Paytective
ABS Consumer Price Index, 1948 to now

What’s your money worth today?

See what an amount from any year is worth now, and whether your pay has kept up with prices.

Common questions

How is inflation measured in Australia?

By the ABS Consumer Price Index: what a basket of everyday goods and services costs in the eight capital cities, measured every quarter.

Has my pay kept up with inflation?

Put in what you earned in an earlier year: if your pay today is less than the figure shown, your pay has gone backwards in real terms.