Other personal services priced at $20 in 2025 $20.41 in 2026

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Prices for Other Personal Services, 2025-2026 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for other personal services are 2.05% higher in 2026 versus 2025 (a $0.41 difference in value).

Between 2025 and 2026: Other personal services experienced an average inflation rate of 2.05% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, other personal services costing $20 in the year 2025 would cost $20.41 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 0.66% during this same period, inflation for other personal services was higher.

In the year 2025: Pricing changed by 4.06%, which is above the average yearly change for other personal services during the 2025-2026 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2025 (2.65%), inflation for other personal services was higher.

Price Inflation for Other personal services since 2009

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2023 (6.13%), 2022 (6%), and 2024 (4.72%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2025

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Other personal services, over time, for $20 beginning in 2025. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2025$20.004.06%
2026$20.412.05%*

* 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 Other personal services:

Year200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
CPI100.000101.164102.926105.254107.646109.570112.145115.300118.192122.113124.941128.407132.511140.464149.076156.108162.440165.763

Adjust other personal services prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2026 / CPI in 2025 * 2025 USD value = 2026 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Other personal services was 162.440 in the year 2025 and 165.763 in 2026:

165.763 / 162.440 * $20 = $20.41

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" as $20.41 in 2026 (in the CPI category of Other personal services).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Other personal services in 2009. In addition to other personal 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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