Veterinarian services priced at $20 in 2020 → $28.31 in 2025

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Prices for Veterinarian Services, 2020-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for veterinarian services were 41.54% higher in 2025 versus 2020 (a $8.31 difference in value).

Between 2020 and 2025: Veterinarian services experienced an average inflation rate of 7.19% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, veterinarian services costing $20 in the year 2020 would cost $28.31 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 4.47% during this same period, inflation for veterinarian services was higher.

In the year 2020: Pricing changed by 3.70%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for veterinarian services during the 2020-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2020 (1.23%), inflation for veterinarian services was higher.

Price Inflation for Veterinarian services since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2023 (9.44%), 2022 (8.83%), and 2000 (7.63%).
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Buying power of $20.00 since 2020

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Veterinarian services, over time, for $20 beginning in 2020. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2020$20.003.70%
2021$20.844.21%
2022$22.688.83%
2023$24.829.44%
2024$26.667.40%
2025$28.316.17%
2026$28.641.18%*

* 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 Veterinarian services:

Year199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
CPI100.000102.483106.758114.908122.742129.633136.450144.683153.392160.117170.356181.355191.211198.359208.210214.238219.859227.624236.187244.808250.203256.594267.213277.093288.769314.272343.929369.383392.188396.831

Adjust veterinarian services prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2020 * 2020 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Veterinarian services was 277.093 in the year 2020 and 392.188 in 2025:

392.188 / 277.093 * $20 = $28.31

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2020 has the same "purchasing power" as $28.31 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Veterinarian services).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Veterinarian services in 1997. In addition to veterinarian 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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