What is $1 from 2024 worth today?
$1 in 2024 is worth $1.07 in September 2026, based on the official Consumer Price Index. Prices have risen 7% since 2024, an average of 3.29% a year over 2 years. In other words, prices have doubled about 0.1 times, and a dollar today buys 93.1% of what it bought in 2024.
The same ratio applies to any amount: $20 from 2024 is worth $21.48, $100 is worth $107.41 and $1,000 is worth $1,074 in today's dollars.
Inflation in 2024
The CPI-U averaged 313.689 in 2024, up 2.9% from 304.702 in 2023. From December 2023 to December 2024, prices rose 2.9%. Ranked by annual inflation, 2024 is number 51 of the 112 years from 1914 to 2025.
In the 2020s, annual inflation averaged 3.9% a year (over the 6 years with data). The highest rate was 8.0% in 2022 and the lowest 1.2% in 2020.
2024 prices in today's money, and today's prices in 2024 money
If something cost $5 in 2024, the same buying power today is $5.37. Going the other way, $100 in September 2026 would have bought what $93.10 bought in 2024, and a $60,000 salary today has the buying power of a $55,860 salary in 2024.
If your pay in 2024 was, say, $1,000 a month, you would need about $1,074 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 2024 inflation figure is calculated
The calculation divides the latest CPI-U (336.94 for September 2026) by the 2024 annual average (313.689): 336.94 ÷ 313.689 = 1.0741. Multiply any 2024 amount by 1.0741 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 2024 or a different end date. See also $1 in 2023 and $1 in 2025. All years are on the main US inflation calculator page.