According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 395.33% higher in 2026 versus 1925 (a $9,092,627,921,667.72 difference in value).
Between 1925 and 2026:Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.60% per year. In other words, apparel costing $2,300,000,000,000 in the year 1925 would cost $11,392,627,921,667.72 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.93% 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 $2,300,000,000,000 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 | $2,300,000,000,000.00 | -1.86% |
| 1926 | $2,267,308,907,138.34 | -1.42% |
| 1927 | $2,222,994,314,592.55 | -1.95% |
| 1928 | $2,182,312,065,698.04 | -1.83% |
| 1929 | $2,159,791,535,060.01 | -1.03% |
| 1930 | $2,132,185,723,310.17 | -1.28% |
| 1931 | $1,970,909,665,192.67 | -7.56% |
| 1932 | $1,733,354,390,397.98 | -12.05% |
| 1933 | $1,615,666,456,096.02 | -6.79% |
| 1934 | $1,784,735,542,410.84 | 10.46% |
| 1935 | $1,811,254,191,165.75 | 1.49% |
| 1936 | $1,831,427,668,982.94 | 1.11% |
| 1937 | $1,915,698,041,692.99 | 4.60% |
| 1938 | $1,916,424,510,423.25 | 0.04% |
| 1939 | $1,885,186,355,022.11 | -1.63% |
| 1940 | $1,901,168,667,087.81 | 0.85% |
| 1941 | $1,989,071,383,449.15 | 4.62% |
| 1942 | $2,327,605,811,749.84 | 17.02% |
| 1943 | $2,428,584,965,255.84 | 4.34% |
| 1944 | $2,598,578,648,136.45 | 7.00% |
| 1945 | $2,732,248,894,504.11 | 5.14% |
| 1946 | $2,998,136,449,778.90 | 9.73% |
| 1947 | $3,474,699,936,828.81 | 15.90% |
| 1948 | $3,705,716,993,051.17 | 6.65% |
| 1949 | $3,559,696,778,269.11 | -3.94% |
| 1950 | $3,511,749,842,072.02 | -1.35% |
| 1951 | $3,829,216,677,195.20 | 9.04% |
| 1952 | $3,787,807,959,570.44 | -1.08% |
| 1953 | $3,763,834,491,471.89 | -0.63% |
| 1954 | $3,750,031,585,596.97 | -0.37% |
| 1955 | $3,738,408,085,912.83 | -0.31% |
| 1956 | $3,813,960,833,859.76 | 2.02% |
| 1957 | $3,879,343,019,583.07 | 1.71% |
| 1958 | $3,894,598,862,918.51 | 0.39% |
| 1959 | $3,925,110,549,589.39 | 0.78% |
| 1960 | $3,983,954,516,740.37 | 1.50% |
| 1961 | $4,015,192,672,141.50 | 0.78% |
| 1962 | $4,037,713,202,779.53 | 0.56% |
| 1963 | $4,087,113,076,437.15 | 1.22% |
| 1964 | $4,121,983,575,489.58 | 0.85% |
| 1965 | $4,161,212,886,923.56 | 0.95% |
| 1966 | $4,273,089,071,383.45 | 2.69% |
| 1967 | $4,447,441,566,645.61 | 4.08% |
| 1968 | $4,684,996,841,440.30 | 5.34% |
| 1969 | $4,954,516,740,366.39 | 5.75% |
| 1970 | $5,158,654,453,569.17 | 4.12% |
| 1971 | $5,325,742,261,528.74 | 3.24% |
| 1972 | $5,436,165,508,528.11 | 2.07% |
| 1973 | $5,635,217,940,619.08 | 3.66% |
| 1974 | $6,052,937,460,518.01 | 7.41% |
| 1975 | $6,322,457,359,444.09 | 4.45% |
| 1976 | $6,559,286,165,508.53 | 3.75% |
| 1977 | $6,852,779,532,533.17 | 4.47% |
| 1978 | $7,093,240,682,248.90 | 3.51% |
| 1979 | $7,404,169,298,799.75 | 4.38% |
| 1980 | $7,927,953,253,316.49 | 7.07% |
| 1981 | $8,305,716,993,051.17 | 4.76% |
| 1982 | $8,523,657,612,128.87 | 2.62% |
| 1983 | $8,734,333,543,903.98 | 2.47% |
| 1984 | $8,894,883,133,291.22 | 1.84% |
| 1985 | $9,155,685,407,454.20 | 2.93% |
| 1986 | $9,233,417,561,591.92 | 0.85% |
| 1987 | $9,639,513,581,806.70 | 4.40% |
| 1988 | $10,057,959,570,435.88 | 4.34% |
| 1989 | $10,337,650,031,585.60 | 2.78% |
| 1990 | $10,817,119,393,556.54 | 4.64% |
| 1991 | $11,220,309,538,850.29 | 3.73% |
| 1992 | $11,496,367,656,348.71 | 2.46% |
| 1993 | $11,651,831,964,624.14 | 1.35% |
| 1994 | $11,629,311,433,986.11 | -0.19% |
| 1995 | $11,503,632,343,651.30 | -1.08% |
| 1996 | $11,481,111,813,013.27 | -0.20% |
| 1997 | $11,581,364,497,789.01 | 0.87% |
| 1998 | $11,596,620,341,124.45 | 0.13% |
| 1999 | $11,445,514,845,230.58 | -1.30% |
| 2000 | $11,295,862,286,797.23 | -1.31% |
| 2001 | $11,094,630,448,515.48 | -1.78% |
| 2002 | $10,812,034,112,444.73 | -2.55% |
| 2003 | $10,537,428,932,406.82 | -2.54% |
| 2004 | $10,498,926,089,703.10 | -0.37% |
| 2005 | $10,421,193,935,565.39 | -0.74% |
| 2006 | $10,413,202,779,532.54 | -0.08% |
| 2007 | $10,373,820,909,665.19 | -0.38% |
| 2008 | $10,365,858,812,381.56 | -0.08% |
| 2009 | $10,467,963,992,419.46 | 0.99% |
| 2010 | $10,417,830,385,344.29 | -0.48% |
| 2011 | $10,645,149,715,729.63 | 2.18% |
| 2012 | $11,007,272,583,701.83 | 3.40% |
| 2013 | $11,107,241,945,672.78 | 0.91% |
| 2014 | $11,116,213,834,491.47 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | $10,975,707,517,372.08 | -1.26% |
| 2016 | $10,988,159,191,408.72 | 0.11% |
| 2017 | $10,950,382,817,435.25 | -0.34% |
| 2018 | $10,954,080,543,272.27 | 0.03% |
| 2019 | $10,814,358,812,381.56 | -1.28% |
| 2020 | $10,293,655,085,281.11 | -4.81% |
| 2021 | $10,547,686,670,878.08 | 2.47% |
| 2022 | $11,078,422,931,143.40 | 5.03% |
| 2023 | $11,383,358,180,669.62 | 2.75% |
| 2024 | $11,462,165,508,528.11 | 0.69% |
| 2025 | $11,477,065,382,185.73 | 0.13% |
| 2026 | $11,392,627,921,667.72 | -0.74%* |
* 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 | 130.685 |