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Use the form below to convert dollars from a past year into recent year dollars, adjusted for inflation. ("Century," as indicated below, refers to the first two digits in a year, e.g., 19 for any year 1900 to 1999.)

century, decade, year: 20 19 18 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 amount to convert: $ convert to year: 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995

Avoid undue precision. For years prior to 1913, round to no more than two places, e.g., $5283 becomes $5300. For more recent years, round to no more than three places, e.g., $5283 becomes $5280.

This calculator was created using data provided by Professor Robert Sahr (Robert.Sahr@orst.edu) of the Oregon State University Political Science Department. Professor Sahr's spreadsheet, which contains a more detailed explanation of how dollar figures are adjusted, is available as a PDF File.

If you're going to make more than one conversion, you may want to bookmark this page.

More information on these conversion factors can be found at Robert Sahr's page on the web.