Calculate the Value of $5,500 in 1949

What is $5.5k in 1949 money adjusted for inflation? Convert $5,500 from 1949 dollars to 2024 dollars.
Amount
$
From
To
$70,004
Adjusted for inflation, $5,500 in 1949 is equal to $70,004 in 2024.
Annual inflation over this period was 3.45%.
Value of a dollar
Calculates inflation to see what a U.S. dollar was worth in the past and today. View historical and today's current inflation rates, using the CPI provided by the United States government. Inflation data is updated regularly, so results may differ from other websites. How much has the cost of living increased? What was inflation for a specific period?
How much is $5,500 in 1949 dollars worth?
Year Equivalent
2024 $70,004
2023 $67,734
2022 $63,627
2021 $59,444
2020 $58,646
2019 $57,335
2018 $56,261
2017 $55,099
2016 $53,979
2015 $53,588
2014 $53,185
2013 $52,399
2012 $51,502
2011 $50,020
2010 $49,283
2009 $47,977
2008 $47,934
2007 $46,054
2006 $44,913
2005 $43,429
2004 $42,060
2003 $41,284
2002 $40,326
2001 $39,710
2000 $38,409
1999 $37,405
1998 $36,811
1997 $36,195
Year Equivalent
1996 $35,031
1995 $34,164
1994 $33,274
1993 $32,384
1992 $31,471
1991 $30,535
1990 $28,778
1989 $27,500
1988 $26,336
1987 $25,218
1986 $24,944
1985 $24,031
1984 $23,118
1983 $22,274
1982 $21,452
1981 $19,695
1980 $17,504
1979 $15,450
1978 $14,172
1977 $13,282
1976 $12,666
1975 $11,844
1974 $10,544
1973 $9,699
1972 $9,380
1971 $9,083
1970 $8,604
1969 $8,102
Year Equivalent
1968 $7,737
1967 $7,508
1966 $7,257
1965 $7,120
1964 $7,052
1963 $6,938
1962 $6,846
1961 $6,801
1960 $6,710
1959 $6,595
1958 $6,481
1957 $6,299
1956 $6,116
1955 $6,093
1954 $6,139
1953 $6,093
1952 $6,048
1951 $5,705
1950 $5,386
1949 $5,500
1948 $5,340
1947 $4,907
1946 $4,154
1945 $4,062
1944 $3,971
1943 $3,857
1942 $3,537
1941 $3,218
Year Equivalent
1940 $3,195
1939 $3,195
1938 $3,286
1937 $3,195
1936 $3,149
1935 $3,058
1934 $3,012
1933 $2,990
1932 $3,332
1931 $3,674
1930 $3,925
1929 $3,902
1928 $3,948
1927 $4,039
1926 $4,085
1925 $3,948
1924 $3,948
1923 $3,857
1922 $3,948
1921 $4,427
1920 $4,313
1919 $3,766
1918 $3,127
1917 $2,647
1916 $2,351
1915 $2,305
1914 $2,282