Services less medical care services price inflation, 2025→2026

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Prices for Services Less Medical Care Services, 2025-2026 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for services less medical care services are 0.90% higher in 2026 versus 2025 (a $0.18 difference in value).

Between 2025 and 2026: Services less medical care services experienced an average inflation rate of 0.90% per year. In other words, services less medical care services costing $20 in the year 2025 would cost $20.18 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 0.66% during this same period, inflation for services less medical care services was higher.

In the year 2025: Pricing changed by 3.62%, which is above the average yearly change for services less medical care services during the 2025-2026 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2025 (2.65%), inflation for services less medical care services was higher.

Price Inflation for Services less medical care services since 1957

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1980 (15.85%), 1981 (13.37%), and 1979 (11.18%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2025

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Services less medical care 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:

Year	USD Value	Inflation Rate
2025	$20.00	3.62%
2026	$20.18	0.90%*

* 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 Services less medical care services:

Year	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
CPI	22.780	23.550	24.117	24.900	25.408	25.808	26.225	26.733	27.308	28.225	29.275	30.658	32.808	35.583	37.467	38.925	40.583	44.325	48.317	52.142	55.933	60.733	67.525	78.225	88.683	96.433	99.225	104.325	109.550	114.625	119.067	124.275	130.092	136.825	143.342	148.358	153.600	158.383	163.475	168.692	173.883	178.383	182.725	188.867	196.642	202.500	208.733	214.450	221.225	229.575	236.847	244.987	248.122	249.569	253.554	258.478	264.546	271.455	277.656	285.187	293.017	301.327	309.096	314.522	323.885	344.760	368.351	387.209	401.220	404.836

Adjust services less medical care 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 Services less medical care services was 401.220 in the year 2025 and 404.836 in 2026:

404.836 / 401.220 * $20 = $20.18

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" as $20.18 in 2026 (in the CPI category of Services less medical care services).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Services less medical care services in 1957. In addition to services less medical care services, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.