According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 781.80% higher in 2025 versus 1913 (a $7,818,036,912,751,678,464 difference in value).
Between 1913 and 2025: Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.96% per year. In other words, apparel costing $1,000,000,000,000,000,000 in the year 1913 would cost $8,818,036,912,751,678,464 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase.
Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Apparel, over time, for $1,000,000,000,000,000,000 beginning in 1913. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:
| Year | USD Value | Inflation Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 | $1,000,000,000,000,000,000.00 | - |
| 1914 | $1,006,711,409,395,973,120.00 | 0.67% |
| 1915 | $1,036,912,751,677,852,160.00 | 3.00% |
| 1916 | $1,164,429,530,201,342,464.00 | 12.30% |
| 1917 | $1,422,818,791,946,308,608.00 | 22.19% |
| 1918 | $1,983,221,476,510,066,944.00 | 39.39% |
| 1919 | $2,532,438,478,747,203,584.00 | 27.69% |
| 1920 | $2,872,483,221,476,510,720.00 | 13.43% |
| 1921 | $2,122,483,221,476,509,952.00 | -26.11% |
| 1922 | $1,802,684,563,758,389,760.00 | -15.07% |
| 1923 | $1,818,791,946,308,724,736.00 | 0.89% |
| 1924 | $1,795,973,154,362,415,872.00 | -1.25% |
| 1925 | $1,765,100,671,140,939,264.00 | -1.72% |
| 1926 | $1,733,780,760,626,397,952.00 | -1.77% |
| 1927 | $1,695,749,440,715,883,520.00 | -2.19% |
| 1928 | $1,675,615,212,527,964,416.00 | -1.19% |
| 1929 | $1,655,480,984,340,044,800.00 | -1.20% |
| 1930 | $1,615,212,527,964,205,824.00 | -2.43% |
| 1931 | $1,449,664,429,530,201,088.00 | -10.25% |
| 1932 | $1,288,590,604,026,845,696.00 | -11.11% |
| 1933 | $1,279,642,058,165,548,032.00 | -0.69% |
| 1934 | $1,387,024,608,501,118,720.00 | 8.39% |
| 1935 | $1,395,973,154,362,416,128.00 | 0.65% |
| 1936 | $1,411,633,109,619,686,912.00 | 1.12% |
| 1937 | $1,485,906,040,268,456,192.00 | 5.26% |
| 1938 | $1,467,114,093,959,731,456.00 | -1.26% |
| 1939 | $1,451,006,711,409,395,968.00 | -1.10% |
| 1940 | $1,464,046,021,093,000,704.00 | 0.90% |
| 1941 | $1,531,233,866,804,336,640.00 | 4.59% |
| 1942 | $1,791,946,308,724,832,256.00 | 17.03% |
| 1943 | $1,869,385,647,909,137,920.00 | 4.32% |
| 1944 | $2,000,516,262,261,228,544.00 | 7.01% |
| 1945 | $2,103,768,714,506,969,856.00 | 5.16% |
| 1946 | $2,308,208,569,953,536,512.00 | 9.72% |
| 1947 | $2,675,271,037,687,145,472.00 | 15.90% |
| 1948 | $2,852,865,255,549,819,392.00 | 6.64% |
| 1949 | $2,740,320,082,601,961,472.00 | -3.94% |
| 1950 | $2,703,665,462,054,724,096.00 | -1.34% |
| 1951 | $2,947,857,511,615,900,672.00 | 9.03% |
| 1952 | $2,916,365,513,680,950,272.00 | -1.07% |
| 1953 | $2,897,263,810,015,488,000.00 | -0.65% |
| 1954 | $2,887,454,827,052,142,080.00 | -0.34% |
| 1955 | $2,878,162,106,350,025,728.00 | -0.32% |
| 1956 | $2,935,983,479,607,641,088.00 | 2.01% |
| 1957 | $2,986,577,181,208,053,760.00 | 1.72% |
| 1958 | $2,997,934,950,955,085,312.00 | 0.38% |
| 1959 | $3,021,683,014,971,605,504.00 | 0.79% |
| 1960 | $3,067,114,093,959,731,712.00 | 1.50% |
| 1961 | $3,091,378,420,237,479,936.00 | 0.79% |
| 1962 | $3,108,415,074,858,027,520.00 | 0.55% |
| 1963 | $3,146,618,482,188,952,064.00 | 1.23% |
| 1964 | $3,173,464,119,772,844,544.00 | 0.85% |
| 1965 | $3,203,923,593,185,338,368.00 | 0.96% |
| 1966 | $3,289,623,128,549,303,296.00 | 2.67% |
| 1967 | $3,423,851,316,468,765,696.00 | 4.08% |
| 1968 | $3,606,608,156,943,727,104.00 | 5.34% |
| 1969 | $3,814,145,585,957,666,304.00 | 5.75% |
| 1970 | $3,971,605,575,632,420,864.00 | 4.13% |
| 1971 | $4,100,154,878,678,369,792.00 | 3.24% |
| 1972 | $4,184,821,889,519,876,096.00 | 2.06% |
| 1973 | $4,338,151,781,104,801,792.00 | 3.66% |
| 1974 | $4,659,783,169,850,283,008.00 | 7.41% |
| 1975 | $4,867,320,598,864,222,208.00 | 4.45% |
