$100 in 2006 has a different purchasing power than $100 today. Over the 20 years since 2006, U.S. consumer prices have risen substantially, so it takes more dollars now to buy the same goods. RaiseGauge computes the exact figure from the BLS CPI-U index.
This is the same inflation adjustment used to compare wages, prices, and budgets across decades: the honest way to ask what something “cost back then” is to convert it into today's dollars, because otherwise you are comparing dollars of different sizes. The page shows the equivalent value today, the total inflation since 2006, and a year-by-year chart of how the figure grew.
Compare nearby years: $100 in 2003 · $100 in 2004 · $100 in 2005 · $100 in 2007 · $100 in 2008 · $100 in 2009.
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Updated July 2026