Personal care services priced at $20 in 2012 $30.13 in 2025

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Prices for Personal Care Services, 2012-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for personal care services are 50.63% higher in 2025 versus 2012 (a $10.13 difference in value).

Between 2012 and 2025: Personal care services experienced an average inflation rate of 3.20% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, personal care services costing $20 in the year 2012 would cost $30.13 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.56% during this same period, inflation for personal care services was higher.

In the year 2012: Pricing changed by 1.48%, which is below the average yearly change for personal care services during the 2012-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2012 (2.07%), inflation for personal care services was lower.

Price Inflation for Personal care services since 1952

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1980 (8.50%), 1974 (8.34%), and 1979 (8.17%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2012

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Personal care services, over time, for $20 beginning in 2012. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2012$20.001.48%
2013$20.391.95%
2014$20.661.34%
2015$21.112.14%
2016$21.592.32%
2017$21.981.77%
2018$22.562.66%
2019$23.172.70%
2020$24.184.36%
2021$25.415.07%
2022$26.785.42%
2023$28.094.87%
2024$29.364.54%
2025$30.132.61%*

* 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 Personal care services:

Year19521953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI23.90024.10024.48025.76027.22028.34029.04030.06031.06031.54032.28033.06033.96734.93336.58038.06240.08542.24644.18545.70846.81549.73153.87757.65461.86966.40071.34677.17783.73890.25495.66299.977104.385108.885112.492116.185120.669126.777132.785137.023139.992143.969147.885151.523156.554162.362166.031171.392178.138184.323188.385193.177197.608203.869209.662216.559223.669227.588229.614230.800234.227238.791241.999247.168252.899257.370264.218271.354283.174297.540313.659328.923343.859352.818

Adjust personal care services prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2012 * 2012 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Personal care services was 234.227 in the year 2012 and 352.818 in 2025:

352.818 / 234.227 * $20 = $30.13

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2012 has the same "purchasing power" as $30.13 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Personal care services).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Personal care services in 1952. In addition to personal care 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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