According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for apparel are 405.65% higher in 2026 versus 1925 (a $167,940,943,777,637.44 difference in value).
Between 1925 and 2026:Apparel experienced an average inflation rate of 1.62% per year. In other words, apparel costing $41,400,000,000,000 in the year 1925 would cost $209,340,943,777,637.44 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.94% during this same period, inflation for apparel was lower.
In the year 1925: Pricing changed by -1.86%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for apparel during the 1925-2026 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 1925 (2.43%), inflation for apparel was much lower.
Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Apparel, over time, for $41,400,000,000,000 beginning in 1925. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:
| Year | USD Value | Inflation Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | $41,400,000,000,000.00 | -1.86% |
| 1926 | $40,811,560,328,490.21 | -1.42% |
| 1927 | $40,013,897,662,665.83 | -1.95% |
| 1928 | $39,281,617,182,564.75 | -1.83% |
| 1929 | $38,876,247,631,080.24 | -1.03% |
| 1930 | $38,379,343,019,583.08 | -1.28% |
| 1931 | $35,476,373,973,468.10 | -7.56% |
| 1932 | $31,200,379,027,163.62 | -12.05% |
| 1933 | $29,081,996,209,728.37 | -6.79% |
| 1934 | $32,125,239,763,395.17 | 10.46% |
| 1935 | $32,602,575,440,983.54 | 1.49% |
| 1936 | $32,965,698,041,692.99 | 1.11% |
| 1937 | $34,482,564,750,473.79 | 4.60% |
| 1938 | $34,495,641,187,618.46 | 0.04% |
| 1939 | $33,933,354,390,397.99 | -1.63% |
| 1940 | $34,221,036,007,580.55 | 0.85% |
| 1941 | $35,803,284,902,084.66 | 4.62% |
| 1942 | $41,896,904,611,497.17 | 17.02% |
| 1943 | $43,714,529,374,605.19 | 4.34% |
| 1944 | $46,774,415,666,456.10 | 7.00% |
| 1945 | $49,180,480,101,073.91 | 5.14% |
| 1946 | $53,966,456,096,020.23 | 9.73% |
| 1947 | $62,544,598,862,918.52 | 15.90% |
| 1948 | $66,702,905,874,921.05 | 6.65% |
| 1949 | $64,074,542,008,843.98 | -3.94% |
| 1950 | $63,211,497,157,296.29 | -1.35% |
| 1951 | $68,925,900,189,513.60 | 9.04% |
| 1952 | $68,180,543,272,267.84 | -1.08% |
| 1953 | $67,749,020,846,494.02 | -0.63% |
| 1954 | $67,500,568,540,745.44 | -0.37% |
| 1955 | $67,291,345,546,430.84 | -0.31% |
| 1956 | $68,651,295,009,475.69 | 2.02% |
| 1957 | $69,828,174,352,495.27 | 1.71% |
| 1958 | $70,102,779,532,533.19 | 0.39% |
| 1959 | $70,651,989,892,608.98 | 0.78% |
| 1960 | $71,711,181,301,326.59 | 1.50% |
| 1961 | $72,273,468,098,547.06 | 0.78% |
| 1962 | $72,678,837,650,031.59 | 0.56% |
| 1963 | $73,568,035,375,868.61 | 1.22% |
| 1964 | $74,195,704,358,812.39 | 0.85% |
| 1965 | $74,901,831,964,624.14 | 0.95% |
| 1966 | $76,915,603,284,902.11 | 2.69% |
| 1967 | $80,053,948,199,621.00 | 4.08% |
| 1968 | $84,329,943,145,925.47 | 5.34% |
| 1969 | $89,181,301,326,595.09 | 5.75% |
| 1970 | $92,855,780,164,245.13 | 4.12% |
| 1971 | $95,863,360,707,517.41 | 3.24% |
| 1972 | $97,850,979,153,506.00 | 2.07% |
| 1973 | $101,433,922,931,143.42 | 3.66% |
| 1974 | $108,952,874,289,324.08 | 7.41% |
| 1975 | $113,804,232,469,993.69 | 4.45% |
| 1976 | $118,067,150,979,153.50 | 3.75% |
| 1977 | $123,350,031,585,596.98 | 4.47% |
| 1978 | $127,678,332,280,480.13 | 3.51% |
| 1979 | $133,275,047,378,395.48 | 4.38% |
