |
| 1952 | $165,223,749,634.40 | -1.07% |
| 1953 | $164,141,561,860.19 | -0.65% |
| 1954 | $163,585,843,813.98 | -0.34% |
| 1955 | $163,059,374,085.99 | -0.32% |
| 1956 | $166,335,185,726.82 | 2.01% |
| 1957 | $169,201,520,912.55 | 1.72% |
| 1958 | $169,844,983,913.43 | 0.38% |
| 1959 | $171,190,406,551.62 | 0.79% |
| 1960 | $173,764,258,555.13 | 1.50% |
| 1961 | $175,138,929,511.55 | 0.79% |
| 1962 | $176,104,124,012.87 | 0.55% |
| 1963 | $178,268,499,561.28 | 1.23% |
| 1964 | $179,789,412,108.80 | 0.85% |
| 1965 | $181,515,062,883.88 | 0.96% |
| 1966 | $186,370,283,708.69 | 2.67% |
| 1967 | $193,974,846,446.33 | 4.08% |
| 1968 | $204,328,751,096.81 | 5.34% |
| 1969 | $216,086,575,021.94 | 5.75% |
| 1970 | $225,007,312,079.56 | 4.13% |
| 1971 | $232,290,143,316.76 | 3.24% |
| 1972 | $237,086,867,505.12 | 2.06% |
| 1973 | $245,773,618,016.96 | 3.66% |
| 1974 | $263,995,320,269.08 | 7.41% |
| 1975 | $275,753,144,194.21 | 4.45% |
| 1976 | $286,077,800,526.47 | 3.74% |
| 1977 | $298,888,563,907.58 | 4.48% |
| 1978 | $309,388,710,149.17 | 3.51% |
| 1979 | $322,930,681,485.81 | 4.38% |
| 1980 | $345,773,618,016.96 | 7.07% |
| 1981 | $362,269,669,494.00 | 4.77% |
| 1982 | $371,775,372,916.06 | 2.62% |
| 1983 | $380,959,344,837.67 | 2.47% |
| 1984 | $387,978,941,210.88 | 1.84% |
| 1985 | $399,327,288,680.90 | 2.92% |
| 1986 | $402,720,093,594.62 | 0.85% |
| 1987 | $420,444,574,436.97 | 4.40% |
| 1988 | $438,695,525,007.31 | 4.34% |
| 1989 | $450,892,073,705.76 | 2.78% |
| 1990 | $471,804,621,234.28 | 4.64% |
| 1991 | $489,382,860,485.52 | 3.73% |
| 1992 | $501,433,167,592.86 | 2.46% |
| 1993 | $508,218,777,420.30 | 1.35% |
| 1994 | $507,224,334,600.76 | -0.20% |
| 1995 | $501,754,899,093.30 | -1.08% |
| 1996 | $500,760,456,273.76 | -0.20% |
| 1997 | $505,147,704,007.02 | 0.88% |
| 1998 | $505,791,167,007.90 | 0.13% |
| 1999 | $499,210,295,408.01 | -1.30% |
| 2000 | $492,687,920,444.57 | -1.31% |
| 2001 | $483,913,424,978.06 | -1.78% |
| 2002 | $471,570,634,688.51 | -2.55% |
| 2003 | $459,608,072,535.83 | -2.54% |
| 2004 | $457,911,670,078.97 | -0.37% |
| 2005 | $454,518,865,165.25 | -0.74% |
| 2006 | $454,197,133,664.81 | -0.07% |
| 2007 | $452,464,755,776.54 | -0.38% |
| 2008 | $452,117,578,239.25 | -0.08% |
| 2009 | $456,570,927,171.69 | 0.98% |
| 2010 | $454,384,322,901.43 | -0.48% |
| 2011 | $464,299,210,295.41 | 2.18% |
| 2012 | $480,093,594,618.31 | 3.40% |
| 2013 | $484,453,641,415.62 | 0.91% |
| 2014 | $484,844,983,913.42 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | $478,716,876,279.61 | -1.26% |
| 2016 | $479,259,725,065.81 | 0.11% |
| 2017 | $477,612,167,300.38 | -0.34% |
| 2018 | $477,773,325,533.78 | 0.03% |
| 2019 | $471,679,438,432.29 | -1.28% |
| 2020 | $448,968,411,816.32 | -4.81% |
| 2021 | $460,048,259,725.07 | 2.47% |
| 2022 | $483,196,841,181.63 | 5.03% |
| 2023 | $496,496,928,926.59 | 2.75% |
| 2024 | $499,934,191,284.00 | 0.69% |
| 2025 | $499,576,996,197.72 | -0.07%* |
* 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 | 2025 |
| 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 | 131.483 | 131.389 |