Jewelry priced at $100 in 2001 $140.57 in 2025

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Prices for Jewelry, 2001-2025 ($100)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for jewelry are 40.57% higher in 2025 versus 2001 (a $40.57 difference in value).

Between 2001 and 2025: Jewelry experienced an average inflation rate of 1.43% per year. In other words, jewelry costing $100 in the year 2001 would cost $140.57 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.48% during this same period, inflation for jewelry was lower.

In the year 2001: Pricing changed by 0.30%, which is below the average yearly change for jewelry during the 2001-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2001 (2.83%), inflation for jewelry was lower.

Price Inflation for Jewelry since 1986

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1990 (9.99%), 2011 (9.51%), and 1988 (8.65%).

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Buying power of $100.00 since 2001

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Jewelry, over time, for $100 beginning in 2001. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2001$100.000.30%
2002$97.47-2.53%
2003$94.02-3.54%
2004$94.280.27%
2005$92.68-1.69%
2006$95.122.64%
2007$100.555.71%
2008$108.557.95%
2009$110.812.09%
2010$113.822.71%
2011$124.649.51%
2012$125.810.94%
2013$125.37-0.35%
2014$120.42-3.95%
2015$116.84-2.97%
2016$124.126.23%
2017$126.652.04%
2018$123.56-2.45%
2019$121.80-1.42%
2020$117.87-3.22%
2021$127.938.53%
2022$131.102.48%
2023$138.925.96%
2024$139.400.34%
2025$140.570.84%*

* 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 Jewelry:

Year1986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.000107.300116.577124.462136.900143.969150.569154.354158.577159.262155.315150.669147.662145.838141.238141.662138.077133.192133.554131.292134.754142.442153.770156.980161.239176.572178.231177.606170.583165.521175.836179.421175.034172.543166.982181.222185.719196.796197.474199.136

Adjust jewelry prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2001 * 2001 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Jewelry was 141.662 in the year 2001 and 199.136 in 2025:

199.136 / 141.662 * $100 = $140.57

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $100 in 2001 has the same "purchasing power" as $140.57 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Jewelry).


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

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