According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 445.94% higher in 2025 versus 1930 (a $4,459,366,343,490,304,512 difference in value).
Between 1930 and 2025: Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.80% per year. In other words, apparel costing $1,000,000,000,000,000,000 in the year 1930 would cost $5,459,366,343,490,305,024 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.16% during this same period, inflation for apparel was lower.
In the year 1930: Pricing changed by -2.43%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for apparel during the 1930-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 1930 (-2.65%), inflation for apparel was higher.
Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Apparel, over time, for $1,000,000,000,000,000,000 beginning in 1930. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:
| Year | USD Value | Inflation Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | $1,000,000,000,000,000,000.00 | -2.43% |
| 1931 | $897,506,925,207,756,032.00 | -10.25% |
| 1932 | $797,783,933,518,005,504.00 | -11.11% |
| 1933 | $792,243,767,313,019,392.00 | -0.69% |
| 1934 | $858,725,761,772,853,120.00 | 8.39% |
| 1935 | $864,265,927,977,839,360.00 | 0.65% |
| 1936 | $873,961,218,836,565,248.00 | 1.12% |
| 1937 | $919,944,598,337,950,208.00 | 5.26% |
| 1938 | $908,310,249,307,479,296.00 | -1.26% |
| 1939 | $898,337,950,138,504,192.00 | -1.10% |
| 1940 | $906,410,763,751,483,904.00 | 0.90% |
| 1941 | $948,007,670,999,360,768.00 | 4.59% |
| 1942 | $1,109,418,282,548,476,672.00 | 17.03% |
| 1943 | $1,157,362,028,553,164,544.00 | 4.32% |
| 1944 | $1,238,546,771,787,768,832.00 | 7.01% |
| 1945 | $1,302,471,766,460,686,080.00 | 5.16% |
| 1946 | $1,429,043,255,913,062,144.00 | 9.72% |
| 1947 | $1,656,296,611,975,282,688.00 | 15.90% |
| 1948 | $1,766,247,602,812,699,648.00 | 6.64% |
| 1949 | $1,696,569,358,619,219,968.00 | -3.94% |
| 1950 | $1,673,875,985,510,334,720.00 | -1.34% |
| 1951 | $1,825,058,597,911,783,424.00 | 9.03% |
| 1952 | $1,805,561,474,536,543,744.00 | -1.07% |
| 1953 | $1,793,735,350,522,054,144.00 | -0.65% |
| 1954 | $1,787,662,476,028,127,232.00 | -0.34% |
| 1955 | $1,781,909,226,507,564,544.00 | -0.32% |
| 1956 | $1,817,707,223,524,398,080.00 | 2.01% |
| 1957 | $1,849,030,470,914,127,360.00 | 1.72% |
| 1958 | $1,856,062,220,328,148,224.00 | 0.38% |
| 1959 | $1,870,764,969,102,919,168.00 | 0.79% |
| 1960 | $1,898,891,966,759,003,136.00 | 1.50% |
| 1961 | $1,913,914,340,507,138,560.00 | 0.79% |
| 1962 | $1,924,461,964,628,169,472.00 | 0.55% |
| 1963 | $1,948,114,212,657,148,928.00 | 1.23% |
| 1964 | $1,964,734,711,272,107,520.00 | 0.85% |
| 1965 | $1,983,592,584,700,617,984.00 | 0.96% |
| 1966 | $2,036,650,330,279,139,328.00 | 2.67% |
| 1967 | $2,119,752,823,353,931,520.00 | 4.08% |
| 1968 | $2,232,900,063,924,994,816.00 | 5.34% |
