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Value of a dollar · 2013

Value of a Dollar in 2013

$1 in 2013 had the same buying power as $1.38 in 2025. Prices rose 38% over those 12 years, an average of 2.73% a year.

  • $100 from 2013 $138 in 2025 dollars
  • Prices since +38% 1.38× the 2013 level
  • Average inflation 2.73% a year, 2013–2025
  • $100 in 2025 $72.35 in 2013 dollars

2013 dollars in 2025 money

In 2013Worth in 2025
$1$1.38
$10$13.82
$100$138
$1,000$1,382
$10,000$13,821

For a specific amount or a different pair of years, use the inflation calculator.

How $100 from 2013 kept pace

The amount needed in each later year to buy what $100 bought in 2013:

  1. 2013 $100
  2. 2020 $111
  3. 2025 $138

Prices have not yet doubled since 2013. The steepest single year along the way was 2022, when inflation reached 8.00%. Read what happened in 2022.

The federal minimum wage in 2013

The federal minimum wage was $7.25 an hour in 2013. In 2025 dollars that is about $10.02, compared with the actual $7.25 in 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the federal floor bought about 28% less in 2025 than it did in 2013. See today’s rates on minimum wage by state.

Borrowing in 2013

A 30-year fixed mortgage averaged 3.98% in 2013, against 7.4% this week. See mortgage rates in 2013.

Value of a dollar in 2013 — FAQ

How much is $1 from 2013 worth today?

$1 in 2013 buys about as much as $1.38 did in 2025, the latest full year of Consumer Price Index data. $100 from 2013 equals about $138.

How much have prices gone up since 2013?

Consumer prices rose about 38% from 2013 to 2025, so things cost about 1.38 times as much. That works out to an average of 2.73% a year.

What would $100 in 2025 have been worth in 2013?

$100 in 2025 had the buying power of about $72.35 in 2013.

Based on annual average Consumer Price Index levels. 2025 is the latest full year in the data, so “today” on this page means 2025 dollars.

Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators, via APIVerve. Our tables, charts and text are licensed CC BY-NC 4.0: share and adapt them for non-commercial use as long as you credit us. For commercial use or bulk data, use the APIVerve API. See the data terms. Cite as: Digest Your Finances, “Value of a Dollar by Year”, https://digestyourfinances.com/studies/value-of-a-dollar/2013/ — based on World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY-NC 4.0.

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