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Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (ET) Friday, October 24, 2025 USDL-25-1502 Contact information: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – SEPTEMBER 2025 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in September, after rising 0.4 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.0 percent before seasonal adjustment. Note that September CPI data collection was completed before the lapse in appropriations. The index for gasoline rose 4.1 percent in September and was the largest factor in the all items monthly increase, as the index for energy rose 1.5 percent over the month. The food index increased 0.2 percent over the month as the food at home index rose 0.3 percent and the food away from home index increased 0.1 percent. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in September, after rising 0.3 percent in each of the 2 preceding months. Indexes that increased over the month include shelter, airline fares, recreation, household furnishings and operations, and apparel. The indexes for motor vehicle insurance, used cars and trucks, and communication were among the few major indexes that decreased in September. The all items index rose 3.0 percent for the 12 months ending September, after rising 2.9 percent over the 12 months ending August. The all items less food and energy index also rose 3.0 percent over the last 12 months. The energy index increased 2.8 percent for the 12 months ending September. The food index increased 3.1 percent over the last year. Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, Sep. 2024 - Sep. 2025 Percent change 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 Sep'24 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep'25 Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, Sep. 2024 - Sep. 2025 Percent change 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 Sep'24 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar All items Apr May Jun Jul All items less food and energy Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average 1 N o t s e a s o n a l l y adjusted. -2- Aug Sep'25 Food The index for food rose 0.2 percent in September, after rising 0.5 percent in August. The food at home index increased 0.3 percent over the month. Four of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased in September. The index for other food at home rose 0.5 percent over the month after rising 0.1 percent in August. The cereals and bakery products index and the nonalcoholic beverages index both increased 0.7 percent in September. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 0.3 percent over the month following a 1.0-percent increase in August. The dairy and related products index declined 0.5 percent in September as the cheese and related products index decreased 0.7 percent. The index for fruits and vegetables was unchanged over the month. The food away from home index rose 0.1 percent in September. The index for limited service meals rose 0.2 percent over the month while the index for full service meals was unchanged. The index for food at home rose 2.7 percent over the 12 months ending in September, as it did over the 12 months ending in August. The meats, poultry, fish, and eggs index rose 5.2 percent over the last 12 months. The index for nonalcoholic beverages increased 5.3 percent over the same period and the index for other food at home rose 1.9 percent. The cereals and bakery products index increased 1.6 percent over the 12 months ending in September. The index for fruits and vegetables rose 1.3 percent and the index for dairy and related products increased 0.7 percent over the same period. The food away from home index rose 3.7 percent over the last year. The index for full service meals rose 4.2 percent and the index for limited service meals rose 3.2 percent over the same period. Energy The index for energy increased 1.5 percent in September, after rising 0.7 percent in August. The gasoline index increased 4.1 percent over the month. (Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices increased 1.1 percent in September.) The index for electricity decreased 0.5 percent over the month and the index for natural gas decreased 1.2 percent over the same period. The index for energy increased 2.8 percent over the past 12 months. The electricity index increased 5.1 percent over the 12 months ending in September and the natural gas index rose 11.7 percent. In contrast, the index for gasoline fell 0.5 percent over this 12-month span. All items less food and energy The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in September, after rising 0.3 percent in each of the preceding 2 months. The shelter index increased 0.2 percent over the month. The index for owners’ equivalent rent rose 0.1 percent in September, the smallest 1-month increase in that index since January 2021. The rent index increased 0.2 percent over the month. The index for lodging away from home rose 1.3 percent in September. The index for airline fares increased 2.7 percent over the month, after rising 5.9 percent in August. The recreation index rose 0.4 percent in September as did the household furnishings and operations index. The index for apparel rose 0.7 percent over the month and the index for personal care increased 0.4 percent. The new vehicles index rose 0.2 percent in September. -3- The motor vehicle insurance index declined 0.4 percent in September, after being unchanged in August. The index for used cars and trucks also decreased 0.4 percent over the month and the index for communication declined 0.2 percent. The medical care index increased 0.2 percent over the month, after declining 0.2 percent in August. The index for hospital services increased 0.3 percent over the month, as did the index for prescription drugs. The dental services index decreased 0.6 percent in September and the physicians’ services index declined 0.1 percent. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.0 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index increased 3.6 percent over the last year. Other indexes with notable increases over the last year include medical care (+3.3 percent), household furnishings and operations (+4.1 percent), recreation (+3.0 percent), and used cars and trucks (+5.1 percent). Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 3.0 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 324.800 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.3 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 2.9 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 318.139 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.3 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 2.9 percent over the last 12 months. For the month, the index increased 0.3 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please note that the indexes for the past 10 to 12 months are subject to revision. _______________ BLS staff availability on October 24, 2025 Due to the lapse in appropriations, BLS press office staff will be available to answer questions about September 2025 CPI data only until noon (ET) today, October 24, 2025. The press office can be reached at PressOffice@bls.gov. The Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2026 is announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Visit www.ssa.gov for more information. Changes to health insurance index With the next release of CPI data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will remove long-term care (LTC) insurance from the health insurance index. There have been changes in the market for LTC insurance that now make it out of scope and ineligible for pricing in the CPI market basket. -4- Technical Note Brief Explanation of the CPI The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in prices paid by consumers for goods and services. The CPI reflects spending patterns for each of two population groups: all urban consumers and urban wage earners and clerical workers. The all urban consumer group represents over 90 percent of the total U.S. population. It is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well as urban wage earners and clerical workers. Not included in the CPI are the spending patterns of people living in rural nonmetropolitan areas, farming families, people in the Armed Forces, and those in institutions, such as prisons and mental hospitals. Consumer inflation for all urban consumers is measured by two indexes, namely, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U). The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is based on the expenditures of households included in the CPI-U definition that meet two requirements: more than onehalf of the household's income must come from clerical or wage occupations, and at least one of the household's earners must have been employed for at least 37 weeks during the previous 12 months. The CPI-W population represents approximately 30 percent of the total U.S. population and is a subset of the CPI-U population. The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, fuels, transportation, doctors’ and dentists’ services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected each month in 75 urban areas across the country from about 6,000 housing units and approximately 22,000 retail establishments (department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments). All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 75 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visit, telephone call, web, or app collection by the Bureau’s trained representatives. In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are aggregated using weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For the CPI-U and CPI-W, separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 23 selected local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period. For the C-CPI-U, data are issued only at the national level. The CPI-U and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to three subsequent quarterly revisions. The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For most of the CPI-U and the CPI-W, the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000. Alternatively, that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services rising from $100 to $107. Sampling Error in the CPI The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error because it is based upon a sample of retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the 1-5- month, 2-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent change standard errors annually for the CPI-U. These standard error estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For example, the estimated standard error of the 1-month percent change is 0.03 percent for the U.S. all items CPI. This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail prices using the same methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95 percent of these estimates will be within 0.06 percent of the 1-month percentage change based on all retail prices. For example, for a 1month change of 0.2 percent in the all items CPI-U, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.14 and 0.26 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the estimates of standard error, see www.bls.gov/cpi/tables/varianceestimates/home.htm. Calculating Index Changes Movements of the indexes from 1 month to another are usually expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to its base period, while percent changes are not. The following table shows an example of using index values to calculate percent changes: Item A Item B Item C Year I 112.500 225.000 110.000 Year II 121.500 243.000 128.000 9.000 18.000 18.000 Change in index points Percent change 9.0/112.500 x 100 = 8.0 18.0/225.000 x 100 = 8.0 18.0/110.000 x 100 = 16.4 Use of Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data The Consumer Price Index (CPI) program produces both unadjusted and seasonally adjusted data. Seasonally adjusted data are computed using seasonal factors derived by the X-13ARIMA-SEATS seasonal adjustment method. These factors are updated each February, and the new factors are used to revise the previous 5 years of seasonally adjusted data. The factors are available at www.bls.gov/cpi/tables/seasonal-adjustment/seasonal-factors-2025.xlsx. For more information on data revision scheduling, please see the Factsheet on Seasonal Adjustment at www.bls.gov/cpi/seasonaladjustment/questions-and-answers.htm and the Timeline of Seasonal Adjustment Methodological Changes at www.bls.gov/cpi/seasonal-adjustment/timeline-seasonal-adjustment-methodologychanges.htm. How to Use Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data For analyzing short-term price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year—such as price movements resulting from weather events, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. This allows data users to focus on changes that are not typical for the time of year. The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. Unadjusted data are also used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index -6- before adjustment for seasonal variation. BLS advises against the use of seasonally adjusted data in escalation agreements because seasonally adjusted series are revised annually for five years. Intervention Analysis The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses intervention analysis seasonal adjustment (IASA) for some CPI series. Sometimes extreme values or sharp movements can distort the underlying seasonal pattern of price change. Intervention analysis seasonal adjustment is a process by which the distortions caused by such unusual events are estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. The resulting seasonal factors, which more accurately represent the seasonal pattern, are then applied to the unadjusted data. For example, this procedure was used for the motor fuel series to offset the effects of the 2009 return to normal pricing after the worldwide economic downturn in 2008. Retaining this outlier data during seasonal factor calculation would distort the computation of the seasonal portion of the time series data for motor fuel, so it was estimated and removed from the data prior to seasonal adjustment. Following that, seasonal factors were calculated based on this “prior adjusted” data. These seasonal factors represent a clearer picture of the seasonal pattern in the data. The last step is for motor fuel seasonal factors to be applied to the unadjusted data. For the seasonal factors introduced for January 2025, BLS adjusted 63 series using intervention analysis seasonal adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels and vehicles. Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Indexes Seasonally adjusted data, including the U.S. city average all items index levels, are subject to revision for up to 5 years after their original release. Every year, economists in the CPI calculate new seasonal factors for seasonally adjusted series and apply them to the last 5 years of data. Seasonally adjusted indexes beyond the last 5 years of data are considered to be final and not subject to revision. For January 2025, revised seasonal factors and seasonally adjusted indexes for 2020 to 2024 were calculated and published. For series which are directly adjusted using the Census X-13ARIMA-SEATS seasonal adjustment software, the seasonal factors for 2024 will be applied to data for 2025 to produce the seasonally adjusted 2025 indexes. Series which are indirectly seasonally adjusted by summing seasonally adjusted component series have seasonal factors which are derived and are therefore not available in advance. Determining Seasonal Status Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. Using these criteria, BLS economists determine whether a series should change its status from "not seasonally adjusted" to "seasonally adjusted", or vice versa. If any of the 81 components of the U.S. city average all items index change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes before that period will not be changed. For 2025, 34 of the 81 components of the U.S. city average all items index are not seasonally adjusted. Contact Information For additional information about the CPI visit www.bls.gov/cpi or contact the CPI Information and Analysis Section at 202-691-7000 or cpi_info@bls.gov. For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI visit www.bls.gov/cpi/seasonaladjustment/home.htm If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services. -7- Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted indexes Sep. 2024 Aug. 2025 Sep. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Jun. 2025Jul. 2025 Jul. 2025Aug. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 All items............................................ . Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereals and bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . Dairy and related products1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials................................. . Other food at home....................... . Food away from home1..................... . 100.000 13.646 7.993 1.091 1.644 0.726 1.311 315.301 332.083 307.767 356.088 332.525 269.643 353.508 323.976 341.295 314.608 359.740 347.509 272.840 356.104 324.800 342.405 316.042 361.894 349.716 271.583 358.019 3.0 3.1 2.7 1.6 5.2 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 -0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.1 1.0 0.1 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.3 -0.5 0.0 0.908 2.313 5.653 219.488 272.658 371.604 229.406 276.649 384.909 231.144 277.710 385.451 5.3 1.9 3.7 0.8 0.4 0.1 -0.5 -0.5 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.1 Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuel oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline (all types). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy services.............................. . Electricity................................... . Utility (piped) gas service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.400 3.166 0.074 3.033 2.949 3.235 2.465 0.770 275.740 293.273 334.792 287.876 287.102 269.593 282.522 225.366 283.247 289.117 347.565 283.504 282.358 289.154 298.738 255.253 283.589 292.190 348.399 286.672 285.595 286.838 296.887 251.728 2.8 -0.4 4.1 -0.4 -0.5 6.4 5.1 11.7 0.1 1.1 0.2 1.1 1.1 -0.8 -0.6 -1.4 -1.1 -1.9 1.8 -2.0 -2.