What is $1 from 2010 worth today?
$1 in 2010 is worth $1.55 in September 2026, based on the official Consumer Price Index. Prices have risen 55% since 2010, an average of 2.72% a year over 16 years. In other words, prices have doubled about 0.6 times, and a dollar today buys 64.7% of what it bought in 2010.
The same ratio applies to any amount: $20 from 2010 is worth $30.90, $100 is worth $154.52 and $1,000 is worth $1,545 in today's dollars.
Inflation in 2010
The CPI-U averaged 218.056 in 2010, up 1.6% from 214.537 in 2009. From December 2009 to December 2010, prices rose 1.5%. Ranked by annual inflation, 2010 is number 75 of the 112 years from 1914 to 2025.
In the 2010s, annual inflation averaged 1.8% a year. The highest rate was 3.2% in 2011 and the lowest 0.1% in 2015.
2010 prices in today's money, and today's prices in 2010 money
If something cost $5 in 2010, the same buying power today is $7.73. Going the other way, $100 in September 2026 would have bought what $64.72 bought in 2010, and a $60,000 salary today has the buying power of a $38,830 salary in 2010.
If your pay in 2010 was, say, $1,000 a month, you would need about $1,545 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 2010 inflation figure is calculated
The calculation divides the latest CPI-U (336.94 for September 2026) by the 2010 annual average (218.056): 336.94 ÷ 218.056 = 1.5452. Multiply any 2010 amount by 1.5452 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 2010 or a different end date. See also $1 in 2009 and $1 in 2011. All years are on the main US inflation calculator page.