Funeral expenses priced at $20 in 2021 $23.08 in 2025

Funeral Expenses Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Funeral Expenses, 2021-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for funeral expenses are 15.42% higher in 2025 versus 2021 (a $3.08 difference in value).

Between 2021 and 2025: Funeral expenses experienced an average inflation rate of 3.65% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, funeral expenses costing $20 in the year 2021 would cost $23.08 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 4.15% during this same period, inflation for funeral expenses was lower.

In the year 2021: Pricing changed by 1.60%, which is below the average yearly change for funeral expenses during the 2021-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2021 (4.70%), inflation for funeral expenses was much lower.

Price Inflation for Funeral expenses since 1986

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1990 (6.26%), 1991 (6.26%), and 1995 (6.02%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2021

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Funeral expenses, over time, for $20 beginning in 2021. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2021$20.001.60%
2022$20.653.26%
2023$21.755.31%
2024$22.674.24%
2025$23.081.83%*

* 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 Funeral expenses:

Year1986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.000102.523106.562111.331118.300125.700131.492137.723144.685153.392161.185169.877176.523182.669187.838194.569204.108212.131221.338228.815240.554252.567265.372275.684282.011288.272293.768301.641307.095313.676319.442325.593331.738337.915343.322348.800360.161379.301395.379402.596

Adjust funeral expenses prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2021 * 2021 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Funeral expenses was 348.800 in the year 2021 and 402.596 in 2025:

402.596 / 348.800 * $20 = $23.08

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2021 has the same "purchasing power" as $23.08 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Funeral expenses).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Funeral expenses in 1986. In addition to funeral expenses, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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