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.9 0.7 1.7 -0.3 1.8 1.9 -0.2 0.2 -1.6 1.5 3.8 0.6 4.0 4.1 -0.7 -0.5 -1.2 All items less food and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and energy commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New vehicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Used cars and trucks..................... . Medical care commodities1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco and smoking products1. . . . . . . . Services less energy services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelter...................................... . Rent of primary residence. . . . . . . . . . . . . Owners’ equivalent rent of residences2........................... . Medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Physicians’ services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hospital services1, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle maintenance and repair1. . . . . . . .......................... . Motor vehicle insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Airline fares. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.954 321.109 329.970 330.804 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 165.534 167.448 168.083 135.537 131.989 135.424 177.435 178.698 178.770 178.072 188.960 187.121 413.708 416.721 416.471 291.683 296.908 297.507 1,562.356 1,660.548 1,670.441 420.286 433.930 434.852 404.133 417.902 418.598 423.821 436.981 438.212 1.5 -0.1 0.8 5.1 0.7 2.0 6.9 3.5 3.6 3.4 0.4 2.6 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 1.0 -0.3 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.2 -0.4 -0.1 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 1 Not seasonally adjusted. Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 2 19.319 2.504 4.307 2.440 1.503 0.828 0.491 60.635 35.471 7.456 26.231 6.765 1.805 1.965 6.243 415.601 615.354 420.170 415.293 436.331 430.387 637.817 430.753 436.917 446.688 431.245 639.215 430.246 438.310 447.451 3.8 3.9 2.4 5.5 2.5 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.4 -0.1 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0.3 0.3 1.052 2.804 0.855 411.276 863.292 250.030 441.987 894.075 250.982 442.843 890.473 258.027 7.7 3.1 3.2 0.2 -0.4 2.8 1.0 0.1 4.0 2.4 0.0 5.9 0.2 -0.4 2.7 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure category, September 2025 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category All items................................................................ . Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereals and bakery products................................ . Cereals and cereal products.............................. . Flour and prepared flour mixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breakfast cereal1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rice, pasta, cornmeal................................... . Rice1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bakery products1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bread1, 2................................................ . White bread1, 3...................................... . Bread other than white1, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies1..................... . Cookies1, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh cakes and cupcakes1, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts1, 3. . . . Crackers, bread, and cracker products3. . . . . . . . . Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers3.................................. . Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............................... . Meats, poultry, and fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beef and veal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked ground beef1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef roasts2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef steaks2............................ . Uncooked other beef and veal1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork..................................................... . Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bacon and related products3................... . Breakfast sausage and related products2, 3. . . Ham.................................................. . Ham, excluding canned3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork chops1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... . Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs2.. . Other meats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frankfurters3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lunchmeats1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poultry.................................................. . Chicken2............................................. . Fresh whole chicken3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh and frozen chicken parts3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other uncooked poultry including turkey2. . . . . . . . Fish and seafood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fish and seafood1, 2......................... . Processed fish and seafood2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelf stable fish and seafood3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen fish and seafood3....................... . Eggs....................................................... . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 100.000 13.646 7.993 1.091 0.326 0.030 0.141 0.155 0.765 0.139 0.134 0.213 0.279 1.644 1.490 0.961 0.491 0.220 0.062 0.144 0.065 0.288 0.105 0.042 0.049 0.092 0.183 0.287 0.216 0.071 0.242 0.140 0.102 0.154 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Jun. 2025Jul. 2025 Jul. 2025Aug. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 3.0 3.1 2.7 1.6 -0.8 1.1 0.4 -1.5 -1.7 2.7 1.8 1.1 2.5 3.9 2.2 1.7 3.7 2.6 5.5 2.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.4 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 -1.1 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0.6 0.2 1.8 1.4 5.7 1.5 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.9 -1.9 -0.7 -0.6 -1.1 0.2 0.4 -0.1 1.2 -0.2 1.7 4.2 -0.4 -1.0 -1.8 -1.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.4 -0.6 0.3 1.5 0.0 -0.2 0.4 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 -2.3 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.3 1.0 0.4 -1.1 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0.6 0.2 1.8 1.4 5.7 1.6 0.4 5.2 6.0 8.5 14.7 12.9 18.4 16.6 12.4 1.6 -0.1 0.6 0.9 1.6 1.0 0.5 3.9 0.5 1.2 1.4 -1.8 0.2 0.7 1.0 1.5 2.4 1.4 2.3 2.2 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.1 1.8 2.7 2.3 4.0 4.1 2.3 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.8 1.3 1.2 0.5 4.8 0.0 1.2 0.5 3.5 5.8 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.5 4.6 1.5 4.1 1.4 1.5 0.1 2.2 0.6 2.1 3.0 1.0 -3.0 6.6 -1.3 0.3 1.6 -2.2 1.5 1.4 1.5 2.6 3.4 0.9 4.2 -0.3 -1.1 -0.9 -1.1 2.1 -0.3 0.3 -1.2 -2.0 -0.7 -2.1 -0.5 0.6 -1.2 3.7 3.9 2.0 0.3 0.2 -1.1 1.9 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0.4 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 1.1 -3.9 1.2 1.1 2.5 -4.9 -5.2 -1.3 1.5 2.2 -0.5 0.0 -0.7 0.1 -0.5 0.3 -2.8 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.1 1.7 0.0 -1.6 -0.6 -2.3 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.9 2.9 1.5 4.2 0.1 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 1.4 -0.3 0.3 -1.1 -1.8 -0.8 -4.7 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure category, September 2025 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Dairy and related products1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milk1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh whole milk1, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh milk other than whole1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheese and related products1............................ . Ice cream and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other dairy and related products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fruits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bananas1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citrus fruits2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oranges, including tangerines3................... . Other fresh fruits2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Potatoes................................................ . Lettuce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tomatoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fruits and vegetables2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits and vegetables2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned vegetables2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen fruits and vegetables2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen vegetables3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dried beans, peas, and lentils1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . . . Juices and nonalcoholic drinks2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carbonated drinks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks1, 2. . . . . . . . . . Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks2. . . . . . . . . Beverage materials including coffee and tea2. . . . . . . . . . . Coffee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roasted coffee3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instant coffee1, 3....................................... . Other beverage materials including tea1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . Other food at home........................................... . Sugar and sweets.......................................... . Sugar and sugar substitutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candy and chewing gum2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other sweets2............................................ . Fats and oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Butter and margarine2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Butter3.................................................. . Margarine3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salad dressing1, 2........................................ . Other fats and oils including peanut butter2. . . . . . . . . . Peanut butter1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other foods............................................... . Soups................................................... . Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods. . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 0.726 0.195 0.251 0.128 0.152 1.311 1.090 0.543 0.085 0.113 0.065 0.280 0.547 0.087 0.069 0.089 0.302 0.221 0.091 0.066 0.064 0.908 0.623 0.346 0.004 0.274 0.285 0.153 0.132 2.313 0.337 0.028 0.237 0.072 0.243 0.054 0.065 0.123 1.733 0.111 0.268 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Jun. 2025Jul. 2025 Jul. 2025Aug. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 0.7 2.1 1.1 2.6 1.1 -0.7 0.2 1.3 1.2 -0.2 5.3 6.9 0.8 3.0 -2.3 2.8 3.7 4.2 1.1 2.7 2.5 5.0 4.8 4.9 0.8 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0.5 0.4 0.9 -3.3 0.4 -0.1 -1.0 2.6 0.0 1.3 -0.6 0.2 -0.3 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.7 1.9 2.5 1.5 -0.4 -0.3 1.3 0.0 -0.1 -1.4 -1.7 0.4 2.0 2.1 -2.6 1.2 -2.3 4.0 3.3 1.4 0.6 0.0 0.6 -0.3 1.4 1.2 0.1 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0.3 -0.1 1.6 2.0 1.0 3.5 2.1 1.2 0.9 -0.2 3.0 1.8 3.5 4.5 2.9 -0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.7 -0.9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.5 -1.8 0.4 -0.6 -1.1 -0.2 0.0 2.6 -1.8 0.7 -0.5 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.9 5.3 3.1 3.6 9.6 1.8 10.6 18.9 18.9 21.7 1.7 1.9 6.7 2.9 9.8 0.4 -1.7 -2.0 -1.8 1.4 1.1 -2.8 -1.2 1.5 2.1 1.1 1.4 0.5 0.8 1.5 1.1 2.2 2.1 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 0.5 -1.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.2 -0.4 1.3 1.8 0.5 2.1 0.3 -3.3 0.6 0.8 0.7 -0.5 -1.3 -1.2 5.3 -1.7 1.2 2.3 2.1 1.6 0.0 -0.5 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 -0.9 -1.5 -0.7 -1.0 0.0 1.4 -2.3 -2.6 -0.4 -1.1 -0.8 -1.8 -3.0 0.6 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.7 2.8 3.6 4.1 4.9 1.5 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.3 -1.6 1.3 0.3 -1.7 -0.1 1.8 -1.2 1.4 0.5 0.7 1.4 1.4 2.2 1.7 -0.7 -0.1 -0.4 0.5 -1.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.2 0.2 1.8 0.2 2.1 0.5 -1.6 1.2 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure category, September 2025 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Relative importance Aug. 2025 Snacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces. . . . . . . . . . . Salt and other seasonings and spices2, 3. . . . . . . . Olives, pickles, relishes2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sauces and gravies2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other condiments3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baby food and formula1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other miscellaneous foods2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepared salads3, 4................................. . Food away from home1......................................... . Full service meals and snacks1, 2........................... . Limited service meals and snacks1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at employee sites and schools1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at elementary and secondary schools1, 3, 5. . . . . . . Food from vending machines and mobile vendors1, 2. . . . Other food away from home1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.362 0.387 Energy............................................................... . Energy commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuel oil and other fuels....................................... . Fuel oil....................................................... . Propane, kerosene, and firewood6....................... . Motor fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline (all types). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded regular3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded midgrade3, 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded premium3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other motor fuels1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy services.................................................. . Electricity....................................................... . Utility (piped) gas service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.400 3.166 0.133 0.074 0.059 3.033 2.949 All items less food and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and energy commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . Household furnishings and supplies8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window and floor coverings and other linens2. . . . . . . . . . Floor coverings1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window coverings1, 2.................................... . Other linens2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and bedding1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bedroom furniture1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture1, 2. . . Other furniture2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appliances2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major appliances2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laundry equipment1, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other appliances2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other household equipment and furnishings2. . . . . . . . . . . Clocks, lamps, and decorator items1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indoor plants and flowers9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dishes and flatware1, 2.................................. . Nonelectric cookware and tableware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies1, 2.. . Tools, hardware and supplies2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outdoor equipment and supplies1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. 0.059 0.547 5.653 2.451 2.828 0.073 0.056 0.245 0.083 3.235 2.465 0.770 79.954 19.319 3.388 0.237 0.058 0.055 0.124 0.791 0.253 0.389 0.140 0.221 0.069 0.149 0.493 0.289 0.114 0.036 0.055 0.853 0.246 0.367 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Jun. 2025Jul. 2025 Jul. 2025Aug. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 2.0 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.5 7.8 0.6 1.4 3.3 3.7 4.2 3.2 3.8 1.4 6.3 5.3 1.4 -1.1 -0.3 -1.3 -1.2 -1.5 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.7 -0.5 -1.5 -1.3 0.4 1.6 -1.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.9 -1.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.9 -1.0 1.7 0.3 0.4 0.1 -0.8 1.2 -0.4 1.0 -0.9 -0.7 0.1 1.3 1.0 -0.5 0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.7 1.6 0.4 2.8 -0.4 0.5 4.1 -3.9 -0.4 -0.5 -0.7 -0.1 0.5 3.3 6.4 5.1 11.7 0.1 1.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.7 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.5 0.1 -0.8 -0.6 -1.4 -1.1 -1.9 1.0 1.8 -1.1 -2.0 -2.2 -2.2 -2.0 -1.1 4.5 -0.3 -0.1 -0.9 0.7 1.7 -1.1 -0.3 -0.2 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.5 -0.5 -0.2 0.2 -1.6 1.5 3.8 -1.2 0.6 -1.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 3.4 3.1 0.1 -0.7 -0.5 -1.2 3.0 1.5 3.0 1.7 2.5 0.1 2.0 3.8 1.5 5.9 2.4 1.3 -0.6 -0.2 2.2 2.3 2.6 4.5 -4.4 1.4 4.3 6.2 3.0 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.0 -1.4 1.9 0.9 1.1 -0.2 3.3 0.7 0.2 -0.7 0.9 0.3 0.0 -0.4 2.8 1.8 -0.3 0.0 -0.7 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.2 0.7 -0.8 1.4 0.9 1.5 1.0 1.5 -0.9 -2.2 -1.8 -0.4 -0.2 -1.8 1.5 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.2 2.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 -5.6 -1.2 -0.5 -6.7 0.3 -0.4 0.7 1.8 0.4 -1.1 -2.9 1.4 -0.2 -0.3 2.8 -0.4 -0.2 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.0 -1.4 -0.5 0.9 1.1 -0.2 1.9 0.8 0.4 -0.7 0.7 -0.2 0.0 -1.4 2.8 1.2 -0.3 -1.0 -0.7 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure category, September 2025 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Housekeeping supplies1................................... . Household cleaning products1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household paper products1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous household products1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel......................................................... . Men’s and boys’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear. . