What is $1 from 2016 worth today?
$1 in 2016 is worth $1.40 in September 2026, based on the official Consumer Price Index. Prices have risen 40% since 2016, an average of 3.38% a year over 10 years. In other words, prices have doubled about 0.5 times, and a dollar today buys 71.2% of what it bought in 2016.
The same ratio applies to any amount: $20 from 2016 is worth $28.08, $100 is worth $140.39 and $1,000 is worth $1,404 in today's dollars.
Inflation in 2016
The CPI-U averaged 240.007 in 2016, up 1.3% from 237.017 in 2015. From December 2015 to December 2016, prices rose 2.1%. Ranked by annual inflation, 2016 is number 85 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.
2016 prices in today's money, and today's prices in 2016 money
If something cost $5 in 2016, the same buying power today is $7.02. Going the other way, $100 in September 2026 would have bought what $71.23 bought in 2016, and a $60,000 salary today has the buying power of a $42,739 salary in 2016.
If your pay in 2016 was, say, $1,000 a month, you would need about $1,404 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 2016 inflation figure is calculated
The calculation divides the latest CPI-U (336.94 for September 2026) by the 2016 annual average (240.007): 336.94 ÷ 240.007 = 1.4039. Multiply any 2016 amount by 1.4039 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 2016 or a different end date. See also $1 in 2015 and $1 in 2017. All years are on the main US inflation calculator page.