Prepared salads priced at $20 in 2022 $21.34 in 2025

Prepared Salads Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Prepared Salads, 2022-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for prepared salads are 6.70% higher in 2025 versus 2022 (a $1.34 difference in value).

Between 2022 and 2025: Prepared salads experienced an average inflation rate of 2.18% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, prepared salads costing $20 in the year 2022 would cost $21.34 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.90% during this same period, inflation for prepared salads was lower.

In the year 2022: Pricing changed by 10.97%, which is significantly above the average yearly change for prepared salads during the 2022-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2022 (8%), inflation for prepared salads was higher.

Price Inflation for Prepared salads since 2007

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2022 (10.97%), 2023 (4.66%), and 2012 (3.58%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2022

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Prepared salads, over time, for $20 beginning in 2022. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2022$20.0010.97%
2023$20.934.66%
2024$20.950.08%
2025$21.341.87%*

* 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 Prepared salads:

Year2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.000102.794105.579105.514108.310112.193114.696117.734121.849124.333127.067127.300126.875130.266134.713149.497156.466156.584159.509

Adjust prepared salads prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2022 * 2022 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Prepared salads was 149.497 in the year 2022 and 159.509 in 2025:

159.509 / 149.497 * $20 = $21.34

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2022 has the same "purchasing power" as $21.34 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Prepared salads).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Prepared salads in 2007. In addition to prepared salads, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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