Between 2005 and 2025, US consumer prices rose by 65.3%. That means $10 then had roughly the same buying power as $16.53 now — an average of 2.54% inflation per year over 20 years.
What $10 in 2005 was worth at each following decade, adjusted for consumer price inflation.
Inflation adjustment uses the ratio of the Consumer Price Index between the two years — the same method the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics documents for comparing dollar amounts over time.
The index used is CPI-U (all urban consumers, US city average, all items), base period 1982-1984 = 100. Inflation in 2005 itself ran at 3.4%. The 2025 figure is the latest annual average available and may be revised by BLS.
Note: other inflation calculators may show slightly different results because some use a specific month rather than the annual average, or a different end year. This page uses annual averages throughout, and states both index values above so the arithmetic can be checked.
$10 in 2005 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $16.53 in 2025. That is an increase of $6.53 over 20 years, or a total price rise of 65.3%.
Prices rose at an average of 2.54% per year between 2005 and 2025. Compounded over 20 years, that turns $10 into $16.53.
The amount is multiplied by the ratio of the Consumer Price Index in 2025 to the index in 2005: 322.8 divided by 195.3 equals 1.6528. Multiplying $10 by 1.6528 gives $16.53. The index is the CPI-U published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, base period 1982-1984 = 100.
Running the comparison in reverse, $10.00 in 2025 has roughly the same buying power as $6.05 in 2005.
Use the full inflation tool to compare any amount between any two years, or project what today's money will be worth in the future.
