$100 today would buy ________ worth of goods in the year you were born. (calculator)

[bertha katzenengel]

For me: 1963 -- $715.95

:wow:

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

[graywarrior]

1. Wow, in 1913 $100 could get you $2,212.99 worth of stuff!

For me, 909.07

[supernova]

2. 1962: $725

That means my mom's salary of 4500 in 1964 could have gone much farther today. :silly:

[PRETZEL]

3. No wonder I'm perputually broke,

$100
in 1959

has the same buying power as
$752.87
in 2008

Why can't I spend the 100 instead of the $752.

[RebelOne]

4. Well, since I was born in 1939,

that would buy $1,576.16 worth of stuff.

[otherlander]

5. $167

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. $336.02

[bigwillq]

8. Me too!

:) :bounce: :hi:

[old mark]

7. 1947 =$982.45

I remember reading the paper in the 1950's that some starter jobs were paying $50 a week, but you could find used cars for $100, and small houses were only a few thousand.

mark

[MANative]

9. In 1960

$740.16. Shite! :wow:

[BOSSHOG]

10. $814.45 in 1954

[TommyO]

11. $706.73

Just a year later than you.

[MrsBrady]

12. 1972 $524.13 n/t