What is $1 from 1967 worth today?
$1 in 1967 is worth $10.09 in September 2026, based on the official Consumer Price Index. Prices have risen 909% since 1967, an average of 3.98% a year over 59 years. In other words, prices have doubled about 3.3 times, and a dollar today buys 9.9% of what it bought in 1967.
The same ratio applies to any amount: $20 from 1967 is worth $201.76, $100 is worth $1,009 and $1,000 is worth $10,088 in today's dollars.
Inflation in 1967
The CPI-U averaged 33.4 in 1967, up 3.1% from 32.4 in 1966. From December 1966 to December 1967, prices rose 3.0%. Ranked by annual inflation, 1967 is number 46 of the 112 years from 1914 to 2025.
In the 1960s, annual inflation averaged 2.3% a year. The highest rate was 5.5% in 1969 and the lowest 1.0% in 1962.
1967 prices in today's money, and today's prices in 1967 money
If something cost $5 in 1967, the same buying power today is $50.44. Going the other way, $100 in September 2026 would have bought what $9.91 bought in 1967, and a $60,000 salary today has the buying power of a $5,948 salary in 1967.
If your pay in 1967 was, say, $1,000 a month, you would need about $10,088 a month in September 2026 to afford the same basket of goods and services. Remember that this is an average across consumer spending: some prices, such as housing, health care and tuition, have risen faster than the CPI, while others have risen more slowly.
How this 1967 inflation figure is calculated
The calculation divides the latest CPI-U (336.94 for September 2026) by the 1967 annual average (33.4): 336.94 ÷ 33.4 = 10.0880. Multiply any 1967 amount by 10.0880 to convert it to September 2026 dollars. The data is the CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted (BLS series CUUR0000SA0), published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Use the calculator above to pick a specific month in 1967 or a different end date. See also $1 in 1966 and $1 in 1968. All years are on the main US inflation calculator page.