Calculate the Value of $8,500 in 1980

What is $8.5k in 1980 money adjusted for inflation? Convert $8,500 from 1980 dollars to 2024 dollars.
Amount
$
From
To
$33,994
Adjusted for inflation, $8,500 in 1980 is equal to $33,994 in 2024.
Annual inflation over this period was 3.20%.
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 $8,500 in 1980 dollars worth?
Year Equivalent
2024 $33,994
2023 $32,891
2022 $30,897
2021 $28,866
2020 $28,478
2019 $27,842
2018 $27,320
2017 $26,756
2016 $26,212
2015 $26,022
2014 $25,827
2013 $25,445
2012 $25,009
2011 $24,290
2010 $23,932
2009 $23,298
2008 $23,276
2007 $22,364
2006 $21,810
2005 $21,089
2004 $20,424
2003 $20,048
2002 $19,582
2001 $19,283
2000 $18,651
1999 $18,164
1998 $17,875
1997 $17,576
Year Equivalent
1996 $17,011
1995 $16,590
1994 $16,158
1993 $15,726
1992 $15,282
1991 $14,828
1990 $13,975
1989 $13,354
1988 $12,789
1987 $12,246
1986 $12,113
1985 $11,669
1984 $11,226
1983 $10,816
1982 $10,417
1981 $9,564
1980 $8,500
1979 $7,503
1978 $6,882
1977 $6,450
1976 $6,151
1975 $5,752
1974 $5,120
1973 $4,710
1972 $4,555
1971 $4,411
1970 $4,178
1969 $3,934
Year Equivalent
1968 $3,757
1967 $3,646
1966 $3,524
1965 $3,458
1964 $3,424
1963 $3,369
1962 $3,325
1961 $3,302
1960 $3,258
1959 $3,203
1958 $3,147
1957 $3,059
1956 $2,970
1955 $2,959
1954 $2,981
1953 $2,959
1952 $2,937
1951 $2,771
1950 $2,615
1949 $2,671
1948 $2,593
1947 $2,383
1946 $2,017
1945 $1,973
1944 $1,928
1943 $1,873
1942 $1,718
1941 $1,563
Year Equivalent
1940 $1,551
1939 $1,551
1938 $1,596
1937 $1,551
1936 $1,529
1935 $1,485
1934 $1,463
1933 $1,452
1932 $1,618
1931 $1,784
1930 $1,906
1929 $1,895
1928 $1,917
1927 $1,962
1926 $1,984
1925 $1,917
1924 $1,917
1923 $1,873
1922 $1,917
1921 $2,150
1920 $2,095
1919 $1,829
1918 $1,518
1917 $1,286
1916 $1,141
1915 $1,119
1914 $1,108