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What is $100 from 1944 worth today?
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$1,915.34
in September 2026 dollars
$100 in 1944 buys about as much as $1,915.34 in September 2026.
- Prices are 19 times as high as in 1944: they have risen 1,815%.
- That's an average inflation rate of 3.7% a year.
- It takes $19.15 in September 2026 to buy what $1 bought in 1944, and $1 today buys what $0.05 did then.
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Cite as: “$100 in 1944 buys about as much as $1,915.34 in September 2026.” Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, all items), via Chartly (https://chart.ly/inflation-calculator/100-dollars-in-1944), data as of September 30, 2026.
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The calculator uses the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), which BLS has measured every month since 1913. A year's prices are the average of its months (for 2026, the months so far), and today's are those of September 2026, the newest month BLS has published. The index tracks what city households pay for a typical basket of goods and services, so any one thing you buy may have risen faster or slower. It updates itself when BLS publishes a new month.