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s shirts and sweaters2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s pants and shorts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boys’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s and girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s outerwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s dresses..................................... . Women’s suits and separates2...................... . Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s footwear........................................... . Boys’ and girls’ footwear1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s footwear....................................... . Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry and watches6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Watches1, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry6................................................... . Transportation commodities less motor fuel8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . New vehicles................................................ . New cars3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New trucks3, 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Used cars and trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle parts and equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tires1...................................................... . Vehicle accessories other than tires1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires1, 3. . . Motor oil, coolant, and fluids1, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care commodities1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medicinal drugs1, 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescription drugs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonprescription drugs8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical equipment and supplies1, 8...................... . Recreation commodities8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video and audio products8................................ . Televisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other video equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recorded music and music subscriptions1, 2. . . . . . . . . Pets and pet products1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet food and treats1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories1, 2, 3. . . . Sporting goods1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Jun. 2025Jul. 2025 Jul. 2025Aug. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 0.793 0.293 0.178 0.321 2.504 0.654 0.529 0.087 2.1 0.1 5.5 2.2 -0.1 1.5 2.5 0.0 0.8 0.4 1.0 1.1 2.6 2.9 2.6 0.6 0.0 0.1 -0.4 0.2 0.1 -1.3 -1.6 -2.6 0.4 0.4 1.2 0.0 0.5 0.4 1.0 -0.3 0.8 0.4 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.5 1.5 -2.1 0.138 0.151 0.137 0.125 0.979 0.869 0.079 0.136 0.350 1.8 2.6 4.9 -2.0 -1.9 -2.0 4.6 3.7 -2.8 2.6 3.9 2.4 3.9 3.4 3.0 5.1 3.9 4.4 0.3 -2.6 -2.0 -0.6 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 2.7 -1.7 -2.2 1.3 4.2 -1.9 0.2 0.1 4.4 1.7 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.9 2.6 0.4 0.3 -0.8 -3.0 0.8 0.293 0.110 0.576 0.196 0.111 0.269 0.103 0.191 0.041 0.150 7.247 4.307 -4.6 -1.1 1.3 0.7 -1.0 2.8 0.2 2.0 6.6 1.7 2.3 0.8 1.2 0.7 5.1 3.1 3.5 1.5 2.5 -1.5 0.7 0.6 1.7 -1.8 0.8 0.8 1.6 -6.0 1.2 13.6 3.1 0.9 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.2 6.9 1.9 2.1 1.1 2.1 0.7 0.7 3.2 0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.0 0.5 0.6 -0.2 0.7 -1.4 -0.1 0.0 0.3 -0.7 -0.6 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.3 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.4 3.3 0.8 -0.8 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 1.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.5 1.1 0.4 0.8 0.5 -0.2 2.2 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.4 -2.8 0.8 -0.4 -1.2 1.5 0.2 1.0 5.5 1.9 6.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.3 1.7 2.0 0.8 -0.3 -0.4 -0.2 -0.9 0.6 0.0 0.5 2.5 -2.5 -0.8 0.4 -0.5 -0.3 -0.6 0.1 0.1 1.4 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.5 -0.3 -0.5 3.2 -2.8 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.4 0.5 0.6 -0.2 0.7 -1.4 -0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 -0.6 0.4 -0.1 -1.1 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.440 0.364 0.299 0.065 1.503 1.323 0.914 0.409 0.180 1.830 0.254 0.086 0.028 0.060 0.074 0.621 0.468 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure category, September 2025 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Sports vehicles including bicycles1. . .................. . Sports equipment1....................................... . Photographic equipment and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographic equipment1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreational reading materials1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newspapers and magazines1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreational books1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other recreational goods2................................. . Toys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment2, 3........................................ . Sewing machines, fabric and supplies1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . Music instruments and accessories1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication commodities8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational books and supplies1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College textbooks1, 3, 11. . ............................... . Information technology commodities8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computers, peripherals, and smart home assistants1, 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer software and accessories1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smartphones1, 3, 12.................................... . Alcoholic beverages1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home1. . . . . . . Distilled spirits at home1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiskey at home1, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home1, 3. . . . Wine at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages away from home1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................... . Wine away from home1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distilled spirits away from home1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other goods8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco and smoking products1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cigarettes1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco products other than cigarettes1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care products1................................... . Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous personal goods2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap3. . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less energy services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelter.......................................................... . Rent of shelter13............................................ . Rent of primary residence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lodging away from home2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing at school, excluding board13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Owners’ equivalent rent of residences13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 0.234 0.219 0.020 0.099 0.054 0.045 0.367 0.288 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Jun. 2025Jul. 2025 Jul. 2025Aug. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 0.2 -0.1 5.8 5.7 2.1 5.6 -1.7 0.4 0.2 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -1.0 0.5 0.4 1.1 -0.4 1.2 2.1 -0.3 1.0 -1.9 0.3 0.2 0.6 -0.6 1.1 1.8 0.9 -1.1 3.4 0.0 -0.8 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -1.0 0.1 -0.1 1.4 -6.4 6.1 -4.0 0.6 2.6 0.0 -1.3 0.1 0.4 -1.4 -1.1 9.1 1.1 -0.3 -0.6 -0.2 -0.3 0.3 1.1 1.0 -0.8 -0.7 -0.9 -0.8 0.691 6.8 -5.1 0.5 1.1 1.0 -0.9 -0.7 -0.9 -0.9 0.264 0.026 -0.7 -6.1 0.2 -1.9 -1.2 -2.6 -0.6 -5.5 0.2 -1.9 0.401 0.188 0.386 -7.7 -14.9 2.0 0.3 1.0 1.8 1.2 2.3 -1.2 4.1 -1.6 -2.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 -1.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.6 -0.3 0.2 0.3 -0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.6 -1.4 -2.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 -0.2 0.3 1.287 0.491 0.371 0.114 0.643 3.6 2.9 4.1 3.7 6.9 8.2 2.3 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.8 -1.4 0.0 0.5 -0.1 0.1 0.4 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.286 2.2 1.0 0.2 0.5 1.0 0.347 0.153 60.635 35.471 35.049 7.456 1.363 0.243 0.7 2.5 3.1 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 -0.1 3.4 0.5 1.7 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 -1.4 0.5 -0.2 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 -1.0 0.1 0.3 -1.8 -0.8 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 2.3 0.8 0.5 1.4 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.3 -0.1 1.119 26.231 -0.8 3.8 -1.8 0.2 -1.3 0.3 2.6 0.4 1.7 0.1 0.021 0.043 0.732 0.041 0.828 0.441 0.151 0.102 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure category, September 2025 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence13. . . Tenants’ and household insurance1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water and sewer and trash collection services2. . . . . . . . . . . Water and sewerage maintenance1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garbage and trash collection1, 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household operations1, 2..................................... . Domestic services1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardening and lawncare services1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving, storage, freight expense2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repair of household items1, 2............................. . Medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Physicians’ services1.................................... . Dental services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eyeglasses and eye care1, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services by other medical professionals1, 6. . . . . . . . . . . Hospital and related services1............................ . Hospital services1, 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inpatient hospital services1, 3, 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outpatient hospital services1, 3, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursing homes and adult day services14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Care of invalids and elderly at home1, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health insurance1, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leased cars and trucks1, 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Car and truck rental2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle maintenance and repair1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle body work1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing1. . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle repair1, 2.................................. . Motor vehicle insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle fees1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State motor vehicle registration and license fees1, 2.................................................. . Parking and other fees1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parking fees and tolls2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Airline fares............................................... . Other intercity transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ship fare1, 2, 3.......................................... . Intracity transportation1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intracity mass transit1, 3, 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreation services8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video and audio services8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cable, satellite, and live streaming television service10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purchase, subscription, and rental of video1, 2. . . . . . . Video discs and other media1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscription and rental of video and video games1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet services including veterinary2........................ . Pet services2, 3........................................... . Veterinarian services1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographers and photo processing1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Jun. 2025Jul. 2025 Jul. 2025Aug. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 25.034 0.422 1.089 0.742 0.347 3.8 7.5 4.8 4.6 5.4 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.4 -0.5 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.1 1.2 0.1 0.4 -0.5 0.361 0.125 13.9 1.6 0.5 -0.9 -1.7 1.3 6.765 3.680 1.805 0.949 0.333 3.9 2.6 2.4 3.2 4.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.2 2.6 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.3 -0.7 0.7 0.3 -0.4 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 2.287 1.965 5.8 5.5 5.2 6.2 4.1 11.6 4.2 2.5 -3.9 -5.0 7.7 5.4 5.1 11.5 3.1 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.3 7.0 0.3 0.2 -0.6 -5.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 -0.2 0.1 1.0 -0.3 -6.9 2.4 0.0 0.3 7.0 0.3 0.3 -0.6 0.3 0.2 0.8 -0.3 -0.4 1.1 0.6 -0.1 0.4 0.4 0.8 -0.4 -2.9 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.4 5.0 0.0 -0.1 0.8 -0.3 -0.4 1.1 0.7 1.7 2.8 1.8 3.2 -2.6 -7.3 0.3 1.8 4.4 1.9 0.1 2.6 0.1 1.7 2.8 -1.9 -1.9 1.1 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0.4 3.0 4.0 -1.6 0.5 0.9 0.0 0.4 -0.3 -0.5 0.4 -0.1 3.6 5.9 -1.5 0.6 -0.6 0.4 -0.2 -0.6 0.1 2.6 -0.1 1.6 2.7 -1.7 -1.9 1.1 -0.1 0.4 0.3 2.2 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.4 2.2 -0.5 0.4 1.0 -0.3 -1.8 -0.4 0.2 0.4 2.2 4.8 6.9 5.1 7.8 -2.3 0.4 1.0 -0.2 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.2 0.9 -2.7 0.6 0.2 0.1 -0.8 0.4 1.3 0.2 1.4 0.2 0.167 0.155 0.797 6.243 0.382 0.135 1.052 0.054 0.508 0.426 2.804 0.491 0.278 0.200 1.379 0.855 0.208 0.311 3.439 0.804 0.650 0.154 0.538 0.053 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure category, September 2025 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Other recreation services2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or other organizations, or participant sports fees2. . . . Admissions1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts1, 2, 3........................................ . Admission to sporting events1, 2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees for lessons or instructions1, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication services8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuition, other school fees, and childcare................ . College tuition and fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . . . . . . Day care and preschool1, 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical and business school tuition and fees2. . . . . Postage and delivery services2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delivery services2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone services1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wireless telephone services1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential telephone services1, 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internet services and electronic information providers1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other personal services1, 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haircuts and other personal care services1, 2. . . . . . . . Miscellaneous personal services1........................ . Legal services1, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Funeral expenses1, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laundry and dry cleaning services1, 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning1, 2............................................. . Financial services1, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Checking account and other bank services1, 2, 3. . . Tax return preparation and other accounting fees1, 2, 3............................................. . 1 Not seasonally adjusted. Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 4 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 2009=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 2019=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 14 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 2 Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Jun. 2025Jul. 2025 Jul. 2025Aug. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 2.044 5.1 0.0 0.7 -0.1 0.2 0.807 0.740 6.2 4.3 0.0 0.3 -0.3 1.5 0.2 -0.6 0.5 0.3 0.168 4.907 2.525 1.302 0.392 0.727 0.039 0.053 0.051 0.002 1.394 1.226 0.169 4.0 -6.9 4.0 1.1 2.9 1.4 3.8 5.2 2.0 4.7 4.9 8.0 -1.8 -2.1 1.2 -0.7 3.7 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.4 1.7 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.8 1.9 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.5 2.0 2.0 0.9 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.9 -0.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.4 0.8 -1.0 -1.1 -0.3 -0.7 3.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.5 1.7 0.0 -0.5 -0.5 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.926 1.657 0.660 0.660 0.997 0.4 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.4 -0.1 0.2 0.9 0.9 -0.3 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.2 0.1 0.5 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.9 0.9 -0.3 0.139 0.166 2.9 4.