CPI Refresher since 2000 (Patreon)

If you earned $52,104 in January 2000, you’d need to earn about $100,003 in August 2025 to buy the same things. Prices for housing, food, gas, and other everyday costs have nearly doubled, so your income has to nearly double too just to keep up.

Note also the US CPI is doctored. Things are a lot worse than this makes out.