According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 405.65% higher in 2026 versus 1925 (a $405,654,453,569,172,537,344 difference in value).
Between 1925 and 2026:Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.62% per year. In other words, apparel costing $100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in the year 1925 would cost $505,654,453,569,172,537,344 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.94% during this same period, inflation for apparel was lower.
In the year 1925: Pricing changed by -1.86%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for apparel during the 1925-2026 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 $100,000,000,000,000,000,000 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 | $100,000,000,000,000,000,000.00 | -1.86% |
| 1926 | $98,578,648,136,449,785,856.00 | -1.42% |
| 1927 | $96,651,926,721,415,036,928.00 | -1.95% |
| 1928 | $94,883,133,291,219,206,144.00 | -1.83% |
| 1929 | $93,903,979,785,217,966,080.00 | -1.03% |
| 1930 | $92,703,727,100,442,214,400.00 | -1.28% |
| 1931 | $85,691,724,573,594,451,968.00 | -7.56% |
| 1932 | $75,363,234,365,129,523,200.00 | -12.05% |
| 1933 | $70,246,367,656,348,721,152.00 | -6.79% |
| 1934 | $77,597,197,496,123,588,608.00 | 10.46% |
| 1935 | $78,750,182,224,597,909,504.00 | 1.49% |
| 1936 | $79,627,289,955,780,182,016.00 | 1.11% |
| 1937 | $83,291,219,204,042,964,992.00 | 4.60% |
| 1938 | $83,322,804,801,010,761,728.00 | 0.04% |
| 1939 | $81,964,624,131,396,108,288.00 | -1.63% |
| 1940 | $82,659,507,264,687,308,800.00 | 0.85% |
| 1941 | $86,481,364,497,789,026,304.00 | 4.62% |
| 1942 | $101,200,252,684,775,751,680.00 | 17.02% |
| 1943 | $105,590,650,663,297,548,288.00 | 4.34% |
| 1944 | $112,981,680,353,758,691,328.00 | 7.00% |
| 1945 | $118,793,430,195,830,718,464.00 | 5.14% |
| 1946 | $130,353,758,686,039,179,264.00 | 9.73% |
| 1947 | $151,073,910,296,904,630,272.00 | 15.90% |
| 1948 | $161,118,130,132,659,535,872.00 | 6.65% |
| 1949 | $154,769,425,142,135,226,368.00 | -3.94% |
| 1950 | $152,684,775,742,261,559,296.00 | -1.35% |
| 1951 | $166,487,681,617,182,621,696.00 | 9.04% |
| 1952 | $164,687,302,590,018,977,792.00 | -1.08% |
| 1953 | $163,644,977,890,082,160,640.00 | -0.63% |
| 1954 | $163,044,851,547,694,301,184.00 | -0.37% |
| 1955 | $162,539,481,996,209,750,016.00 | -0.31% |
| 1956 | $165,824,384,080,859,168,768.00 | 2.02% |
| 1957 | $168,667,087,807,959,597,056.00 | 1.71% |
| 1958 | $169,330,385,344,283,049,984.00 | 0.39% |
| 1959 | $170,656,980,416,929,890,304.00 | 0.78% |
| 1960 | $173,215,413,771,320,295,424.00 | 1.50% |
| 1961 | $174,573,594,440,934,948,864.00 | 0.78% |
| 1962 | $175,552,747,946,936,205,312.00 | 0.56% |
| 1963 | $177,700,568,540,745,433,088.00 | 1.22% |
| 1964 | $179,216,677,195,199,021,056.00 | 0.85% |
| 1965 | $180,922,299,431,459,258,368.00 | 0.95% |
| 1966 | $185,786,481,364,497,825,792.00 | 2.69% |
| 1967 | $193,367,024,636,765,700,096.00 | 4.08% |
| 1968 | $203,695,514,845,230,628,864.00 | 5.34% |
| 1969 | $215,413,771,320,278,024,192.00 | 5.75% |
| 1970 | $224,289,324,068,224,958,464.00 | 4.12% |
| 1971 | $231,554,011,370,814,930,944.00 | 3.24% |
| 1972 | $236,355,022,109,917,872,128.00 | 2.07% |
| 1973 | $245,009,475,679,090,376,704.00 | 3.66% |
| 1974 | $263,171,193,935,565,422,592.00 | 7.41% |
| 1975 | $274,889,450,410,612,752,384.00 | 4.45% |
| 1976 | $285,186,355,022,109,933,568.00 | 3.75% |
| 1977 | $297,946,936,197,094,178,816.00 | 4.47% |
| 1978 | $308,401,768,793,430,228,992.00 | 3.51% |
| 1979 | $321,920,404,295,641,333,760.00 | 4.38% |
| 1980 | $344,693,619,709,412,507,648.00 | 7.07% |
