William Howard Taft was paid $75,000 per year for his service as US president in 1909. In 2013, the U.S. President, Barak Hussein Obama was paid $400,000. Assume that the price index in 1909 and 2013 were 9 percent and 233 percent, respectively. What was the value of President Taft’s salary in 2013 dollars? Whose salary was worth more in 2013?
Value of President Taft's salary in 2013 can be calculated with
a simple formula:
Taft's salary x Price
Index in 2013 = 75,000 * 233/9 = 1,941,666.67
Price Index in 1909
Therefore President Taft's salary $75,000 in 1909 is equal to a
whooping $1,941,666.67 in 2013.
Without a doubt, Taft's salary is worth more than Obama's salary in
2013.
Formula I used:
Past dollars in terms of recent dollars = Dollar amount × Ending-period CPI ÷ Beginning-period CPI.
More recent dollars in terms of past dollars = Dollar Amount × Beginning-period CPI ÷ Ending-period CPI.
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