| 1980 | $142,703,158,559,696.81 | 7.07% |
| 1981 | $149,502,905,874,921.03 | 4.76% |
| 1982 | $153,425,837,018,319.66 | 2.62% |
| 1983 | $157,218,003,790,271.66 | 2.47% |
| 1984 | $160,107,896,399,242.00 | 1.84% |
| 1985 | $164,802,337,334,175.63 | 2.93% |
| 1986 | $166,201,516,108,654.47 | 0.85% |
| 1987 | $173,511,244,472,520.56 | 4.40% |
| 1988 | $181,043,272,267,845.88 | 4.34% |
| 1989 | $186,077,700,568,540.81 | 2.78% |
| 1990 | $194,708,149,084,017.72 | 4.64% |
| 1991 | $201,965,571,699,305.16 | 3.73% |
| 1992 | $206,934,617,814,276.72 | 2.46% |
| 1993 | $209,732,975,363,234.41 | 1.35% |
| 1994 | $209,327,605,811,749.88 | -0.19% |
| 1995 | $207,065,382,185,723.38 | -1.08% |
| 1996 | $206,660,012,634,238.84 | -0.20% |
| 1997 | $208,464,560,960,202.19 | 0.87% |
| 1998 | $208,739,166,140,240.09 | 0.13% |
| 1999 | $206,019,267,214,150.41 | -1.30% |
| 2000 | $203,325,521,162,350.03 | -1.31% |
| 2001 | $199,703,348,073,278.63 | -1.78% |
| 2002 | $194,616,614,024,005.13 | -2.55% |
| 2003 | $189,673,720,783,322.84 | -2.54% |
| 2004 | $188,980,669,614,655.75 | -0.37% |
| 2005 | $187,581,490,840,176.88 | -0.74% |
| 2006 | $187,437,650,031,585.59 | -0.08% |
| 2007 | $186,728,776,373,973.53 | -0.38% |
| 2008 | $186,585,458,622,868.00 | -0.08% |
| 2009 | $188,423,351,863,550.25 | 0.99% |
| 2010 | $187,520,946,936,197.13 | -0.48% |
| 2011 | $191,612,694,883,133.28 | 2.18% |
| 2012 | $198,130,906,506,633.00 | 3.40% |
| 2013 | $199,930,355,022,109.91 | 0.91% |
| 2014 | $200,091,849,020,846.53 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | $197,562,735,312,697.44 | -1.26% |
| 2016 | $197,786,865,445,356.88 | 0.11% |
| 2017 | $197,106,890,713,834.53 | -0.34% |
| 2018 | $197,173,449,778,900.84 | 0.03% |
| 2019 | $194,658,458,622,868.00 | -1.28% |
| 2020 | $185,285,791,535,060.03 | -4.81% |
| 2021 | $189,858,360,075,805.47 | 2.47% |
| 2022 | $199,411,612,760,581.19 | 5.03% |
| 2023 | $204,900,447,252,053.13 | 2.75% |
| 2024 | $206,318,979,153,506.03 | 0.69% |
| 2025 | $206,587,176,879,343.03 | 0.13% |
| 2026 | $209,340,943,777,637.44 | 1.33%* |
* 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 | 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 | 2026 |
| CPI | 15.000 | 15.050 | 15.792 | 18.258 | 23.000 | 34.000 | 43.608 | 34.883 | 27.158 | 27.000 | 26.883 | 26.383 | 26.008 | 25.500 | 25.033 | 24.775 | 24.458 | 22.608 | 19.883 | 18.533 | 20.473 | 20.777 | 21.008 | 21.975 | 21.983 | 21.625 | 21.808 | 22.817 | 26.700 | 27.858 | 29.808 | 31.342 | 34.392 | 39.858 | 42.508 | 40.833 | 40.283 | 43.925 | 43.450 | 43.175 | 43.017 | 42.883 | 43.750 | 44.500 | 44.675 | 45.025 | 45.700 | 46.058 | 46.317 | 46.883 | 47.283 | 47.733 | 49.017 | 51.017 | 53.742 | 56.833 | 59.175 | 61.092 | 62.358 | 64.642 | 69.433 | 72.525 | 75.242 | 78.608 | 81.367 | 84.933 | 90.942 | 95.275 | 97.775 | 100.192 | 102.033 | 105.025 | 105.917 | 110.575 | 115.375 | 118.583 | 124.083 | 128.708 | 131.875 | 133.658 | 133.400 | 131.958 | 131.700 | 132.850 | 133.025 | 131.292 | 129.575 | 127.267 | 124.025 | 120.875 | 120.433 | 119.542 | 119.450 | 118.998 | 118.907 | 120.078 | 119.503 | 122.111 | 126.265 | 127.411 | 127.514 | 125.902 | 126.045 | 125.612 | 125.654 | 124.052 | 118.079 | 120.993 | 127.081 | 130.579 | 131.483 | 131.654 | 133.409 |