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.027 0.251 6.0 2.7 0.7 0.8 -1.5 0.2 0.9 2.7 0.4 0.9 -0.7 0.1 0.8 -1.5 0.2 3.7 -2.0 3.5 -1.4 -2.0 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes, September 2025 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Special aggregate indexes All items less food.................................. . All items less shelter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less food and shelter.................... . All items less food, shelter, and energy. . . . . . . . . . All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks................................... . All items less medical care........................ . All items less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and beverages. . . . . . . . Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less rent of shelter1................... . Services less medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . Durables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables......................................... . Nondurables less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and beverages. . . . . . . . Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . Housing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................... . Education and communication2................... . Education2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communication2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information and information processing2. . . . Information technology, hardware and services3..................................... . Recreation2.......................................... . Video and audio2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pets, pet products and services2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photography2..................................... . Food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domestically produced farm food.............. . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel less footwear.............................. . Fuels and utilities................................... . Household energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New and used motor vehicles2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities and public transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household furnishings and operations. . . . . . . . . . . Other goods and services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 2 Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Relative importance Aug. 2025 Sep. 2024 Aug. 2025 Sep. 2025 Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Jun. 2025Jul. 2025 Jul. 2025Aug. 2025 Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 86.354 64.529 50.883 44.483 312.692 284.044 272.293 275.128 321.287 290.784 278.458 281.241 322.068 291.663 279.283 282.146 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.6 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 42.043 91.732 93.600 36.130 280.655 303.175 321.850 223.014 286.324 311.423 330.737 226.364 287.460 312.239 331.609 227.312 2.4 3.0 3.0 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 16.878 22.484 21.656 63.870 28.821 57.105 10.939 25.191 11.545 10.718 164.171 177.549 173.715 406.433 419.050 390.387 122.204 277.420 231.993 228.334 165.051 178.830 174.891 420.424 433.800 403.730 124.570 281.139 231.424 227.428 166.000 179.680 175.741 421.102 434.536 404.354 124.402 282.993 233.863 229.975 1.1 1.2 1.2 3.6 3.7 3.6 1.8 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 -0.2 -0.5 -0.6 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.8 2.0 8.214 9.042 44.380 5.639 2.566 3.073 3.020 290.865 289.403 336.776 146.928 304.883 74.092 69.701 291.660 290.581 349.277 147.152 311.752 72.991 68.577 293.608 292.398 349.773 147.501 314.267 72.818 68.411 0.9 1.0 3.9 0.4 3.1 -1.7 -1.9 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.8 -0.2 -0.2 -0.7 -0.6 0.2 0.0 0.4 -0.3 -0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 2.7 2.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 1.625 5.269 1.057 1.159 0.074 14.474 6.730 10.003 1.928 4.457 3.367 8.268 16.523 15.144 7.401 7.747 4.452 2.944 2.453 6.929 137.651 117.725 222.980 85.829 329.417 318.919 417.567 127.725 316.243 264.362 566.266 269.604 269.771 124.187 259.374 147.906 562.638 283.738 6.821 141.394 119.661 229.313 85.366 338.366 324.773 427.731 123.770 336.541 282.839 583.875 273.910 274.710 126.820 267.873 153.039 583.313 292.584 6.792 141.827 119.853 230.823 85.497 339.443 326.212 429.001 127.251 334.686 280.642 584.858 274.301 274.710 126.275 267.839 154.023 585.873 293.775 -2.0 3.0 1.8 3.5 -0.4 3.0 2.3 2.7 -0.4 5.8 6.2 3.3 1.7 1.8 1.7 3.3 4.1 4.1 3.5 -0.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 2.8 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.4 0.0 0.6 0.4 0.4 -0.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0.7 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.8 -0.1 -0.3 -0.2 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.4 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.7 -0.5 -0.7 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, September 2025 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Pricing Schedule1 Area U.S. city average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Region and area size Percent change to Sep. 2025 from: Percent change to Aug. 2025 from: Sep. 2024 Jul. 2025 Aug. 2025 Aug. 2024 Jun. 2025 Jul. 2025 3.0 0.5 0.3 2.9 0.4 0.3 2 Northeast..................................................... . Northeast - Size Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northeast - Size Class B/C3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New England4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Middle Atlantic4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M M M M M 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.1 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.3 Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Midwest - Size Class A.................................. . Midwest - Size Class B/C3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . East North Central4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West North Central4...................................... . M M M M M 3.1 2.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4 2.8 2.3 3.1 3.0 2.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South - Size Class A..................................... . South - Size Class B/C3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . South Atlantic4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . East South Central4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... . West South Central4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M M M M M M 2.7 2.3 3.0 2.8 3.1 2.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 2.6 1.8 3.0 2.6 3.5 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West - Size Class A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West - Size Class B/C3.................................. . Mountain4.................................................. . Pacific4..................................................... . M M M M M 3.3 3.1 3.5 2.9 3.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 3.2 2.9 3.5 2.5 3.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 Size Class A5................................................ . M Size Class B/C3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M 2.8 3.2 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.2 2.6 3.2 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.4 2.9 3.5 3.0 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.2 3.1 3.3 3.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.7 2.8 0.7 1.1 2.5 3.3 1.4 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.8 Size classes Selected local areas Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M 1 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. . . . . . . . . . . Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. . . . . . . Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA.................... . Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Louis, MO-IL............................................. . Urban Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA4.................. . San Diego-Carlsbad, CA. . . . . . . . . . . ........................ . Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Urban Hawaii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV6. . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3.3 1.9 3.1 2.6 3.6 3.9 3.3 2.2 2.5 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.5 0.8 Foods, fuels, and several other items are priced every month in all areas. Most other goods and services are priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. Regions defined as the four Census regions. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 2017=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 1998 - 2017 indexes based on substantially smaller sample. 7 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 8 Indexes on a 1987=100 base. NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 2 Table 5. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) and the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, all items index, September 2025 [Percent changes] Month Year December December December December December December December December December December December Unadjusted 12-month percent change C-CPI-U1 CPI-U 1.5 1.3 0.5 0.4 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.5 6.5 6.4 1.7 1.5 0.8 0.7 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.3 1.4 7.0 6.5 6.4 6.0 4.8 4.7 3.8 2.9 3.0 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.9 6.4 6.0 5.0 4.9 4.0 3.0 3.2 3.7 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.0 CPI-U 2012............................ . 2013............................ . 2014............................ . 2015............................ . 2016............................ . 2017............................ . 2018............................ . 2019............................ . 2020............................ . 2021............................ . 2022............................ . January 2023. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 2023. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2023................................. . April 2023................................... . May 2023. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2023. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 2023. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 2023................................ . September 2023. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 2023. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 2023............................ . December 2023............................ . January 2024. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 2024. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2024................................. . April 2024................................... . May 2024. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2024. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 2024. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 2024................................ . September 2024. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 2024. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 2024............................ . December 2024............................ . January 2025. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 2025. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2025................................. . April 2025................................... . May 2025. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2025. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 2025. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 2025................................ . September 2025. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Unadjusted 1-month percent change C-CPI-U1 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 The C-CPI-U is designed to be a closer approximation to a cost-of-living index in that it, in its final form, accounts for any substitution that consumers make across item categories in response to changes in relative prices. Since the expenditure data required for the calculation of the C-CPI-U are available only with a time lag, the C-CPI-U is issued first in preliminary form using the latest available expenditure data at that time and is subject to four revisions. Indexes are issued as initial estimates. Indexes are revised each quarter with the publication of January, April, July, and October data as updated expenditure estimates become available. The C-CPI-U indexes are updated quarterly until they become final. January-March indexes are final in January of the following year; April-June indexes are final in April of the following year; July-September indexes are final in July of the following year; October-December indexes are final in October of the following year. Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 1-month analysis table [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category All items................................................................ . Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereals and bakery products................................ . Cereals and cereal products.............................. . Flour and prepared flour mixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breakfast cereal4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rice, pasta, cornmeal................................... . Rice4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bakery products4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bread4, 5................................................ . White bread4, 6...................................... . Bread other than white4, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies4..................... . Cookies4, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh cakes and cupcakes4, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts4, 6. . . . Crackers, bread, and cracker products6. . . . . . . . . Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers6.................................. . Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............................... . Meats, poultry, and fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beef and veal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked ground beef4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef roasts5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef steaks5............................ . Uncooked other beef and veal4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork..................................................... . Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bacon and related products6................... . Breakfast sausage and related products5, 6. . . Ham.................................................. . Ham, excluding canned6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork chops4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... . Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs5.. . Other meats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frankfurters6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lunchmeats4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poultry.................................................. . Chicken5............................................. . Fresh whole chicken6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh and frozen chicken parts6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other uncooked poultry including turkey5. . . . . . . . Fish and seafood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fish and seafood4, 5......................... . Processed fish and seafood5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelf stable fish and seafood6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen fish and seafood6....................... . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 100.000 13.646 7.993 1.091 0.326 0.030 0.141 0.155 0.765 0.139 0.134 0.213 0.279 1.644 1.490 0.961 0.491 0.220 0.062 0.144 0.065 0.288 0.105 0.042 0.049 0.092 0.183 0.287 0.216 0.071 0.242 0.140 0.102 Seasonally adjusted percent change Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.3 1.0 0.4 -1.1 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0.6 0.2 1.8 1.4 5.7 1.6 -0.2 0.3 0.8 1.3 1.2 0.5 4.8 0.0 1.2 0.5 -1.6 -0.6 -2.3 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.9 2.9 1.5 4.2 0.1 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 1.4 -0.3 0.3 -1.1 -1.8 -0.8 Seasonally adjusted effect on All Items Aug. 2025Sep. 20251 0.034 0.026 0.008 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.005 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.004 0.004 0.012 0.013 0.006 0.001 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.001 -0.002 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.005 0.000 -0.001 0.001 -0.001 0.000 -0.001 Standard error, median price change2 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) seasonally adjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 0.05 0.07 0.12 0.30 0.50 0.75 0.93 0.63 0.73 0.38 0.61 0.64 1.08 1.02 0.59 0.80 0.69 0.64 0.84 1.02 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-May 2025 L-May 2025 S-Jul.2025 L-May 2025 L-May 2025 S-Jul.2025 L-May 2025 L-Jul.2025 – L-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Sep.2022 L-May 2025 L-Apr.1999 L-Dec.2024 0.2 0.0 -0.1 1.1 1.4 -1.9 2.0 1.1 -1.1 1.0 0.4 – 1.2 -0.1 1.7 4.2 2.5 1.5 6.4 1.9 1.14 0.24 0.25 0.31 0.46 0.69 1.10 0.81 0.88 0.55 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-May 2025 S-Apr.2025 L-Sep.2021 S-May 2025 S-May 2025 L-Jul.2025 -1.8 0.2 0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.0 7.1 -1.1 0.5 0.5 0.89 1.07 1.18 1.06 1.11 1.29 1.20 0.58 1.36 0.76 0.50 0.53 0.99 0.69 1.20 0.60 0.83 0.96 1.43 1.19 S-Apr.2025 S-Apr.2025 S-Dec.2018 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jan.2025 L-EVER L-Jun.2025 L-EVER L-Jun.2025 S-Apr.2024 L-Jun.2025 S-Apr.2024 L-Apr.2025 S-Mar.2025 – S-Mar.2025 S-Mar.2025 S-Jun.2025 -1.6 -1.0 -2.4 3.7 3.9 2.0 2.0 – 9.0 – 0.6 -1.7 0.5 -2.0 1.8 -1.5 – -2.0 -3.0 -1.4 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Eggs....................................................... . Dairy and related products4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milk4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh whole milk4, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh milk other than whole4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheese and related products4............................ . Ice cream and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other dairy and related products5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fruits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bananas4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citrus fruits5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oranges, including tangerines6................... . Other fresh fruits5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Potatoes................................................ . Lettuce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tomatoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fruits and vegetables5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits and vegetables5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned vegetables5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen fruits and vegetables5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen vegetables6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dried beans, peas, and lentils4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . . . Juices and nonalcoholic drinks5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carbonated drinks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4, 5. . . . . . . . . . Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks5. . . . . . . . . Beverage materials including coffee and tea5. . . . . . . . . . . Coffee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roasted coffee6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instant coffee4, 6....................................... . Other beverage materials including tea4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . Other food at home........................................... . Sugar and sweets.......................................... . Sugar and sugar substitutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candy and chewing gum5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other sweets5............................................ . Fats and oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Butter and margarine5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Butter6.................................................. . Margarine6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salad dressing4, 5........................................ . Other fats and oils including peanut butter5. . . . . . . . . . Peanut butter4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other foods............................................... . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 0.154 0.726 0.195 0.251 0.128 0.152 1.311 1.090 0.543 0.085 0.113 0.065 0.280 0.547 0.087 0.069 0.089 0.302 0.221 0.091 0.066 0.064 0.908 0.623 0.346 0.004 0.274 0.285 0.153 0.132 2.313 0.337 0.028 0.237 0.072 0.243 0.054 0.065 0.123 1.733 Seasonally adjusted percent change Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Seasonally adjusted effect on All Items Aug. 2025Sep. 20251 -4.7 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.7 -0.9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.5 -1.8 0.4 -0.6 -1.1 -0.2 0.0 2.6 -1.8 0.7 -0.5 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.8 1.0 1.3 -0.008 -0.003 0.000 1.4 0.5 0.7 1.4 1.4 2.2 1.7 -0.7 -0.1 -0.4 0.5 -1.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.2 0.2 1.8 0.2 2.1 0.5 -0.002 -0.001 0.000 0.000 -0.002 -0.003 -0.002 0.000 0.000 -0.001 0.000 0.002 -0.001 0.001 -0.002 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.007 0.008 0.005 0.000 0.005 -0.002 0.000 -0.002 0.011 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.009 Standard error, median price change2 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) seasonally adjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 1.00 0.29 0.39 0.49 0.55 0.69 1.04 0.54 0.32 0.41 0.58 0.95 0.65 0.88 1.44 1.11 0.58 0.97 1.17 1.22 0.79 0.47 0.60 0.94 0.90 0.89 1.08 S-Jun.2025 S-Feb.2025 – S-Jun.2025 – S-Feb.2025 S-Apr.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Apr.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Apr.2024 S-Jul.2025 S-Apr.2025 S-Apr.2025 – S-Apr.2025 L-Nov.2023 S-Mar.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Mar.2025 L-May 2023 L-Jun.2025 S-Apr.2025 L-May 2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Feb.2025 -7.4 -1.0 – -1.3 – -1.2 -1.4 -1.1 0.0 -0.2 -1.4 -2.2 0.4 -2.8 -3.7 – -0.1 3.0 -3.5 -1.5 -0.6 1.1 0.7 -1.0 2.6 1.4 1.9 0.66 0.76 0.40 0.48 0.93 0.81 0.49 0.68 0.97 1.25 1.07 1.06 0.24 0.44 0.62 0.60 0.82 0.53 0.99 1.11 1.56 1.52 0.68 0.76 0.30 L-May 2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-Apr.2023 S-Jan.2025 S-Aug.2024 S-May 2025 S-Mar.2024 L-May 2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Apr.2025 L-Sep.2024 S-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-May 2025 1.4 0.7 1.4 1.7 1.7 5.3 2.0 -0.7 -0.1 -1.8 -0.5 -1.5 0.7 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 -0.9 0.4 -0.7 -1.0 1.2 3.3 -2.3 2.2 0.6 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Seasonally adjusted percent change Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Seasonally adjusted effect on All Items Aug. 2025Sep. 20251 -0.002 0.003 0.004 -0.001 5.653 2.451 2.828 0.073 -1.6 1.2 1.2 -0.4 1.0 -0.9 -0.7 0.1 1.3 1.0 -0.5 0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 Relative importance Aug. 2025 Soups................................................... . Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods. . . . . . . . . . . Snacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces. . . . . . . . . . . Salt and other seasonings and spices5, 6. . . . . . . . Olives, pickles, relishes5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sauces and gravies5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other condiments6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baby food and formula4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other miscellaneous foods5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepared salads6, 7................................. . Food away from home4......................................... . Full service meals and snacks4, 5........................... . Limited service meals and snacks4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at employee sites and schools4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at elementary and secondary schools4, 6, 8. . . . . . . Food from vending machines and mobile vendors4, 5. . . . Other food away from home4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.111 0.268 0.362 0.387 0.056 0.245 1.6 0.4 0.001 0.001 Energy............................................................... . Energy commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuel oil and other fuels....................................... . Fuel oil....................................................... . Propane, kerosene, and firewood9....................... . Motor fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline (all types). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded regular6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded midgrade6, 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded premium6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other motor fuels4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy services.................................................. . Electricity....................................................... . Utility (piped) gas service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.400 3.166 0.133 0.074 0.059 3.033 2.949 1.5 3.8 -1.2 0.6 -1.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 3.4 3.1 0.1 -0.7 -0.5 -1.2 0.095 0.116 -0.002 0.000 -0.001 0.118 0.115 All items less food and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and energy commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . Household furnishings and supplies11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window and floor coverings and other linens5. . . . . . . . . . Floor coverings4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window coverings4, 5.................................... . Other linens5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and bedding4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bedroom furniture4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture4, 5. . . Other furniture5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appliances5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major appliances5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laundry equipment4, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other appliances5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other household equipment and furnishings5. . . . . . . . . . . Clocks, lamps, and decorator items4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indoor plants and flowers12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dishes and flatware4, 5.................................. . Nonelectric cookware and tableware5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.954 19.319 3.388 0.237 0.058 0.055 0.124 0.791 0.253 0.389 0.140 0.221 0.069 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.0 -1.4 -0.5 0.9 1.1 -0.2 1.9 0.8 0.4 -0.7 0.7 -0.2 0.0 -1.4 2.8 1.2 0.182 0.042 0.007 0.001 0.001 -0.001 -0.001 0.007 0.003 -0.001 0.003 0.002 0.000 See footnotes at end of table. 0.059 0.547 0.083 3.235 2.465 0.770 0.149 0.493 0.289 0.114 0.036 0.055 0.001 0.005 0.008 0.001 0.006 0.000 0.000 -0.022 -0.012 -0.009 0.001 -0.001 0.000 -0.002 0.001 0.001 Standard error, median price change2 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) seasonally adjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 0.97 0.69 0.78 0.50 0.91 0.90 0.70 1.10 0.57 0.54 0.98 0.06 0.07 0.09 0.29 0.10 0.25 0.10 S-Sep.2023 L-Aug.2022 L-Jan.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-May 2025 S-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2024 L-May 2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Feb.2024 S-Apr.2020 L-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2025 – L-Mar.2025 S-Jul.2025 -1.8 1.4 1.4 -0.5 1.8 4.9 -1.0 0.0 1.7 1.1 -2.7 0.1 -0.3 0.2 0.8 – 2.0 0.0 0.15 0.18 0.34 0.47 0.42 0.19 0.19 0.46 0.43 0.50 0.28 0.26 0.30 0.44 L-Dec.2024 L-Dec.2024 S-Apr.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Dec.2024 L-Aug.2023 L-Aug.2023 L-Dec.2024 L-Dec.2024 L-Jul.2025 S-Aug.2024 S-May 2023 L-Jul.2025 2.4 3.9 -2.6 1.8 -1.1 4.0 7.8 8.1 3.4 3.4 4.5 -0.7 -0.8 -0.9 0.05 0.09 0.21 0.90 0.74 1.68 1.18 0.41 0.62 0.60 0.94 0.68 1.04 0.76 0.87 0.53 0.60 0.89 1.59 1.38 S-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-Oct.2024 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-May 2025 L-Oct.2023 L-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 – L-Jun.2025 S-Mar.2025 L-Feb.2025 L-Jul.2025 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.2 2.2 -3.5 1.4 0.9 1.5 -0.8 3.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 -0.4 – 1.6 -2.4 2.8 2.0 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies4, 5.. . Tools, hardware and supplies5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outdoor equipment and supplies4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housekeeping supplies4................................... . Household cleaning products4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household paper products4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous household products4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel......................................................... . Men’s and boys’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear. . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s shirts and sweaters5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s pants and shorts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boys’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s and girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s outerwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s dresses..................................... . Women’s suits and separates5...................... . Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s footwear........................................... . Boys’ and girls’ footwear4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s footwear....................................... . Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry and watches9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Watches4, 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry9................................................... . Transportation commodities less motor fuel11. . . . . . . . . . . . . New vehicles................................................ . New cars6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New trucks6, 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Used cars and trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle parts and equipment4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tires4...................................................... . Vehicle accessories other than tires4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires4, 6. . . Motor oil, coolant, and fluids4, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care commodities4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medicinal drugs4, 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescription drugs4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonprescription drugs11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical equipment and supplies4, 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreation commodities11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video and audio products11............................... . Televisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other video equipment5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio equipment4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recorded music and music subscriptions4, 5. . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Seasonally adjusted percent change Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Seasonally adjusted effect on All Items Aug. 2025Sep. 20251 Standard error, median price change2 0.853 0.246 0.367 0.793 0.293 0.178 0.321 2.504 0.654 0.529 0.087 -0.3 -1.0 -0.7 0.8 0.4 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.5 1.5 -2.1 -0.003 -0.002 -0.002 0.006 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.018 0.010 0.008 -0.002 0.138 0.151 0.137 0.125 0.979 0.869 0.079 0.136 0.350 1.8 1.3 1.9 2.6 0.4 0.3 -0.8 -3.0 0.8 0.293 0.110 0.576 0.196 0.111 0.269 0.103 0.191 0.041 0.150 7.247 4.307 0.1 1.4 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.5 -0.3 -0.5 3.2 -2.8 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.4 0.5 0.6 -0.2 0.7 -1.4 -0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 -0.6 0.4 -0.1 -1.1 0.3 0.8 0.1 Relative importance Aug. 2025 2.440 0.364 0.299 0.065 1.503 1.323 0.914 0.409 0.180 1.830 0.254 0.086 0.028 0.060 0.074 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) seasonally adjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 0.38 0.59 0.53 0.26 0.42 0.34 0.39 0.34 0.50 0.61 1.98 S-Mar.2025 S-Sep.2024 S-Apr.2025 L-Jun.2025 – S-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Sep.2024 L-Nov.2021 L-Nov.2021 S-Jul.2025 -0.4 -1.3 -0.7 0.8 – -0.4 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.6 -2.6 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.004 0.003 -0.001 -0.004 0.003 0.78 1.04 1.12 0.96 0.61 0.66 2.56 1.89 0.86 L-Mar.2025 – S-Jul.2025 L-Aug.2024 L-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Jan.2025 S-Jul.2025 2.1 – -2.0 3.0 0.5 0.7 -3.3 -4.3 -1.7 0.000 0.002 0.005 0.002 0.001 0.004 0.000 -0.001 0.001 -0.004 0.001 0.010 0.89 1.29 0.48 0.82 0.86 0.74 0.97 1.56 1.47 2.00 0.03 0.01 0.06 0.03 0.03 0.36 0.40 0.62 0.78 0.63 0.28 0.30 0.26 0.63 0.53 0.24 0.36 0.61 1.17 0.87 0.66 L-Jul.2025 L-Feb.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Sep.2024 S-May 2025 S-May 2025 L-Oct.2024 S-Jan.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Apr.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Apr.2025 S-Jan.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Mar.2025 S-Apr.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 0.3 3.6 1.4 1.4 0.7 1.5 -1.9 -1.4 3.3 -4.2 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.0 -0.8 0.3 -2.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 -0.6 0.4 -0.3 -2.1 4.5 2.2 -0.2 -0.010 0.002 0.002 0.000 -0.001 0.000 0.003 0.000 -0.001 0.006 0.000 -0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Pets and pet products4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet food and treats4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories4, 5, 6. . . . Sporting goods4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports vehicles including bicycles4. . .................. . Sports equipment4....................................... . Photographic equipment and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographic equipment4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreational reading materials4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newspapers and magazines4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreational books4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other recreational goods5................................. . Toys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment5, 6........................................ . Sewing machines, fabric and supplies4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . Music instruments and accessories4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication commodities11. . