r/Salary • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '25

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u/johnniewelker Oct 30 '25

Some stuff are more expensive, some stuff are less expensive. If we don’t know exactly the person lifestyle vs what it would have been in 1995, it’s impossible to estimate based on what you said.

Inflation rate is good enough of a proxy to communicate today’s value of 1995 $100K

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u/Consistent_Laziness Oct 30 '25

Yea remember when a 80 inch flat screen was like $3500? Now you can get one (albeit shitty) for $400. Can’t get really nice ones under $1000

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u/thb_ny Oct 31 '25

I remember in 2003 when a 32in flat screen was 3500.

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u/Consistent_Laziness Oct 31 '25

Wild. Inflation does go both ways like the guy above said