Education priced at $20 in 2020 $22.63 in 2025

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Prices for Education, 2020-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for education are 13.15% higher in 2025 versus 2020 (a $2.63 difference in value).

Between 2020 and 2025: Education experienced an average inflation rate of 2.50% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, education costing $20 in the year 2020 would cost $22.63 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 4.26% during this same period, inflation for education was lower.

In the year 2020: Pricing changed by 1.84%, which is below the average yearly change for education during the 2020-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2020 (1.23%), inflation for education was higher.

Price Inflation for Education since 1993

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2004 (6.96%), 2003 (6.66%), and 2002 (6.29%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2020

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Education, over time, for $20 beginning in 2020. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2020$20.001.84%
2021$20.281.41%
2022$20.842.74%
2023$21.483.06%
2024$22.143.09%
2025$22.632.22%*

* 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 Education:

Year199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI78.36983.27788.02392.67797.285102.108106.969112.531118.515125.969134.362143.715152.669162.085171.388181.277190.857199.337207.768216.328224.521231.914240.535247.526253.211258.840265.840270.731274.555282.070290.707299.677306.330

Adjust education prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2020 * 2020 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Education was 270.731 in the year 2020 and 306.330 in 2025:

306.330 / 270.731 * $20 = $22.63

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2020 has the same "purchasing power" as $22.63 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Education).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Education in 1993. In addition to education, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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