| 1969 | $2,361,389,303,217,558,016.00 | 5.75% |
| 1970 | $2,458,874,920,093,756,416.00 | 4.13% |
| 1971 | $2,538,461,538,461,538,816.00 | 3.24% |
| 1972 | $2,590,880,034,093,330,432.00 | 2.06% |
| 1973 | $2,685,808,651,182,612,480.00 | 3.66% |
| 1974 | $2,884,935,009,588,748,800.00 | 7.41% |
| 1975 | $3,013,424,248,881,312,768.00 | 4.45% |
| 1976 | $3,126,251,864,479,011,328.00 | 3.74% |
| 1977 | $3,266,247,602,812,699,136.00 | 4.48% |
| 1978 | $3,380,992,968,250,586,112.00 | 3.51% |
| 1979 | $3,528,979,330,918,388,736.00 | 4.38% |
| 1980 | $3,778,606,435,116,129,792.00 | 7.07% |
| 1981 | $3,958,874,920,093,756,416.00 | 4.77% |
| 1982 | $4,062,753,036,437,246,464.00 | 2.62% |
| 1983 | $4,163,115,278,073,726,976.00 | 2.47% |
| 1984 | $4,239,825,271,681,227,264.00 | 1.84% |
| 1985 | $4,363,839,761,346,686,464.00 | 2.92% |
| 1986 | $4,400,916,258,256,979,456.00 | 0.85% |
| 1987 | $4,594,608,992,115,917,312.00 | 4.40% |
| 1988 | $4,794,054,975,495,418,880.00 | 4.34% |
| 1989 | $4,927,338,589,388,450,816.00 | 2.78% |
| 1990 | $5,155,870,445,344,129,024.00 | 4.64% |
| 1991 | $5,347,965,054,336,244,736.00 | 3.73% |
| 1992 | $5,479,650,543,362,454,528.00 | 2.46% |
| 1993 | $5,553,803,537,183,037,440.00 | 1.35% |
| 1994 | $5,542,936,288,088,642,560.00 | -0.20% |
| 1995 | $5,483,166,418,069,465,088.00 | -1.08% |
| 1996 | $5,472,299,168,975,068,160.00 | -0.20% |
| 1997 | $5,520,242,914,979,757,056.00 | 0.88% |
| 1998 | $5,527,274,664,393,778,176.00 | 0.13% |
| 1999 | $5,455,359,045,386,746,880.00 | -1.30% |
| 2000 | $5,384,082,676,326,443,008.00 | -1.31% |
| 2001 | $5,288,195,184,317,068,288.00 | -1.78% |
| 2002 | $5,153,313,445,557,213,184.00 | -2.55% |
| 2003 | $5,022,586,831,451,097,088.00 | -2.54% |
| 2004 | $5,004,048,582,995,952,640.00 | -0.37% |
| 2005 | $4,966,972,086,085,660,672.00 | -0.74% |
| 2006 | $4,963,456,211,378,649,088.00 | -0.07% |
| 2007 | $4,944,524,824,206,264,320.00 | -0.38% |
| 2008 | $4,940,730,875,772,427,264.00 | -0.08% |
| 2009 | $4,989,396,974,216,919,040.00 | 0.98% |
| 2010 | $4,965,501,811,208,182,784.00 | -0.48% |
| 2011 | $5,073,851,480,929,043,456.00 | 2.18% |
| 2012 | $5,246,452,162,795,653,120.00 | 3.40% |
| 2013 | $5,294,098,657,575,111,680.00 | 0.91% |
| 2014 | $5,298,375,239,718,729,728.00 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | $5,231,407,415,299,381,248.00 | -1.26% |
| 2016 | $5,237,339,654,805,028,864.00 | 0.11% |
| 2017 | $5,219,335,180,055,400,448.00 | -0.34% |
| 2018 | $5,221,096,313,658,640,384.00 | 0.03% |
| 2019 | $5,154,502,450,458,129,408.00 | -1.28% |
| 2020 | $4,906,316,854,890,262,528.00 | -4.81% |
| 2021 | $5,027,397,187,300,233,216.00 | 2.47% |
| 2022 | $5,280,364,372,469,635,072.00 | 5.03% |
| 2023 | $5,425,707,436,607,713,280.00 | 2.75% |
| 2024 | $5,463,269,763,477,519,360.00 | 0.69% |
| 2025 | $5,459,366,343,490,305,024.00 | -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 |