According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 206.98% higher in 2025 versus 1920 (a $3,849,007,239,323.47 difference in value).
Between 1920 and 2025: Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.07% per year. In other words, apparel costing $1,859,575,960,187.32 in the year 1920 would cost $5,708,583,199,510.79 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.68% during this same period, inflation for apparel was lower.
In the year 1920: Pricing changed by 13.43%, which is significantly above the average yearly change for apparel during the 1920-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 1920 (15.62%), inflation for apparel was lower.
Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Apparel, over time, for $1,859,575,960,187.32 beginning in 1920. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:
| Year | USD Value | Inflation Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | $1,859,575,960,187.32 | 13.43% |
| 1921 | $1,374,044,152,825.33 | -26.11% |
| 1922 | $1,167,014,259,126.90 | -15.07% |
| 1923 | $1,177,441,787,875.62 | 0.89% |
| 1924 | $1,162,669,455,481.60 | -1.25% |
| 1925 | $1,142,683,358,713.24 | -1.72% |
| 1926 | $1,122,407,608,368.51 | -1.77% |
| 1927 | $1,097,787,054,378.50 | -2.19% |
| 1928 | $1,084,752,643,442.60 | -1.19% |
| 1929 | $1,071,718,232,506.71 | -1.20% |
| 1930 | $1,045,649,410,634.93 | -2.43% |
| 1931 | $938,477,587,384.25 | -10.25% |
| 1932 | $834,202,299,897.12 | -11.11% |
| 1933 | $828,409,228,370.05 | -0.69% |
| 1934 | $897,926,086,694.81 | 8.39% |
| 1935 | $903,719,158,221.88 | 0.65% |
| 1936 | $913,857,033,394.24 | 1.12% |
| 1937 | $961,939,527,068.86 | 5.26% |
| 1938 | $949,774,076,862.03 | -1.26% |
| 1939 | $939,346,548,113.31 | -1.10% |
| 1940 | $947,787,880,909.89 | 0.90% |
| 1941 | $991,283,662,457.87 | 4.59% |
| 1942 | $1,160,062,573,294.43 | 17.03% |
| 1943 | $1,210,194,923,047.86 | 4.32% |
| 1944 | $1,295,085,701,963.67 | 7.01% |
| 1945 | $1,361,928,834,968.25 | 5.16% |
| 1946 | $1,494,278,238,317.31 | 9.72% |
| 1947 | $1,731,905,576,148.58 | 15.90% |
| 1948 | $1,846,875,764,916.45 | 6.64% |
| 1949 | $1,774,016,749,941.46 | -3.94% |
| 1950 | $1,750,287,437,724.84 | -1.34% |
| 1951 | $1,908,371,447,280.66 | 9.03% |
| 1952 | $1,887,984,291,714.27 | -1.07% |
| 1953 | $1,875,618,312,108.42 | -0.65% |
| 1954 | $1,869,268,214,472.98 | -0.34% |
| 1955 | $1,863,252,332,502.57 | -0.32% |
| 1956 | $1,900,684,486,985.13 | 2.01% |
| 1957 | $1,933,437,622,157.38 | 1.72% |
| 1958 | $1,940,790,366,787.88 | 0.38% |
| 1959 | $1,956,164,287,378.93 | 0.79% |
| 1960 | $1,985,575,265,900.95 | 1.50% |
| 1961 | $2,001,283,402,157.02 | 0.79% |
| 1962 | $2,012,312,519,102.78 | 0.55% |
| 1963 | $2,037,044,478,314.47 | 1.23% |
| 1964 | $2,054,423,692,895.66 | 0.85% |
| 1965 | $2,074,142,417,132.01 | 0.96% |
| 1966 | $2,129,622,217,525.81 | 2.67% |
| 1967 | $2,216,518,290,431.76 | 4.08% |
| 1968 | $2,334,830,635,849.86 | 5.34% |
| 1969 | $2,469,185,333,189.06 | 5.75% |
| 1970 | $2,571,121,111,021.04 | 4.13% |
| 1971 | $2,654,340,811,611.74 | 3.24% |
| 1972 | $2,709,152,180,675.49 | 2.06% |
| 1973 | $2,808,414,233,187.28 | 3.66% |
| 1974 | $3,016,630,592,496.54 | 7.41% |
| 1975 | $3,150,985,289,835.74 | 4.45% |
| 1976 | $3,268,963,419,588.82 | 3.74% |
| 1977 | $3,415,349,880,868.84 | 4.48% |
| 1978 | $3,535,333,304,612.05 | 3.51% |
| 1979 | $3,690,075,157,517.65 | 4.38% |
| 1980 | $3,951,097,591,900.52 | 7.07% |
| 1981 | $4,139,595,226,973.43 | 4.77% |
| 1982 | $4,248,215,318,105.86 | 2.62% |
| 1983 | $4,353,159,036,923.05 | 2.47% |
| 1984 | $4,433,370,796,528.54 | 1.84% |
| 1985 | $4,563,046,474,557.42 | 2.92% |
| 1986 | $4,601,815,491,700.07 | 0.85% |
| 1987 | $4,804,350,184,703.94 | 4.40% |
| 1988 | $5,012,900,759,678.22 | 4.34% |
| 1989 | $5,152,268,691,992.76 | 2.78% |
| 1990 | $5,391,232,892,484.12 | 4.64% |
| 1991 | $5,592,096,507,162.88 | 3.73% |
| 1992 | $5,729,793,361,152.30 | 2.46% |
| 1993 | $5,807,331,395,437.61 | 1.35% |
| 1994 | $5,795,968,062,826.83 | -0.20% |
| 1995 | $5,733,469,733,467.55 | -1.08% |
| 1996 | $5,722,106,400,856.78 | -0.20% |
| 1997 | $5,772,238,750,610.21 | 0.88% |
| 1998 | $5,779,591,495,240.71 | 0.13% |
| 1999 | $5,704,392,970,610.56 | -1.30% |
| 2000 | $5,629,862,877,310.46 | -1.31% |
| 2001 | $5,529,598,177,803.60 | -1.78% |
| 2002 | $5,388,559,167,163.94 | -2.55% |
| 2003 | $5,251,864,960,169.58 | -2.54% |
| 2004 | $5,232,480,451,598.25 | -0.37% |
| 2005 | $5,193,711,434,455.60 | -0.74% |
| 2006 | $5,190,035,062,140.35 | -0.07% |
| 2007 | $5,170,239,468,301.04 | -0.38% |
| 2008 | $5,166,272,328,357.22 | -0.08% |
| 2009 | $5,217,160,005,513.60 | 0.98% |
| 2010 | $5,192,174,042,396.49 | -0.48% |
| 2011 | $5,305,469,810,682.60 | 2.18% |
| 2012 | $5,485,949,611,951.61 | 3.40% |
| 2013 | $5,535,771,141,136.57 | 0.91% |
| 2014 | $5,540,242,946,734.57 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | $5,470,218,080,598.98 | -1.26% |
| 2016 | $5,476,421,123,341.81 | 0.11% |
| 2017 | $5,457,594,754,931.07 | -0.34% |
| 2018 | $5,459,436,283,245.34 | 0.03% |
| 2019 | $5,389,802,449,437.82 | -1.28% |
| 2020 | $5,130,287,327,704.21 | -4.81% |
| 2021 | $5,256,894,905,928.18 | 2.47% |
| 2022 | $5,521,409,894,010.53 | 5.03% |
| 2023 | $5,673,387,783,366.39 | 2.75% |
| 2024 | $5,712,664,808,319.88 | 0.69% |
| 2025 | $5,708,583,199,510.79 | -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 |