According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 399.58% higher in 2025 versus 1925 (a $69,925,974,334.60 difference in value).
Between 1925 and 2025: Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.62% per year. In other words, apparel costing $17,500,000,000 in the year 1925 would cost $87,425,974,334.60 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 $17,500,000,000 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 | $17,500,000,000.00 | -1.72% |
| 1926 | $17,189,480,354.88 | -1.77% |
| 1927 | $16,812,420,785.80 | -2.19% |
| 1928 | $16,612,801,013.94 | -1.19% |
| 1929 | $16,413,181,242.08 | -1.20% |
| 1930 | $16,013,941,698.35 | -2.43% |
| 1931 | $14,372,623,574.14 | -10.25% |
| 1932 | $12,775,665,399.24 | -11.11% |
| 1933 | $12,686,945,500.63 | -0.69% |
| 1934 | $13,751,584,283.90 | 8.39% |
| 1935 | $13,840,304,182.51 | 0.65% |
| 1936 | $13,995,564,005.07 | 1.12% |
| 1937 | $14,731,939,163.50 | 5.26% |
| 1938 | $14,545,627,376.43 | -1.26% |
| 1939 | $14,385,931,558.94 | -1.10% |
| 1940 | $14,515,209,125.48 | 0.90% |
| 1941 | $15,181,339,572.97 | 4.59% |
| 1942 | $17,766,159,695.82 | 17.03% |
| 1943 | $18,533,928,049.14 | 4.32% |
| 1944 | $19,834,015,794.09 | 7.01% |
| 1945 | $20,857,706,931.85 | 5.16% |
| 1946 | $22,884,615,384.62 | 9.72% |
| 1947 | $26,523,837,379.35 | 15.90% |
| 1948 | $28,284,586,136.30 | 6.64% |
| 1949 | $27,168,762,796.14 | -3.94% |
| 1950 | $26,805,352,442.23 | -1.34% |
| 1951 | $29,226,381,983.04 | 9.03% |
| 1952 | $28,914,156,186.02 | -1.07% |
| 1953 | $28,724,773,325.53 | -0.65% |
| 1954 | $28,627,522,667.45 | -0.34% |
| 1955 | $28,535,390,465.05 | -0.32% |
| 1956 | $29,108,657,502.19 | 2.01% |
| 1957 | $29,610,266,159.70 | 1.72% |
| 1958 | $29,722,872,184.85 | 0.38% |
| 1959 | $29,958,321,146.53 | 0.79% |
| 1960 | $30,408,745,247.15 | 1.50% |
| 1961 | $30,649,312,664.52 | 0.79% |
| 1962 | $30,818,221,702.25 | 0.55% |
| 1963 | $31,196,987,423.22 | 1.23% |
| 1964 | $31,463,147,119.04 | 0.85% |
| 1965 | $31,765,136,004.68 | 0.96% |
| 1966 | $32,614,799,649.02 | 2.67% |
| 1967 | $33,945,598,128.11 | 4.08% |
| 1968 | $35,757,531,441.94 | 5.34% |
| 1969 | $37,815,150,628.84 | 5.75% |
| 1970 | $39,376,279,613.92 | 4.13% |
| 1971 | $40,650,775,080.43 | 3.24% |
| 1972 | $41,490,201,813.40 | 2.06% |
| 1973 | $43,010,383,152.97 | 3.66% |
| 1974 | $46,199,181,047.09 | 7.41% |
| 1975 | $48,256,800,233.99 | 4.45% |
| 1976 | $50,063,615,092.13 | 3.74% |
| 1977 | $52,305,498,683.83 | 4.48% |
| 1978 | $54,143,024,276.10 | 3.51% |
| 1979 | $56,512,869,260.02 | 4.38% |
| 1980 | $60,510,383,152.97 | 7.07% |
| 1981 | $63,397,192,161.45 | 4.77% |
| 1982 | $65,060,690,260.31 | 2.62% |
| 1983 | $66,667,885,346.59 | 2.47% |
| 1984 | $67,896,314,711.90 | 1.84% |
| 1985 | $69,882,275,519.16 | 2.92% |
| 1986 | $70,476,016,379.06 | 0.85% |
| 1987 | $73,577,800,526.47 | 4.40% |
| 1988 | $76,771,716,876.28 | 4.34% |
| 1989 | $78,906,112,898.51 | 2.78% |
| 1990 | $82,565,808,716.00 | 4.64% |
| 1991 | $85,642,000,584.97 | 3.73% |
| 1992 | $87,750,804,328.75 | 2.46% |
| 1993 | $88,938,286,048.55 | 1.35% |
| 1994 | $88,764,258,555.13 | -0.20% |
| 1995 | $87,807,107,341.33 | -1.08% |
| 1996 | $87,633,079,847.91 | -0.20% |
| 1997 | $88,400,848,201.23 | 0.88% |
| 1998 | $88,513,454,226.38 | 0.13% |
| 1999 | $87,361,801,696.40 | -1.30% |
| 2000 | $86,220,386,077.80 | -1.31% |
| 2001 | $84,684,849,371.16 | -1.78% |
| 2002 | $82,524,861,070.49 | -2.55% |
| 2003 | $80,431,412,693.77 | -2.54% |
| 2004 | $80,134,542,263.82 | -0.37% |
| 2005 | $79,540,801,403.92 | -0.74% |
| 2006 | $79,484,498,391.34 | -0.07% |
| 2007 | $79,181,332,260.89 | -0.38% |
| 2008 | $79,120,576,191.87 | -0.08% |
| 2009 | $79,899,912,255.05 | 0.98% |
| 2010 | $79,517,256,507.75 | -0.48% |
| 2011 | $81,252,361,801.70 | 2.18% |
| 2012 | $84,016,379,058.20 | 3.40% |
| 2013 | $84,779,387,247.73 | 0.91% |
| 2014 | $84,847,872,184.85 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | $83,775,453,348.93 | -1.26% |
| 2016 | $83,870,451,886.52 | 0.11% |
| 2017 | $83,582,129,277.57 | -0.34% |
| 2018 | $83,610,331,968.41 | 0.03% |
| 2019 | $82,543,901,725.65 | -1.28% |
| 2020 | $78,569,472,067.86 | -4.81% |
| 2021 | $80,508,445,451.89 | 2.47% |
| 2022 | $84,559,447,206.79 | 5.03% |
| 2023 | $86,886,962,562.15 | 2.75% |
| 2024 | $87,488,483,474.70 | 0.69% |
| 2025 | $87,425,974,334.60 | -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 |