| 1976 | $5,049,561,177,077,955,584.00 | 3.74% |
| 1977 | $5,275,684,047,496,126,464.00 | 4.48% |
| 1978 | $5,461,022,199,277,233,152.00 | 3.51% |
| 1979 | $5,700,051,626,226,122,752.00 | 4.38% |
| 1980 | $6,103,252,452,245,741,568.00 | 7.07% |
| 1981 | $6,394,424,367,578,728,448.00 | 4.77% |
| 1982 | $6,562,209,602,478,056,448.00 | 2.62% |
| 1983 | $6,724,315,952,503,871,488.00 | 2.47% |
| 1984 | $6,848,218,895,198,760,960.00 | 1.84% |
| 1985 | $7,048,528,652,555,497,472.00 | 2.92% |
| 1986 | $7,108,415,074,858,029,056.00 | 0.85% |
| 1987 | $7,421,270,005,162,624,000.00 | 4.40% |
| 1988 | $7,743,417,656,169,333,760.00 | 4.34% |
| 1989 | $7,958,699,019,101,701,120.00 | 2.78% |
| 1990 | $8,327,826,535,880,225,792.00 | 4.64% |
| 1991 | $8,638,100,154,878,676,992.00 | 3.73% |
| 1992 | $8,850,800,206,504,904,704.00 | 2.46% |
| 1993 | $8,970,573,051,109,961,728.00 | 1.35% |
| 1994 | $8,953,020,134,228,188,160.00 | -0.20% |
| 1995 | $8,856,479,091,378,420,736.00 | -1.08% |
| 1996 | $8,838,926,174,496,643,072.00 | -0.20% |
| 1997 | $8,916,365,513,680,949,248.00 | 0.88% |
| 1998 | $8,927,723,283,427,982,336.00 | 0.13% |
| 1999 | $8,811,564,274,651,524,096.00 | -1.30% |
| 2000 | $8,696,437,790,397,520,896.00 | -1.31% |
| 2001 | $8,541,559,112,028,910,592.00 | -1.78% |
| 2002 | $8,323,696,437,790,396,416.00 | -2.55% |
| 2003 | $8,112,545,172,947,857,408.00 | -2.54% |
| 2004 | $8,082,601,961,796,593,664.00 | -0.37% |
| 2005 | $8,022,715,539,494,062,080.00 | -0.74% |
| 2006 | $8,017,036,654,620,547,072.00 | -0.07% |
| 2007 | $7,986,458,440,887,969,792.00 | -0.38% |
| 2008 | $7,980,330,407,847,185,408.00 | -0.08% |
| 2009 | $8,058,936,499,741,869,056.00 | 0.98% |
| 2010 | $8,020,340,733,092,410,368.00 | -0.48% |
| 2011 | $8,195,348,477,026,331,648.00 | 2.18% |
| 2012 | $8,474,135,260,712,441,856.00 | 3.40% |
| 2013 | $8,551,094,475,993,804,800.00 | 0.91% |
| 2014 | $8,558,002,065,049,043,968.00 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | $8,449,834,796,076,405,760.00 | -1.26% |
| 2016 | $8,459,416,623,644,811,264.00 | 0.11% |
| 2017 | $8,430,335,570,469,798,912.00 | -0.34% |
| 2018 | $8,433,180,175,529,168,896.00 | 0.03% |
| 2019 | $8,325,616,933,402,168,320.00 | -1.28% |
| 2020 | $7,924,744,450,180,691,968.00 | -4.81% |
| 2021 | $8,120,314,919,979,348,992.00 | 2.47% |
| 2022 | $8,528,910,686,628,806,656.00 | 5.03% |
| 2023 | $8,763,670,624,677,336,064.00 | 2.75% |
| 2024 | $8,824,341,765,616,932,864.00 | 0.69% |
| 2025 | $8,818,036,912,751,678,464.00 | -0.07%* |
* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.
Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Apparel:
| Year | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| CPI | 14.900 | 15.000 | 15.450 | 17.350 | 21.200 | 29.550 | 37.733 | 42.800 | 31.625 | 26.860 | 27.100 | 26.760 | 26.300 | 25.833 | 25.267 | 24.967 | 24.667 | 24.067 | 21.600 | 19.200 | 19.067 | 20.667 | 20.800 | 21.033 | 22.140 | 21.860 | 21.620 | 21.814 | 22.815 | 26.700 | 27.854 | 29.808 | 31.346 | 34.392 | 39.862 | 42.508 | 40.831 | 40.285 | 43.923 | 43.454 | 43.169 | 43.023 | 42.885 | 43.746 | 44.500 | 44.669 | 45.023 | 45.700 | 46.062 | 46.315 | 46.885 | 47.285 | 47.738 | 49.015 | 51.015 | 53.738 | 56.831 | 59.177 | 61.092 | 62.354 | 64.638 | 69.431 | 72.523 | 75.238 | 78.608 | 81.369 | 84.931 | 90.938 | 95.277 | 97.777 | 100.192 | 102.038 | 105.023 | 105.915 | 110.577 | 115.377 | 118.585 | 124.085 | 128.708 | 131.877 | 133.662 | 133.400 | 131.962 | 131.700 | 132.854 | 133.023 | 131.292 | 129.577 | 127.269 | 124.023 | 120.877 | 120.431 | 119.538 | 119.454 | 118.998 | 118.907 | 120.078 | 119.503 | 122.111 | 126.265 | 127.411 | 127.514 | 125.903 | 126.045 | 125.612 | 125.654 | 124.052 | 118.079 | 120.993 | 127.081 | 130.579 | 131.483 | 131.389 |