Transportation services price inflation, 2025→2026

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Prices for Transportation Services, 2025-2026 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for transportation services are 0.45% higher in 2026 versus 2025 (a $0.09 difference in value).

Between 2025 and 2026: Transportation services experienced an average inflation rate of 0.45% per year. In other words, transportation services costing $20 in the year 2025 would cost $20.09 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 0.66% during this same period, inflation for transportation services was lower.

In the year 2025: Pricing changed by 3.32%, which is above the average yearly change for transportation services during the 2025-2026 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2025 (2.65%), inflation for transportation services was higher.

Price Inflation for Transportation services since 1935

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

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1976 (14.13%), 1980 (14%), and 1949 (12.26%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2025

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Transportation 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	3.32%
2026	$20.09	0.45%*

* 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 Transportation services:

Year	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	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	11.800	11.750	11.700	11.758	11.800	11.800	11.817	12.467	12.475	12.500	12.500	12.700	13.100	14.475	16.250	17.292	18.917	20.208	21.558	22.575	22.667	23.000	24.108	25.625	26.517	27.217	27.833	28.250	28.583	29.200	30.342	31.600	32.625	33.933	36.308	40.175	43.425	44.400	44.675	46.325	49.833	56.875	61.475	64.433	69.467	79.192	88.642	96.100	99.117	104.800	110.000	116.308	121.900	128.025	135.608	144.158	151.150	155.658	162.883	168.567	175.850	180.450	185.025	187.867	190.667	196.092	201.858	209.125	216.317	220.558	225.650	230.750	233.731	244.074	251.031	259.823	268.002	272.858	280.002	285.255	291.012	299.427	309.915	321.814	324.970	312.803	324.169	357.778	396.233	432.157	446.499	448.507

Adjust transportation 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 Transportation services was 446.499 in the year 2025 and 448.507 in 2026:

448.507 / 446.499 * $20 = $20.09

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" as $20.09 in 2026 (in the CPI category of Transportation services).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Transportation services in 1935. In addition to transportation services, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.