| 1981 | $361,118,130,132,659,535,872.00 | 4.76% |
| 1982 | $370,593,809,222,994,296,832.00 | 2.62% |
| 1983 | $379,753,632,343,651,450,880.00 | 2.47% |
| 1984 | $386,734,049,273,531,400,192.00 | 1.84% |
| 1985 | $398,073,278,584,965,300,224.00 | 2.93% |
| 1986 | $401,452,937,460,518,092,800.00 | 0.85% |
| 1987 | $419,109,286,165,508,587,520.00 | 4.40% |
| 1988 | $437,302,590,018,951,512,064.00 | 4.34% |
| 1989 | $449,463,044,851,547,766,784.00 | 2.78% |
| 1990 | $470,309,538,850,284,240,896.00 | 4.64% |
| 1991 | $487,839,545,167,403,810,816.00 | 3.73% |
| 1992 | $499,842,072,015,161,262,080.00 | 2.46% |
| 1993 | $506,601,389,766,266,650,624.00 | 1.35% |
| 1994 | $505,622,236,260,265,361,408.00 | -0.19% |
| 1995 | $500,157,927,984,839,000,064.00 | -1.08% |
| 1996 | $499,178,774,478,837,776,384.00 | -0.20% |
| 1997 | $503,537,586,860,391,661,568.00 | 0.87% |
| 1998 | $504,200,884,396,715,212,800.00 | 0.13% |
| 1999 | $497,631,080,227,416,244,224.00 | -1.30% |
| 2000 | $491,124,447,252,053,164,032.00 | -1.31% |
| 2001 | $482,375,236,891,977,318,400.00 | -1.78% |
| 2002 | $470,088,439,671,509,811,200.00 | -2.55% |
| 2003 | $458,149,084,017,688,051,712.00 | -2.54% |
| 2004 | $456,475,047,378,395,594,752.00 | -0.37% |
| 2005 | $453,095,388,502,842,802,176.00 | -0.74% |
| 2006 | $452,747,946,936,197,251,072.00 | -0.08% |
| 2007 | $451,035,691,724,573,638,656.00 | -0.38% |
| 2008 | $450,689,513,581,806,813,184.00 | -0.08% |
| 2009 | $455,128,869,235,628,638,208.00 | 0.99% |
| 2010 | $452,949,147,188,881,981,440.00 | -0.48% |
| 2011 | $462,832,596,336,070,819,840.00 | 2.18% |
| 2012 | $478,577,068,856,601,477,120.00 | 3.40% |
| 2013 | $482,923,562,855,338,016,768.00 | 0.91% |
| 2014 | $483,313,644,977,890,066,432.00 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | $477,204,674,668,351,258,624.00 | -1.26% |
| 2016 | $477,746,051,800,379,031,552.00 | 0.11% |
| 2017 | $476,103,600,758,054,387,712.00 | -0.34% |
| 2018 | $476,264,371,446,620,422,144.00 | 0.03% |
| 2019 | $470,189,513,581,806,747,648.00 | -1.28% |
| 2020 | $447,550,221,099,178,786,816.00 | -4.81% |
| 2021 | $458,595,072,646,873,088,000.00 | 2.47% |
| 2022 | $481,670,562,223,626,125,312.00 | 5.03% |
| 2023 | $494,928,616,550,852,919,296.00 | 2.75% |
| 2024 | $498,355,022,109,917,839,360.00 | 0.69% |
| 2025 | $499,002,842,703,727,165,440.00 | 0.13% |
| 2026 | $505,654,453,569,172,537,344.00 | 1.33%* |
* 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 | 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 | 2026 |
| CPI | 15.000 | 15.050 | 15.792 | 18.258 | 23.000 | 34.000 | 43.608 | 34.883 | 27.158 | 27.000 | 26.883 | 26.383 | 26.008 | 25.500 | 25.033 | 24.775 | 24.458 | 22.608 | 19.883 | 18.533 | 20.473 | 20.777 | 21.008 | 21.975 | 21.983 | 21.625 | 21.808 | 22.817 | 26.700 | 27.858 | 29.808 | 31.342 | 34.392 | 39.858 | 42.508 | 40.833 | 40.283 | 43.925 | 43.450 | 43.175 | 43.017 | 42.883 | 43.750 | 44.500 | 44.675 | 45.025 | 45.700 | 46.058 | 46.317 | 46.883 | 47.283 | 47.733 | 49.017 | 51.017 | 53.742 | 56.833 | 59.175 | 61.092 | 62.358 | 64.642 | 69.433 | 72.525 | 75.242 | 78.608 | 81.367 | 84.933 | 90.942 | 95.275 | 97.775 | 100.192 | 102.033 | 105.025 | 105.917 | 110.575 | 115.375 | 118.583 | 124.083 | 128.708 | 131.875 | 133.658 | 133.400 | 131.958 | 131.700 | 132.850 | 133.025 | 131.292 | 129.575 | 127.267 | 124.025 | 120.875 | 120.433 | 119.542 | 119.450 | 118.998 | 118.907 | 120.078 | 119.503 | 122.111 | 126.265 | 127.411 | 127.514 | 125.902 | 126.045 | 125.612 | 125.654 | 124.052 | 118.079 | 120.993 | 127.081 | 130.579 | 131.483 | 131.654 | 133.409 |