Recreation services priced at $20 in 2019 $24.99 in 2025

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Prices for Recreation Services, 2019-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for recreation services are 24.93% higher in 2025 versus 2019 (a $4.99 difference in value).

Between 2019 and 2025: Recreation services experienced an average inflation rate of 3.78% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, recreation services costing $20 in the year 2019 would cost $24.99 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.75% during this same period, inflation for recreation services was higher.

In the year 2019: Pricing changed by 2.26%, which is below the average yearly change for recreation services during the 2019-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2019 (1.81%), inflation for recreation services was higher.

Price Inflation for Recreation services since 2009

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2023 (5.91%), 2022 (4.73%), and 2024 (3.61%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2019

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Recreation services, over time, for $20 beginning in 2019. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2019$20.002.26%
2020$20.522.59%
2021$20.992.28%
2022$21.984.73%
2023$23.285.91%
2024$24.123.61%
2025$24.993.59%*

* 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 Recreation services:

Year20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.000101.065102.454105.587107.599109.560111.808115.134119.115121.622124.370127.591130.506136.684144.768150.000155.380

Adjust recreation services prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2019 * 2019 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Recreation services was 124.370 in the year 2019 and 155.380 in 2025:

155.380 / 124.370 * $20 = $24.99

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2019 has the same "purchasing power" as $24.99 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Recreation services).


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