Household paper products priced at $20 in 2015 $27.69 in 2025

Household Paper Products Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Household Paper Products, 2015-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for household paper products are 38.44% higher in 2025 versus 2015 (a $7.69 difference in value).

Between 2015 and 2025: Household paper products experienced an average inflation rate of 3.31% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, household paper products costing $20 in the year 2015 would cost $27.69 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.01% during this same period, inflation for household paper products was higher.

In the year 2015: Pricing changed by -0.65%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for household paper products during the 2015-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2015 (0.12%), inflation for household paper products was lower.

Price Inflation for Household paper products since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2022 (10.06%), 2023 (8.40%), and 2008 (8.33%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2015

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Household paper products, over time, for $20 beginning in 2015. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2015$20.00-0.65%
2016$20.000.00%
2017$19.94-0.28%
2018$20.050.53%
2019$20.753.48%
2020$21.965.84%
2021$22.934.43%
2022$25.2410.06%
2023$27.368.40%
2024$27.500.52%
2025$27.690.67%*

* 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 Household paper products:

Year19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.000102.715105.462113.823118.677119.200117.238120.785125.385131.977135.555146.845156.070158.023161.732167.842170.277170.275169.170169.173168.701169.600175.507185.762193.985213.499231.438232.637234.195

Adjust household paper products prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2015 * 2015 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Household paper products was 169.170 in the year 2015 and 234.195 in 2025:

234.195 / 169.170 * $20 = $27.69

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2015 has the same "purchasing power" as $27.69 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Household paper products).


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

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