Inflation Since 2003: Prices Have Risen 81.48%
How much has inflation been since 2003?
Answer
(That is 23 years at an average of 2.62% a year. One 2003 dollar buys what $1.81 buys today)
Inflation since 2003, both directions
Average per year over 23 years: 2.62%
One 2003 dollar today: $1.81
One dollar today, in 2003 money: $0.55
What the average does and does not say
Source: CPI-U, series CUUR0000SA0, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — 2003 annual average 184.0, July 2026 333.918.
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What 2003 Dollars Are Worth Today
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Since 2003, prices have risen 81.48% — that is 23 years at an average of 2.62% a year. One 2003 dollar buys what $1.81 buys today; put the other way round, a dollar today would have been worth about $0.55 back then.
The source is the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each past year is the annual average BLS publishes for it, and today is the latest published month, July 2026. The answer moves when BLS publishes, not when the clock does.
Averages hide a lot. An average of 2.62% across 23 years does not mean prices rose by that much in any particular year: the span contains years well above it and years where prices fell.
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