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Value of a dollar · 2020

Value of a Dollar in 2020

$1 in 2020 had the same buying power as $1.24 in 2025. Prices rose 24% over those 5 years, an average of 4.46% a year.

  • $100 from 2020 $124 in 2025 dollars
  • Prices since +24% 1.24× the 2020 level
  • Average inflation 4.46% a year, 2020–2025
  • $100 in 2025 $80.39 in 2020 dollars

2020 dollars in 2025 money

In 2020Worth in 2025
$1$1.24
$10$12.44
$100$124
$1,000$1,244
$10,000$12,440

For a specific amount or a different pair of years, use the inflation calculator.

How $100 from 2020 kept pace

The amount needed in each later year to buy what $100 bought in 2020:

  1. 2020 $100
  2. 2025 $124

Prices have not yet doubled since 2020. The steepest single year along the way was 2022, when inflation reached 8.00%. Read what happened in 2022.

The federal minimum wage in 2020

The federal minimum wage was $7.25 an hour in 2020. In 2025 dollars that is about $9.02, compared with the actual $7.25 in 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the federal floor bought about 20% less in 2025 than it did in 2020. See today’s rates on minimum wage by state.

Borrowing in 2020

A 30-year fixed mortgage averaged 3.11% in 2020, against 7.11% this week. See mortgage rates in 2020.

For the inflation rate that year and the story behind it, see inflation in 2020.

Value of a dollar in 2020 — FAQ

How much is $1 from 2020 worth today?

$1 in 2020 buys about as much as $1.24 did in 2025, the latest full year of Consumer Price Index data. $100 from 2020 equals about $124.

How much have prices gone up since 2020?

Consumer prices rose about 24% from 2020 to 2025, so things cost about 1.24 times as much. That works out to an average of 4.46% a year.

What would $100 in 2025 have been worth in 2020?

$100 in 2025 had the buying power of about $80.39 in 2020.

Based on annual average Consumer Price Index levels. 2025 is the latest full year in the data, so “today” on this page means 2025 dollars.

Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators, via APIVerve. Our tables, charts and text are licensed CC BY-NC 4.0: share and adapt them for non-commercial use as long as you credit us. For commercial use or bulk data, use the APIVerve API. See the data terms. Cite as: Digest Your Finances, “Value of a Dollar by Year”, https://digestyourfinances.com/studies/value-of-a-dollar/2020/ — based on World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY-NC 4.0.

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