Calculate the Value of $6,000 in 1942

What is $6k in 1942 money adjusted for inflation? Convert $6,000 from 1942 dollars to 2024 dollars.
Amount
$
From
To
$118,740
Adjusted for inflation, $6,000 in 1942 is equal to $118,740 in 2024.
Annual inflation over this period was 3.71%.
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 $6,000 in 1942 dollars worth?
Year Equivalent
2024 $118,740
2023 $114,889
2022 $107,923
2021 $100,829
2020 $99,474
2019 $97,251
2018 $95,429
2017 $93,458
2016 $91,558
2015 $90,895
2014 $90,213
2013 $88,878
2012 $87,357
2011 $84,843
2010 $83,593
2009 $81,379
2008 $81,304
2007 $78,116
2006 $76,181
2005 $73,665
2004 $71,342
2003 $70,026
2002 $68,400
2001 $67,355
2000 $65,148
1999 $63,445
1998 $62,439
1997 $61,394
Year Equivalent
1996 $59,419
1995 $57,948
1994 $56,439
1993 $54,929
1992 $53,381
1991 $51,794
1990 $48,813
1989 $46,645
1988 $44,671
1987 $42,774
1986 $42,310
1985 $40,761
1984 $39,213
1983 $37,781
1982 $36,387
1981 $33,406
1980 $29,690
1979 $26,206
1978 $24,039
1977 $22,529
1976 $21,484
1975 $20,090
1974 $17,884
1973 $16,452
1972 $15,910
1971 $15,406
1970 $14,594
1969 $13,742
Year Equivalent
1968 $13,123
1967 $12,735
1966 $12,310
1965 $12,077
1964 $11,961
1963 $11,768
1962 $11,613
1961 $11,535
1960 $11,381
1959 $11,187
1958 $10,994
1957 $10,684
1956 $10,374
1955 $10,335
1954 $10,413
1953 $10,335
1952 $10,258
1951 $9,677
1950 $9,135
1949 $9,329
1948 $9,058
1947 $8,323
1946 $7,045
1945 $6,890
1944 $6,735
1943 $6,542
1942 $6,000
1941 $5,458
Year Equivalent
1940 $5,419
1939 $5,419
1938 $5,574
1937 $5,419
1936 $5,342
1935 $5,187
1934 $5,110
1933 $5,071
1932 $5,652
1931 $6,232
1930 $6,658
1929 $6,619
1928 $6,697
1927 $6,852
1926 $6,929
1925 $6,697
1924 $6,697
1923 $6,542
1922 $6,697
1921 $7,510
1920 $7,316
1919 $6,387
1918 $5,303
1917 $4,490
1916 $3,987
1915 $3,910
1914 $3,871