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational books and supplies4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College textbooks4, 6, 14. . ............................... . Information technology commodities11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computers, peripherals, and smart home assistants4, 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer software and accessories4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smartphones4, 6, 15.................................... . Alcoholic beverages4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home4. . . . . . . Distilled spirits at home4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiskey at home4, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home4, 6. . . . Wine at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages away from home4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................... . Wine away from home4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distilled spirits away from home4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other goods11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco and smoking products4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cigarettes4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco products other than cigarettes4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care products4................................... . Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous personal goods5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap6. . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less energy services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelter.......................................................... . Rent of shelter16............................................ . Rent of primary residence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 0.621 0.468 0.234 0.219 0.020 0.099 0.054 0.045 0.367 0.288 Seasonally adjusted percent change Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Seasonally adjusted effect on All Items Aug. 2025Sep. 20251 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -1.0 0.1 -0.1 0.002 0.005 0.003 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Standard error, median price change2 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) seasonally adjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 0.34 0.37 0.75 0.50 0.74 0.52 0.68 1.03 1.41 1.46 2.14 0.53 0.65 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Apr.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Apr.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-Mar.2025 S-Mar.2025 S-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 0.5 0.5 1.2 1.4 1.8 1.8 -0.8 -1.0 -1.0 1.0 -1.9 0.3 0.2 L-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Dec.2024 S-Dec.2024 S-Jul.2025 0.6 -3.7 0.0 -1.3 -0.8 -1.1 -1.4 0.691 0.3 1.1 1.0 -0.8 -0.7 -0.9 -0.8 -0.006 0.90 1.12 0.71 0.64 0.88 1.17 0.70 0.264 0.026 0.2 -1.9 0.001 -0.001 0.83 1.62 L-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 1.4 -0.2 0.401 -0.006 0.188 0.386 -1.4 -2.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 -0.2 0.3 0.000 0.001 0.88 0.93 0.14 0.18 0.24 0.36 0.66 0.50 0.29 0.20 S-Jul.2025 S-Nov.2024 S-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 L-Mar.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 -1.4 -3.7 0.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.6 -0.2 -0.3 0.2 1.287 0.491 0.371 0.114 0.643 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.6 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.010 0.003 0.002 0.001 0.005 0.21 0.20 0.25 0.24 0.22 0.25 0.70 0.37 S-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 – L-Feb.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Feb.2025 0.3 0.1 – 0.8 0.3 0.3 1.3 0.9 0.286 1.0 0.003 0.43 L-Feb.2025 1.6 0.347 0.153 0.5 1.4 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.002 0.002 0.58 0.76 0.74 0.07 0.09 0.09 0.04 L-Jun.2025 L-Feb.2025 L-Jul.2024 S-May 2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 0.9 1.4 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.021 0.043 0.732 0.041 0.828 0.441 0.151 0.102 60.635 35.471 35.049 7.456 0.000 0.000 -0.006 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.145 0.073 0.073 0.015 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Lodging away from home5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing at school, excluding board16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Owners’ equivalent rent of residences16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence16. . . Tenants’ and household insurance4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water and sewer and trash collection services5. . . . . . . . Water and sewerage maintenance4................... . Garbage and trash collection4, 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household operations4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domestic services4, 5.................................... . Gardening and lawncare services4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving, storage, freight expense5..................... . Repair of household items4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Physicians’ services4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dental services........................................ . Eyeglasses and eye care4, 9......................... . Services by other medical professionals4, 9. . . . . . . . Hospital and related services4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hospital services4, 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inpatient hospital services4, 6, 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outpatient hospital services4, 6, 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursing homes and adult day services17. . . . . . . . . . . Care of invalids and elderly at home4, 8. . . . . . . . . . . . Health insurance4, 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation services.................................... . Leased cars and trucks4, 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Car and truck rental5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . Motor vehicle maintenance and repair4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle body work4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing4. . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle repair4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle fees4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State motor vehicle registration and license fees4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parking and other fees4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parking fees and tolls5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Airline fares. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . Other intercity transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ship fare4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intracity transportation4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intracity mass transit4, 6, 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreation services11...................................... . Video and audio services11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cable, satellite, and live streaming television service13............................................. . Purchase, subscription, and rental of video4, 5. . . . . Video discs and other media4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Seasonally adjusted percent change Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Seasonally adjusted effect on All Items Aug. 2025Sep. 20251 Standard error, median price change2 1.363 0.243 1.3 -0.1 0.018 0.000 1.119 26.231 25.034 0.422 1.089 0.742 0.347 1.7 0.1 0.1 1.2 0.1 0.4 -0.5 0.361 0.125 Relative importance Aug. 2025 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) seasonally adjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 1.69 0.07 S-Jul.2025 S-Aug.2020 -1.0 -0.2 0.018 0.036 0.034 0.005 0.002 0.003 -0.002 2.00 0.05 0.05 0.23 0.11 0.13 0.15 S-Jul.2025 S-Jan.2021 S-Jan.2021 L-May 2014 S-Dec.2024 L-Jun.2025 S-Jan.2019 -1.3 0.1 0.1 1.2 0.1 0.4 -2.1 1.3 0.013 0.002 0.30 0.61 – L-Oct.2024 – 2.5 6.765 3.680 1.805 0.949 0.333 0.3 -0.4 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 0.019 -0.013 -0.002 -0.005 0.001 0.17 0.21 0.36 0.24 0.28 L-Jul.2025 S-Apr.2017 S-May 2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 0.8 -0.6 -0.3 2.6 0.2 2.287 1.965 0.8 0.3 0.018 0.006 0.25 0.26 0.34 0.26 0.19 0.53 0.19 0.21 0.63 1.18 0.26 0.20 0.30 0.48 0.31 0.24 L-Mar.2025 L-Jul.2025 – S-Jul.2024 – L-EVER L-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-May 2023 L-Jun.2025 S-Jun.2025 – L-Jul.2025 S-Dec.2024 S-Mar.2025 L-Jan.2025 1.3 0.5 – -1.9 – – 0.4 0.2 -1.6 3.2 0.2 – 1.2 -0.6 -0.8 2.6 0.09 0.53 0.34 0.55 0.77 1.03 1.04 0.62 0.09 0.22 0.24 L-Jul.2025 L-Jan.2025 – S-Jun.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Feb.2025 S-Jun.2025 L-Mar.2024 S-Apr.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-May 2025 0.3 6.4 – 0.4 -0.1 -3.0 -3.3 1.2 -0.1 0.4 0.5 0.20 0.99 1.92 L-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jan.2025 0.4 0.4 7.1 0.167 0.155 0.797 6.243 0.382 0.135 1.052 0.054 0.508 0.426 2.804 0.491 0.278 0.200 1.379 0.855 0.208 0.311 3.439 0.804 0.650 0.154 0.0 0.3 7.0 0.3 0.3 -0.6 0.3 0.2 0.8 -0.3 -0.4 1.1 0.1 2.6 -0.1 1.6 2.7 -1.7 -1.9 1.1 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 2.2 0.000 0.011 0.002 0.018 -0.002 0.000 0.002 -0.001 0.004 -0.001 -0.012 0.005 0.000 0.005 0.023 0.024 -0.003 0.003 0.014 0.002 0.001 0.001 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Subscription and rental of video and video games4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet services including veterinary5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet services5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veterinarian services4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographers and photo processing4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other recreation services5.............................. . Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or other organizations, or participant sports fees5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Admissions4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Admission to sporting events4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees for lessons or instructions4, 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication services11............... . Tuition, other school fees, and childcare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . College tuition and fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . . . Day care and preschool4, 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical and business school tuition and fees5.. . Postage and delivery services5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delivery services5..................................... . Telephone services4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wireless telephone services4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential telephone services4, 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internet services and electronic information providers4, 5............................................ . Other personal services4, 11............................... . Personal care services4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haircuts and other personal care services4, 5. . . . . . Miscellaneous personal services4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal services4, 9...................................... . Funeral expenses4, 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laundry and dry cleaning services4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial services4, 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Checking account and other bank services4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tax return preparation and other accounting fees4, 5, 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relative importance Aug. 2025 Seasonally adjusted percent change Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Seasonally adjusted effect on All Items Aug. 2025Sep. 20251 Standard error, median price change2 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) seasonally adjusted change since:3 Date Percent change L-Jul.2025 L-Mar.2024 – L-Feb.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 0.4 1.5 – 2.3 0.9 0.7 0.053 2.044 0.4 1.3 0.2 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.000 0.005 0.47 0.32 0.50 0.63 0.41 0.38 0.807 0.740 0.5 0.3 0.004 0.002 0.17 0.71 L-Jan.2025 L-Jul.2025 0.8 1.5 0.168 4.907 2.525 1.302 0.392 0.727 0.039 0.053 0.051 0.002 1.394 1.226 0.169 -0.7 3.7 0.0 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.5 1.7 0.0 -0.5 -0.5 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.000 0.004 0.006 -0.001 0.002 0.013 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.55 1.75 0.34 0.08 0.06 0.08 0.09 0.14 0.07 0.07 0.00 0.33 0.06 0.06 0.30 L-Jul.2025 L-Feb.2025 S-Apr.2025 – – – S-Jul.2025 L-Sep.2023 S-Jun.2025 S-Feb.2025 S-Feb.2025 S-Jan.2025 L-Apr.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 0.8 7.2 -1.2 – – – 0.0 1.7 -0.1 -2.7 -2.9 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.926 1.657 0.660 0.660 0.997 -0.1 0.2 0.9 0.9 -0.3 -0.001 0.003 0.006 0.006 -0.003 0.23 0.16 0.24 0.24 0.15 S-May 2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Apr.2024 L-Apr.2024 S-Jan.2025 -0.1 0.5 1.2 1.2 -1.2 0.139 0.166 0.4 0.3 0.001 0.000 0.24 0.27 L-Mar.2025 S-Jul.2025 0.7 0.3 0.027 0.251 0.8 -1.5 0.000 -0.004 0.68 0.42 S-May 2025 S-Jan.2025 0.7 -4.7 0.2 0.00 L-Jul.2025 0.4 -2.0 0.96 S-May 2025 -2.3 0.538 0.007 Special aggregate indexes All items less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less shelter............................................... . All items less food and shelter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less food, shelter, and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks.............................................................. . All items less medical care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less energy............................................... . Commodities........................................................ . See footnotes at end of table. 86.354 64.529 50.883 44.483 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.277 0.237 0.204 0.109 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 S-Jul.2025 – L-Jun.2025 S-May 2025 0.2 – 0.4 0.0 42.043 91.732 93.600 36.130 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.119 0.293 0.216 0.193 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 L-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 – 0.4 0.2 0.2 – Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................... . Commodities less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less rent of shelter16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durables............................................................. . Nondurables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing.............................................................. . Education and communication5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education5........................................................ . Communication5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information and information processing5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information technology, hardware and services18. . . . . . . . . Recreation5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video and audio5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pets, pet products and services5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photography5..................................................... . Food and beverages............................................... . Domestically produced farm food4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel less footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuels and utilities................................................... . Household energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New and used motor vehicles5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities and public transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household furnishings and operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other goods and services......................................... . Personal care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Relative importance Aug. 2025 16.878 22.484 21.656 63.870 28.821 57.105 10.939 25.191 11.545 10.718 8.214 9.042 44.380 5.639 2.566 3.073 3.020 1.625 5.269 1.057 1.159 0.074 14.474 6.730 10.003 1.928 4.457 3.367 8.268 16.523 15.144 7.401 7.747 4.452 2.944 2.453 Seasonally adjusted percent change Aug. 2025Sep. 2025 Seasonally adjusted effect on All Items Aug. 2025Sep. 20251 Standard error, median price change2 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.8 2.0 2.7 2.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.7 -0.5 -0.7 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.052 0.159 0.157 0.123 0.056 0.085 0.035 0.257 0.210 0.207 0.216 0.218 0.070 -0.001 0.005 -0.007 -0.007 -0.006 0.020 0.002 0.009 0.000 0.036 0.030 0.021 0.013 -0.022 -0.023 0.018 0.136 0.113 -0.003 -0.002 0.019 0.014 0.011 0.10 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.07 0.11 0.12 0.11 0.10 0.08 0.12 0.06 0.17 0.18 0.33 0.19 0.21 0.25 0.53 0.07 0.14 0.10 0.41 0.19 0.25 0.14 0.10 0.10 0.06 0.15 0.17 0.15 0.15 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) seasonally adjusted change since:3 Date Percent change L-Jun.2025 L-Aug.2023 L-Aug.2023 S-May 2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Aug.2021 S-Jun.2025 L-Aug.2023 L-Aug.2023 L-Aug.2023 L-Aug.2023 L-Aug.2023 S-Jul.2025 – – S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Mar.2024 L-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 – L-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Aug.2024 S-Aug.2024 L-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jan.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-May 2025 L-Jul.2025 0.3 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.3 2.2 2.3 2.8 2.6 0.2 – – -0.3 -0.4 -0.6 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.0 – 0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.7 0.7 0.0 1.2 -0.4 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 The ’effect’ of an item category is a measure of that item’s contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of 0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase. Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that month the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8 percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent). 2 A statistic’s margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 0.6 percent, and its standard error was 0.15 percent, the margin of error on this item’s 1-month percent change would be 0.6 percent, plus or minus 0.3 percent. 3 If the current seasonally adjusted 1-month percent change is greater than the previous published 1-month percent change, then this column identifies the closest prior month with a 1-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 1-month change. If the current 1-month percent change is smaller than the previous published 1-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than the current month change is identified. If the current and previous published 1-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard numerical comparisons are used. For example, 0.8% is greater than 0.6%, -0.4% is less than -0.2%, and -0.2% is less than 0.0%. Note that a (L)arger change can be a smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price index. Likewise, (S)maller changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price index. In this context, a -0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change. 4 Not seasonally adjusted. 5 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 6 Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not have a relative importance or effect. 7 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 2009=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 14 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 15 Indexes on a December 2019=100 base. 16 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 17 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 18 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 8 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 12-month analysis table [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Twelve Month Expenditure category All items................................................................ . Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereals and bakery products................................ . Cereals and cereal products.............................. . Flour and prepared flour mixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breakfast cereal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rice, pasta, cornmeal................................... . Rice4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bread4.................................................. . White bread5........................................ . Bread other than white5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies...................... . Cookies5............................................. . Fresh cakes and cupcakes5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts5. . . . . . Crackers, bread, and cracker products5. . . . . . . . . Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers5.................................. . Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............................... . Meats, poultry, and fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beef and veal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked ground beef. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef roasts4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef steaks4............................ . Uncooked other beef and veal4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork..................................................... . Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bacon and related products5................... . Breakfast sausage and related products4, 5. . . Ham.................................................. . Ham, excluding canned5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork chops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs4.. . Other meats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frankfurters5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lunchmeats4, 5...................................... . Poultry.................................................. . Chicken4............................................. . Fresh whole chicken5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh and frozen chicken parts5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other uncooked poultry including turkey4. . . . . . . . Fish and seafood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fish and seafood4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fish and seafood4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelf stable fish and seafood5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen fish and seafood5....................... . Eggs....................................................... . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 100.000 13.646 7.993 1.091 0.326 0.030 0.141 0.155 3.0 3.1 2.7 1.6 -0.8 1.1 0.4 -1.5 -1.7 2.7 1.8 1.1 2.5 3.9 2.2 1.7 3.7 2.6 5.5 2.1 0.765 0.139 0.134 0.213 0.279 1.644 1.490 0.961 0.491 0.220 0.062 0.144 0.065 0.288 0.105 0.042 0.049 0.092 0.183 0.287 0.216 0.071 0.242 0.140 0.102 0.154 0.4 5.2 6.0 8.5 14.7 12.9 18.4 16.6 12.4 1.6 3.5 5.8 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.5 4.6 1.5 4.1 1.4 1.5 0.1 2.2 0.6 2.1 3.0 1.0 -3.0 6.6 -1.3 Unadjusted effect on All Items Sep. 2024Sep. 20251 0.423 0.216 0.018 -0.003 0.000 0.000 -0.003 0.021 0.003 0.005 0.005 0.008 0.084 0.087 0.078 0.065 0.026 0.010 0.021 0.007 0.004 0.003 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.009 0.004 0.003 0.001 0.005 0.004 0.001 -0.003 Standard error, median price change2 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) unadjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 0.11 0.13 0.18 0.43 0.77 1.21 1.66 0.82 1.28 0.48 0.75 1.19 1.00 1.27 0.86 1.10 1.16 0.94 1.74 1.63 L-Jan.2025 S-Jul.2025 – L-Feb.2024 L-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Apr.2025 L-Dec.2023 L-Apr.2025 L-Apr.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Dec.2023 S-Jun.2025 S-Jun.2025 L-Dec.2023 L-Feb.2024 L-May 2025 L-Oct.2024 3.0 2.9 – 1.7 -0.5 1.7 0.6 -1.5 -2.7 3.6 1.9 1.6 2.3 4.1 2.1 1.4 3.8 3.4 5.9 2.4 1.11 0.38 0.37 0.47 0.69 1.04 1.53 1.11 1.34 0.95 L-Mar.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Sep.2022 L-May 2022 L-Mar.2022 L-May 2022 L-Feb.2022 – L-Apr.2022 L-Mar.2025 0.5 5.2 7.7 12.3 16.0 13.6 18.6 – 18.9 2.9 1.41 1.89 1.76 1.90 1.97 2.08 2.05 0.88 2.78 1.11 0.80 0.85 1.48 1.08 1.96 0.81 1.17 1.10 1.78 1.93 1.83 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Apr.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Apr.2025 L-Mar.2025 L-May 2023 L-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2023 S-Mar.2025 S-Mar.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Mar.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Feb.2023 S-Jul.2025 S-Apr.2017 S-Jul.2025 S-Apr.2024 2.9 4.6 -1.1 1.8 1.7 0.6 1.0 5.0 2.3 4.4 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.7 4.0 1.0 -4.7 5.0 -9.0 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Twelve Month Expenditure category Dairy and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milk4.......................................................... . Fresh whole milk5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh milk other than whole4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheese and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ice cream and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other dairy and related products4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fruits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bananas................................................ . Citrus fruits4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oranges, including tangerines5................... . Other fresh fruits4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Potatoes................................................ . Lettuce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tomatoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fruits and vegetables4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits and vegetables4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned vegetables4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen fruits and vegetables4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen vegetables5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dried beans, peas, and lentils4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . . . Juices and nonalcoholic drinks4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carbonated drinks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4. . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4. . . . . . . . . Beverage materials including coffee and tea4. . . . . . . . . . . Coffee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roasted coffee5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instant coffee5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other beverage materials including tea4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other food at home........................................... . Sugar and sweets.......................................... . Sugar and sugar substitutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candy and chewing gum4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other sweets4............................................ . Fats and oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Butter and margarine4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Butter5.................................................. . Margarine5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salad dressing4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fats and oils including peanut butter4. . . . . . . . . . Peanut butter4, 5....................................... . Other foods............................................... . Soups................................................... . Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods. . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Unadjusted effect on All Items Sep. 2024Sep. 20251 Standard error, median price change2 0.726 0.195 0.7 2.1 1.1 2.6 1.1 -0.7 0.2 1.3 1.2 -0.2 5.3 6.9 0.8 3.0 -2.3 2.8 3.7 4.2 1.1 2.7 2.5 5.0 4.8 4.9 0.8 -0.7 0.005 0.004 0.251 0.128 0.152 1.311 1.090 0.543 0.085 0.113 0.065 0.280 0.547 0.087 0.069 0.089 0.302 0.221 0.091 0.066 0.064 0.908 0.623 0.346 0.004 0.274 0.285 0.153 0.132 2.313 0.337 0.028 0.237 0.072 0.243 0.054 0.065 0.123 1.733 0.111 0.268 1.3 1.9 5.3 3.1 3.6 9.6 1.8 10.6 18.9 18.9 21.7 1.7 1.9 6.7 2.9 9.8 0.4 -1.7 -2.0 -1.8 1.4 1.1 -2.8 -1.2 1.5 2.1 1.1 0.003 -0.001 0.000 0.017 0.013 -0.001 0.004 0.008 -0.004 -0.009 0.014 0.004 0.003 0.000 0.007 0.004 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.048 0.020 0.013 0.000 0.007 0.028 0.026 0.002 0.044 0.021 0.000 0.020 0.000 -0.004 -0.002 0.001 -0.003 0.027 0.003 0.003 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) unadjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 0.45 0.70 0.75 0.86 0.86 1.19 0.80 0.48 0.60 0.84 1.37 1.14 1.56 2.38 1.75 0.83 1.54 2.36 1.81 1.17 0.63 0.81 1.45 0.87 1.54 1.67 S-Sep.2024 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Feb.2025 S-Apr.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Dec.2024 S-Mar.2025 L-Sep.2022 S-Jun.2025 S-May 2025 S-Apr.2023 S-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2023 L-Dec.2024 L-Dec.2024 S-Jul.2025 L-Apr.2024 L-Jul.2023 L-Jul.2023 L-Aug.2023 L-Mar.2025 L-Mar.2025 0.5 2.6 2.0 2.9 0.0 -2.8 -1.2 0.2 0.3 -0.2 4.6 7.3 0.7 -0.2 -3.4 -0.8 4.4 4.4 1.6 0.3 2.9 7.0 7.7 4.9 0.9 -0.2 1.26 2.29 0.62 0.83 1.28 3.05 0.98 0.99 1.16 1.42 1.82 1.58 0.34 0.77 1.19 1.11 1.18 0.86 1.15 1.57 1.72 1.73 1.46 1.63 0.40 1.56 0.92 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2023 L-Nov.2024 L-Jul.2024 L-Dec.2024 L-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jun.1995 S-Jun.2025 L-Feb.2024 L-Aug.2023 L-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2023 L-Jan.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Mar.2024 S-Dec.2023 S-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-Feb.2024 S-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 1.8 3.7 5.4 3.1 3.9 12.5 2.4 8.6 14.5 14.8 28.9 1.5 2.3 8.0 3.1 11.1 1.9 -2.3 -2.1 -2.9 1.0 -0.1 -1.5 -1.0 1.9 0.7 1.1 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Twelve Month Expenditure category Snacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces. . . . . . . . . . . Salt and other seasonings and spices4, 5. . . . . . . . Olives, pickles, relishes4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sauces and gravies4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other condiments5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baby food and formula4.............................. . Other miscellaneous foods4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepared salads5, 6................................. . Food away from home.......................................... . Full service meals and snacks4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limited service meals and snacks4......................... . Food at employee sites and schools4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at elementary and secondary schools5, 7. . . . . . . . . Food from vending machines and mobile vendors4. . . . . . . Other food away from home4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Unadjusted effect on All Items Sep. 2024Sep. 20251 Standard error, median price change2 0.362 0.387 2.0 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.5 7.8 0.6 1.4 3.3 3.7 4.2 3.2 3.8 1.4 6.3 5.3 0.008 0.006 0.059 0.547 5.653 2.451 2.828 0.073 0.056 0.245 Energy............................................................... . Energy commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuel oil and other fuels....................................... . Fuel oil....................................................... . Propane, kerosene, and firewood8....................... . Motor fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline (all types). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded regular5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded midgrade5, 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded premium5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other motor fuels4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy services.................................................. . Electricity....................................................... . Utility (piped) gas service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.400 3.166 0.133 0.074 0.059 3.033 2.949 All items less food and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and energy commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . Household furnishings and supplies10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window and floor coverings and other linens4. . . . . . . . . . Floor coverings4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window coverings4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other linens4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and bedding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bedroom furniture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture4. . . . . Other furniture4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appliances4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major appliances4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laundry equipment5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other appliances4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other household equipment and furnishings4. . . . . . . . . . . Clocks, lamps, and decorator items................... . Indoor plants and flowers11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dishes and flatware4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonelectric cookware and tableware4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies4. . . . Tools, hardware and supplies4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outdoor equipment and supplies4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.954 19.319 3.388 0.237 0.058 0.055 0.124 0.791 0.253 0.389 0.140 0.221 0.069 See footnotes at end of table. 0.083 3.235 2.465 0.770 0.149 0.493 0.289 0.114 0.036 0.055 0.853 0.246 0.367 0.000 0.008 0.207 0.102 0.087 0.003 0.003 0.013 2.8 -0.4 0.5 4.1 -3.9 -0.4 -0.5 -0.7 -0.1 0.5 3.3 6.4 5.1 11.7 0.176 -0.022 0.001 0.003 -0.002 -0.023 -0.026 3.0 1.5 3.0 1.7 2.5 0.1 2.0 3.8 1.5 5.9 2.4 1.3 -0.6 -0.2 2.2 2.3 2.6 4.5 -4.4 1.4 4.3 6.2 3.0 2.414 0.315 0.101 0.004 0.001 0.000 0.002 0.030 0.003 0.024 0.003 0.003 0.000 0.002 0.198 0.120 0.078 0.003 0.011 0.007 0.005 -0.002 0.001 0.036 0.014 0.011 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) unadjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 1.04 0.76 1.23 1.79 1.26 2.48 1.47 0.80 1.20 0.17 0.27 0.24 1.01 0.76 1.42 0.55 L-Dec.2023 S-Apr.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-Dec.2019 S-May 2025 S-Mar.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-May 2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Feb.2025 S-Jun.2025 – S-Apr.2025 S-Aug.2024 L-Apr.2025 S-Jul.2025 2.0 0.3 1.7 -1.1 0.2 5.3 1.0 1.4 2.9 3.7 4.0 – 3.7 1.4 6.5 4.4 0.46 0.39 1.05 1.00 1.38 0.40 0.41 0.86 0.91 0.97 0.56 0.88 1.10 0.75 L-May 2024 L-May 2024 L-Jul.2024 L-Feb.2023 S-Apr.2025 L-Jan.2025 L-Jan.2025 L-Jan.2025 L-Jan.2025 L-May 2024 L-Feb.2023 S-Apr.2025 S-May 2025 S-Mar.2025 3.7 2.2 1.0 9.2 -5.6 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 3.1 16.5 6.2 4.5 9.4 0.14 0.18 0.54 1.92 3.63 3.66 2.65 1.14 1.50 1.50 2.57 1.45 1.76 2.51 1.95 1.14 1.73 2.36 3.61 2.83 1.50 1.24 2.29 S-Jun.2025 – L-Jun.2023 L-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Apr.2025 S-May 2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Feb.2023 S-Jun.2025 L-Dec.2022 L-Feb.2023 L-Jul.2025 S-Sep.2024 L-Oct.2023 L-Jun.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Mar.2024 S-May 2025 L-Sep.2023 L-Jun.2023 L-Nov.2023 2.9 – 3.2 7.2 3.7 0.0 -0.3 3.2 1.6 5.1 3.7 1.6 -0.1 -0.9 2.7 2.5 4.8 1.3 -3.9 -2.3 6.3 6.3 3.7 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Twelve Month Expenditure category Housekeeping supplies.................................... . Household cleaning products4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household paper products4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous household products4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel......................................................... . Men’s and boys’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear. . