Jewelry priced at $100 in 2015 $119.59 in 2025

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Prices for Jewelry, 2015-2025 ($100)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for jewelry are 19.59% higher in 2025 versus 2015 (a $19.59 difference in value).

Between 2015 and 2025: Jewelry experienced an average inflation rate of 1.80% per year. In other words, jewelry costing $100 in the year 2015 would cost $119.59 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.04% during this same period, inflation for jewelry was lower.

In the year 2015: Pricing changed by -2.97%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for jewelry during the 2015-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2015 (0.12%), inflation for jewelry was much 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 2015

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Jewelry, over time, for $100 beginning in 2015. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2015$100.00-2.97%
2016$106.236.23%
2017$108.402.04%
2018$105.75-2.45%
2019$104.24-1.42%
2020$100.88-3.22%
2021$109.498.53%
2022$112.202.48%
2023$118.905.96%
2024$119.300.34%
2025$119.590.24%*

* 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
CPI100.000107.300116.577124.462136.900143.969150.569154.354158.577159.262155.315150.669147.662145.838141.238141.662138.077133.192133.554131.292134.754142.442153.770156.980161.239176.572178.231177.606170.583165.521175.836179.421175.034172.543166.982181.222185.719196.796197.474197.939

Adjust jewelry 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 Jewelry was 165.521 in the year 2015 and 197.939 in 2025:

197.939 / 165.521 * $100 = $119.59

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $100 in 2015 has the same "purchasing power" as $119.59 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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