According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 206.98% higher in 2025 versus 1920 (a $72,444,071,261,682.25 difference in value).
Between 1920 and 2025: Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.07% per year. In other words, apparel costing $35,000,000,000,000 in the year 1920 would cost $107,444,071,261,682.23 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 $35,000,000,000,000 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 | $35,000,000,000,000.00 | 13.43% |
| 1921 | $25,861,565,420,560.75 | -26.11% |
| 1922 | $21,964,953,271,028.04 | -15.07% |
| 1923 | $22,161,214,953,271.03 | 0.89% |
| 1924 | $21,883,177,570,093.46 | -1.25% |
| 1925 | $21,507,009,345,794.39 | -1.72% |
| 1926 | $21,125,389,408,099.69 | -1.77% |
| 1927 | $20,661,993,769,470.40 | -2.19% |
| 1928 | $20,416,666,666,666.67 | -1.19% |
| 1929 | $20,171,339,563,862.93 | -1.20% |
| 1930 | $19,680,685,358,255.45 | -2.43% |
| 1931 | $17,663,551,401,869.15 | -10.25% |
| 1932 | $15,700,934,579,439.25 | -11.11% |
| 1933 | $15,591,900,311,526.48 | -0.69% |
| 1934 | $16,900,311,526,479.75 | 8.39% |
| 1935 | $17,009,345,794,392.52 | 0.65% |
| 1936 | $17,200,155,763,239.88 | 1.12% |
| 1937 | $18,105,140,186,915.89 | 5.26% |
| 1938 | $17,876,168,224,299.06 | -1.26% |
| 1939 | $17,679,906,542,056.08 | -1.10% |
| 1940 | $17,838,785,046,728.97 | 0.90% |
| 1941 | $18,657,440,690,150.97 | 4.59% |
| 1942 | $21,834,112,149,532.71 | 17.03% |
| 1943 | $22,777,677,929,547.09 | 4.32% |
| 1944 | $24,375,449,317,038.10 | 7.01% |
| 1945 | $25,633,537,023,723.94 | 5.16% |
| 1946 | $28,124,550,682,961.90 | 9.72% |
| 1947 | $32,597,052,480,230.05 | 15.90% |
| 1948 | $34,760,963,335,729.69 | 6.64% |
| 1949 | $33,389,647,735,442.12 | -3.94% |
| 1950 | $32,943,026,599,568.65 | -1.34% |
| 1951 | $35,918,404,025,880.66 | 9.03% |
| 1952 | $35,534,687,275,341.48 | -1.07% |
| 1953 | $35,301,941,049,604.60 | -0.65% |
| 1954 | $35,182,422,717,469.44 | -0.34% |
| 1955 | $35,069,194,823,867.72 | -0.32% |
| 1956 | $35,773,723,939,611.79 | 2.01% |
| 1957 | $36,390,186,915,887.84 | 1.72% |
| 1958 | $36,528,576,563,623.29 | 0.38% |
| 1959 | $36,817,936,736,161.03 | 0.79% |
| 1960 | $37,371,495,327,102.80 | 1.50% |
| 1961 | $37,667,145,938,173.98 | 0.79% |
| 1962 | $37,874,730,409,777.13 | 0.55% |
| 1963 | $38,340,222,861,250.90 | 1.23% |
| 1964 | $38,667,325,664,989.21 | 0.85% |
| 1965 | $39,038,461,538,461.54 | 0.96% |
| 1966 | $40,082,674,335,010.78 | 2.67% |
| 1967 | $41,718,188,353,702.38 | 4.08% |
| 1968 | $43,945,003,594,536.31 | 5.34% |
| 1969 | $46,473,759,884,974.83 | 5.75% |
| 1970 | $48,392,343,637,670.73 | 4.13% |
| 1971 | $49,958,662,832,494.61 | 3.24% |
| 1972 | $50,990,294,751,976.99 | 2.06% |
| 1973 | $52,858,554,996,405.46 | 3.66% |
| 1974 | $56,777,498,202,731.84 | 7.41% |
| 1975 | $59,306,254,493,170.37 | 4.45% |
| 1976 | $61,526,779,295,470.88 | 3.74% |
| 1977 | $64,281,991,373,112.86 | 4.48% |
| 1978 | $66,540,258,806,613.94 | 3.51% |
| 1979 | $69,452,731,847,591.65 | 4.38% |
| 1980 | $74,365,564,342,199.86 | 7.07% |
| 1981 | $77,913,371,675,053.91 | 4.77% |
| 1982 | $79,957,764,198,418.39 | 2.62% |
| 1983 | $81,932,961,897,915.17 | 2.47% |
| 1984 | $83,442,667,145,938.16 | 1.84% |
| 1985 | $85,883,357,296,908.69 | 2.92% |
| 1986 | $86,613,048,166,786.48 | 0.85% |
| 1987 | $90,425,053,918,044.58 | 4.40% |
| 1988 | $94,350,287,562,904.38 | 4.34% |
| 1989 | $96,973,400,431,344.34 | 2.78% |
| 1990 | $101,471,063,982,746.20 | 4.64% |
| 1991 | $105,251,617,541,337.14 | 3.73% |
| 1992 | $107,843,278,217,109.98 | 2.46% |
| 1993 | $109,302,659,956,865.52 | 1.35% |
| 1994 | $109,088,785,046,728.95 | -0.20% |
| 1995 | $107,912,473,040,977.70 | -1.08% |
| 1996 | $107,698,598,130,841.13 | -0.20% |
| 1997 | $108,642,163,910,855.48 | 0.88% |
| 1998 | $108,780,553,558,590.92 | 0.13% |
| 1999 | $107,365,204,888,569.38 | -1.30% |
| 2000 | $105,962,437,095,614.64 | -1.31% |
| 2001 | $104,075,305,535,585.91 | -1.78% |
| 2002 | $101,420,740,474,478.78 | -2.55% |
| 2003 | $98,847,951,114,306.23 | -2.54% |
| 2004 | $98,483,105,679,367.34 | -0.37% |
| 2005 | $97,753,414,809,489.56 | -0.74% |
| 2006 | $97,684,219,985,621.84 | -0.07% |
| 2007 | $97,311,637,311,286.84 | -0.38% |
| 2008 | $97,236,969,805,895.05 | -0.08% |
| 2009 | $98,194,751,976,994.95 | 0.98% |
| 2010 | $97,724,478,792,235.78 | -0.48% |
| 2011 | $99,856,874,550,682.95 | 2.18% |
| 2012 | $103,253,774,263,120.05 | 3.40% |
| 2013 | $104,191,489,935,298.31 | 0.91% |
| 2014 | $104,275,656,002,875.59 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | $102,957,683,321,351.52 | -1.26% |
| 2016 | $103,074,433,860,531.95 | 0.11% |
| 2017 | $102,720,093,457,943.92 | -0.34% |
| 2018 | $102,754,753,774,263.13 | 0.03% |
| 2019 | $101,444,140,905,823.13 | -1.28% |
| 2020 | $96,559,678,289,000.72 | -4.81% |
| 2021 | $98,942,622,214,234.36 | 2.47% |
| 2022 | $103,921,189,791,516.88 | 5.03% |
| 2023 | $106,781,640,905,823.14 | 2.75% |
| 2024 | $107,520,893,242,271.72 | 0.69% |
| 2025 | $107,444,071,261,682.23 | -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 |