$1,000 in 2000 vs Today

$1,000.00 in 2000 has the same buying power as

$1,945.30

in 2026 · Price level increased by 94.5% (CPI-U 172.2 → 334.98)

Between 2000 and 2026 the Consumer Price Index rose from 172.2 to 334.980, so prices are roughly 1.9 times higher. What cost $1,000 in 2000 costs about $1,945.30 today — $100 today buys what about $51.41 bought at the turn of the millennium.

Inflation was relatively mild for most of the 2000s and 2010s, averaging close to 2% per year. The largest contribution to the increase since 2000 came in 2021–2023, when post-pandemic price surges pushed annual inflation above 9% at its peak.