Food at employee sites and schools priced at $20 in 2011 $28.40 in 2025

Food At Employee Sites And Schools Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Food At Employee Sites And Schools, 2011-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for food at employee sites and schools are 41.99% higher in 2025 versus 2011 (a $8.40 difference in value).

Between 2011 and 2025: Food at employee sites and schools experienced an average inflation rate of 2.54% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, food at employee sites and schools costing $20 in the year 2011 would cost $28.40 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.52% during this same period, inflation for food at employee sites and schools was higher.

In the year 2011: Pricing changed by 3.38%, which is above the average yearly change for food at employee sites and schools during the 2011-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2011 (3.16%), inflation for food at employee sites and schools was higher.

Price Inflation for Food at employee sites and schools since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2023 (55.73%), 2021 (-35.79%), and 2022 (10.11%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2011

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Food at employee sites and schools, over time, for $20 beginning in 2011. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2011$20.003.38%
2012$20.613.06%
2013$21.323.42%
2014$21.711.83%
2015$22.202.27%
2016$23.335.12%
2017$23.621.21%
2018$24.453.52%
2019$24.871.74%
2020$24.32-2.20%
2021$15.62-35.79%
2022$17.2010.11%
2023$26.7855.73%
2024$27.763.65%
2025$28.402.31%*

* 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 Food at employee sites and schools:

Year19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.000100.885103.185104.415105.500108.177112.362115.469118.554122.638126.764131.837137.322140.969145.735150.188155.320158.163161.749170.027172.085178.138181.229177.236113.811125.315195.150202.266206.930

Adjust food at employee sites and schools prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2011 * 2011 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Food at employee sites and schools was 145.735 in the year 2011 and 206.930 in 2025:

206.930 / 145.735 * $20 = $28.40

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2011 has the same "purchasing power" as $28.40 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Food at employee sites and schools).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Food at employee sites and schools in 1997. In addition to food at employee sites and schools, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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