Gardening and lawncare services priced at $20 in 2009 $38.02 in 2025

Gardening And Lawncare Services Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Gardening And Lawncare Services, 2009-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for gardening and lawncare services are 90.08% higher in 2025 versus 2009 (a $18.02 difference in value).

Between 2009 and 2025: Gardening and lawncare services experienced an average inflation rate of 4.10% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, gardening and lawncare services costing $20 in the year 2009 would cost $38.02 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.53% during this same period, inflation for gardening and lawncare services was higher.

In the year 2009: Pricing changed by 2.79%, which is below the average yearly change for gardening and lawncare services during the 2009-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2009 (-0.36%), inflation for gardening and lawncare services was much higher.

Price Inflation for Gardening and lawncare services since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2023 (12.40%), 2025 (9.07%), and 2024 (9.02%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2009

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Gardening and lawncare services, over time, for $20 beginning in 2009. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2009$20.002.79%
2010$19.87-0.66%
2011$20.081.09%
2012$20.441.76%
2013$20.580.68%
2014$21.223.12%
2015$21.993.64%
2016$22.361.66%
2017$22.952.65%
2018$24.717.65%
2019$26.286.37%
2020$27.504.66%
2021$28.443.42%
2022$28.440.00% **
2023$31.9712.40%
2024$34.869.02%
2025$38.029.07%*

* 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 Gardening and lawncare services:

Year19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.000101.015102.731111.400116.577118.300120.169122.923128.078137.100140.805151.992156.233155.206156.890159.658160.751165.770171.805174.654179.289192.999205.287214.844222.194222.194249.755272.279296.976

Adjust gardening and lawncare services prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2009 * 2009 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Gardening and lawncare services was 156.233 in the year 2009 and 296.976 in 2025:

296.976 / 156.233 * $20 = $38.02

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2009 has the same "purchasing power" as $38.02 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Gardening and lawncare services).


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

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