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s shirts and sweaters4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s pants and shorts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boys’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s and girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s outerwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s dresses..................................... . Women’s suits and separates4...................... . Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and accessories4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s footwear........................................... . Boys’ and girls’ footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s footwear....................................... . Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry and watches8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Watches8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry8................................................... . Transportation commodities less motor fuel10. . . . . . . . . . . . . New vehicles................................................ . New cars5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New trucks5, 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Used cars and trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle parts and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tires....................................................... . Vehicle accessories other than tires4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires5. . . . . Motor oil, coolant, and fluids5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medicinal drugs10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescription drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonprescription drugs10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical equipment and supplies10. . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . Recreation commodities10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video and audio products10............................... . Televisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other video equipment4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio equipment......................................... . Recorded music and music subscriptions4. . . . . . . . . . . . Pets and pet products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet food and treats4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories4, 5. . . . . . Sporting goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Unadjusted effect on All Items Sep. 2024Sep. 20251 Standard error, median price change2 0.793 0.293 0.178 0.321 2.504 0.654 0.529 0.087 2.1 0.1 5.5 2.2 -0.1 1.5 2.5 0.0 0.017 0.000 0.009 0.007 -0.002 0.011 0.015 0.000 0.138 0.151 0.137 0.125 0.979 0.869 0.079 0.136 0.350 1.8 2.6 4.9 -2.0 -1.9 -2.0 4.6 3.7 -2.8 0.293 0.110 0.576 0.196 0.111 0.269 0.103 0.191 0.041 0.150 7.247 4.307 -4.6 -1.1 1.3 0.7 -1.0 2.8 0.2 2.0 6.6 1.7 2.3 0.8 1.2 0.7 5.1 3.1 3.5 1.5 2.5 -1.5 0.7 0.6 1.7 -1.8 0.8 0.8 1.6 -6.0 1.2 13.6 3.1 0.9 0.5 1.5 0.0 2.440 0.364 0.299 0.065 1.503 1.323 0.914 0.409 0.180 1.830 0.254 0.086 0.028 0.060 0.074 0.621 0.468 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) unadjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 0.58 0.97 0.92 0.95 0.72 1.19 1.35 4.19 L-Dec.2023 L-Jul.2025 L-Oct.2023 L-Nov.2023 S-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 L-Feb.2024 S-Jan.2025 2.8 0.9 6.3 2.4 -0.2 1.5 3.1 -2.2 0.002 0.005 0.007 -0.004 -0.022 -0.019 0.005 0.006 -0.016 1.47 2.59 2.45 2.44 1.27 1.16 4.43 3.60 1.71 L-Apr.2025 L-Jul.2024 L-Dec.2024 L-Jul.2025 S-Mar.2021 S-Mar.2021 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 1.8 6.1 6.1 1.9 -4.6 -5.4 0.0 3.4 -1.7 -0.014 -0.003 0.010 0.002 -0.001 0.009 0.000 -0.001 0.003 -0.003 0.160 0.033 1.78 3.41 1.01 1.51 2.10 1.58 2.49 3.57 2.95 4.04 0.13 0.19 0.20 0.18 0.11 0.73 0.86 1.48 1.81 1.00 1.10 1.18 1.56 1.54 1.09 0.45 1.01 1.17 2.42 2.33 2.30 1.10 1.31 1.90 1.02 S-Mar.2021 L-Feb.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 – L-Jan.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Nov.2024 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Dec.2023 L-Oct.2023 L-Jan.2024 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Oct.2024 S-May 2024 L-Apr.2025 L-Apr.2025 L-Apr.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2023 L-Sep.2021 S-Jul.2025 L-Jul.2025 L-EVER S-Oct.2024 L-Mar.2024 L-Mar.2024 L-May 2025 L-Apr.2023 -5.1 4.6 0.9 1.2 -1.1 – 0.5 -0.8 7.4 -0.8 2.0 1.0 1.3 0.8 4.8 2.9 3.3 0.9 5.9 -5.5 1.0 1.1 2.3 -1.8 0.4 1.0 1.7 -9.0 3.3 – 2.8 1.3 1.8 1.7 0.0 0.114 0.011 0.010 0.000 0.010 0.008 0.016 -0.008 0.002 0.013 0.004 -0.007 0.001 0.007 0.002 0.006 -0.001 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Twelve Month Expenditure category Sports vehicles including bicycles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports equipment........................................ . Photographic equipment and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographic equipment4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreational reading materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newspapers and magazines4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreational books4..................................... . Other recreational goods4................................. . Toys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment4, 5........................................ . Sewing machines, fabric and supplies4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music instruments and accessories4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication commodities10. . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational books and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College textbooks5, 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information technology commodities10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computers, peripherals, and smart home assistants6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer software and accessories4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smartphones5, 14...................................... . Alcoholic beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home. . . . . . . . Distilled spirits at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiskey at home5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home5. . . . . . Wine at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages away from home................... . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wine away from home4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distilled spirits away from home4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other goods10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco and smoking products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cigarettes4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco products other than cigarettes4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care products.................................... . Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products4......................................... . Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous personal goods4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap5. . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less energy services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelter.......................................................... . Rent of shelter15............................................ . Rent of primary residence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lodging away from home4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing at school, excluding board15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Owners’ equivalent rent of residences15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Unadjusted effect on All Items Sep. 2024Sep. 20251 Standard error, median price change2 0.234 0.219 0.020 0.2 -0.1 5.8 5.7 2.1 5.6 -1.7 0.4 0.2 -0.002 0.000 0.001 0.099 0.054 0.045 0.367 0.288 Date Percent change 1.55 1.17 3.36 4.99 2.37 2.97 2.63 1.02 1.32 L-Sep.2023 L-Mar.2023 L-Sep.2024 L-Sep.2024 L-May 2025 L-May 2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2023 L-Jul.2025 1.7 -0.1 10.7 9.9 4.1 9.2 -1.8 1.7 0.9 L-Jul.2025 L-Apr.2025 L-Oct.2023 S-Jul.2025 – S-Oct.2024 L-Jun.2025 1.8 -2.6 7.2 -4.3 – 3.2 -4.7 0.691 6.8 -5.1 -0.037 1.90 3.34 2.10 1.43 2.44 3.00 1.58 0.264 0.026 -0.7 -6.1 -0.003 -0.001 1.68 3.81 L-Jun.2025 S-May 2024 -0.3 -6.6 0.401 -0.033 0.188 0.386 -7.7 -14.9 2.0 0.3 1.0 1.8 1.2 2.3 -1.2 4.1 -0.002 0.015 2.32 2.26 0.45 0.50 0.61 0.81 1.40 1.10 0.81 0.84 S-Jul.2025 S-Sep.2023 L-Apr.2024 – S-Jul.2025 L-Apr.2025 L-Jun.2024 – S-Feb.2017 L-Dec.2023 -8.8 -15.4 2.0 – 0.3 1.9 2.1 – -1.4 4.6 1.287 0.491 0.371 0.114 0.643 3.6 2.9 4.1 3.7 6.9 8.2 2.3 1.5 0.048 0.034 0.031 0.003 0.010 1.12 0.62 1.37 0.44 0.64 0.64 1.69 0.70 L-Nov.2024 S-Jun.2025 L-Mar.2025 L-Mar.2024 L-Apr.2025 L-Apr.2025 L-Mar.2025 L-Apr.2024 4.0 2.9 4.3 3.9 7.1 8.5 3.5 2.6 0.286 2.2 0.006 0.94 L-May 2024 2.3 0.347 0.153 0.003 0.004 60.635 35.471 35.049 7.456 1.363 0.243 0.7 2.5 3.1 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 -0.1 3.4 2.099 1.272 1.241 0.255 -0.004 0.008 1.19 1.47 1.65 0.17 0.19 0.19 0.19 2.02 0.32 L-Apr.2024 L-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-Nov.2021 – S-Oct.2021 S-Dec.2021 L-Feb.2025 S-Jul.2025 0.9 2.7 3.4 3.4 – 3.5 3.3 2.0 3.3 1.119 26.231 -0.8 3.8 -0.013 0.990 2.40 0.18 L-Feb.2025 S-Dec.2021 1.7 3.8 0.021 0.043 0.732 0.041 0.828 0.441 0.151 0.102 1.4 -6.4 6.1 -4.0 0.002 0.003 -0.001 0.002 0.002 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) unadjusted change since:3 -0.002 0.002 -0.033 0.005 0.017 0.001 0.002 0.002 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Twelve Month Expenditure category Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence15. . . Tenants’ and household insurance4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water and sewer and trash collection services4. . . . . . . . Water and sewerage maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garbage and trash collection12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household operations4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domestic services4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardening and lawncare services4.................... . Moving, storage, freight expense4..................... . Repair of household items4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Physicians’ services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dental services........................................ . Eyeglasses and eye care8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services by other medical professionals8. . . . . . . . . . Hospital and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hospital services16.................................... . Inpatient hospital services5, 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outpatient hospital services5, 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursing homes and adult day services16. . . . . . . . . . . Care of invalids and elderly at home7.............. . Health insurance7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation services.................................... . Leased cars and trucks13............................... . Car and truck rental4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . Motor vehicle maintenance and repair................ . Motor vehicle body work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing. . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle repair4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle fees4...................................... . State motor vehicle registration and license fees4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parking and other fees4.............................. . Parking fees and tolls4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Airline fares. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . Other intercity transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ship fare4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intracity transportation................................ . Intracity mass transit5, 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreation services10...................................... . Video and audio services10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cable, satellite, and live streaming television service12............................................. . Purchase, subscription, and rental of video4. . . . . . . Video discs and other media4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscription and rental of video and video games4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet services including veterinary4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet services4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veterinarian services4, 5.............................. . Photographers and photo processing4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Unadjusted effect on All Items Sep. 2024Sep. 20251 Standard error, median price change2 25.034 0.422 1.089 0.742 0.347 3.8 7.5 4.8 4.6 5.4 0.942 0.031 0.052 0.034 0.018 0.361 0.125 13.9 1.6 6.765 3.680 1.805 0.949 0.333 2.287 1.965 0.167 0.155 0.797 6.243 0.382 0.135 1.052 0.054 0.508 0.426 2.804 0.491 0.278 0.200 1.379 0.855 0.208 0.311 3.439 0.804 0.650 0.154 0.538 0.053 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) unadjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 0.18 0.78 0.35 0.37 0.69 S-Dec.2021 L-EVER S-Jan.2025 S-Sep.2023 S-Apr.2025 3.8 – 4.4 4.6 5.2 0.047 0.002 1.82 4.88 L-EVER L-Jul.2025 – 2.7 3.9 2.6 2.4 3.2 4.1 0.259 0.095 0.043 0.030 0.013 0.63 0.85 1.42 1.58 0.96 S-Jun.2025 S-May 2025 S-Jan.2025 S-Jun.2025 L-Mar.2025 3.4 2.4 2.1 2.4 4.2 5.8 5.5 5.2 6.2 4.1 11.6 4.2 2.5 -3.9 -5.0 7.7 5.4 5.1 11.5 3.1 1.0 0.131 0.107 0.73 0.85 1.19 1.87 0.75 2.37 0.62 0.67 1.84 1.58 1.82 1.36 0.76 3.85 1.06 0.55 L-Aug.2024 S-Jun.2025 S-May 2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Feb.2025 L-Apr.2024 S-Jun.2025 S-Apr.2025 S-Jan.2020 S-Mar.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2025 L-Jan.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Aug.2021 L-Jul.2025 5.8 4.2 3.8 3.8 4.1 13.9 3.4 2.5 -5.4 -8.7 6.5 4.4 5.2 11.0 1.0 1.0 0.28 1.22 1.12 0.92 1.21 2.10 2.52 1.02 2.29 0.52 0.72 – L-Mar.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Nov.2024 S-Aug.2022 L-Apr.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Mar.2024 L-Jul.2025 – 2.2 2.8 0.7 0.7 -3.5 -7.4 1.4 1.7 4.5 2.2 0.50 3.19 3.73 L-Jul.2025 S-Mar.2022 L-Mar.2025 2.2 -2.2 3.4 2.16 1.07 2.58 1.88 2.15 L-Jul.2025 L-Nov.2024 S-May 2025 L-Feb.2025 L-May 2025 6.0 7.1 4.9 8.1 -0.2 0.7 1.7 2.8 1.8 3.2 -2.6 -7.3 0.3 1.8 4.4 1.9 2.2 0.0 1.6 4.8 6.9 5.1 7.8 -2.3 0.007 0.018 0.032 0.162 -0.018 -0.007 0.081 0.003 0.027 0.046 0.089 0.004 0.002 0.003 0.012 0.022 -0.010 0.001 0.146 0.015 0.014 0.001 0.035 -0.001 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Twelve Month Expenditure category Other recreation services4.............................. . Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or other organizations, or participant sports fees4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Admissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Admission to sporting events4, 5.................. . Fees for lessons or instructions8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication services10............... . Tuition, other school fees, and childcare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . College tuition and fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . . . Day care and preschool11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical and business school tuition and fees4.. . Postage and delivery services4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delivery services4..................................... . Telephone services4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wireless telephone services4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential telephone services10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internet services and electronic information providers4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other personal services10. . . . . . . . . ........................ . Personal care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haircuts and other personal care services4. . . . . . . . Miscellaneous personal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal services8........................................ . Funeral expenses8.................................... . Laundry and dry cleaning services4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial services8.................................... . Checking account and other bank services4, 5.. . Tax return preparation and other accounting fees4, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Unadjusted effect on All Items Sep. 2024Sep. 20251 Standard error, median price change2 2.044 5.1 0.098 0.807 0.740 6.2 4.3 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) unadjusted change since:3 Date Percent change 0.62 L-Apr.2025 5.1 0.044 0.030 0.50 1.52 L-Nov.2024 S-Jun.2025 6.4 3.2 0.168 4.907 2.525 1.302 0.392 0.727 0.039 0.053 0.051 0.002 1.394 1.226 0.169 4.0 -6.9 4.0 1.1 2.9 1.4 3.8 5.2 2.0 4.7 4.9 8.0 -1.8 -2.1 1.2 0.007 0.055 0.074 0.019 0.015 0.038 0.001 0.003 0.003 0.000 -0.026 -0.028 0.002 1.66 6.37 1.18 0.24 0.43 0.68 0.37 0.51 0.92 0.47 0.54 0.88 0.16 0.20 0.63 L-May 2025 S-Nov.2022 L-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Jun.2024 S-Aug.2024 L-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 – – S-Jul.2025 S-Mar.2024 – S-May 2025 4.7 -7.2 4.0 1.1 2.9 1.4 3.8 5.7 1.8 – – 7.6 -1.8 – 1.2 0.926 1.657 0.660 0.660 0.997 0.4 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.4 0.004 0.073 0.030 0.030 0.043 0.54 0.51 0.73 0.73 0.57 L-Oct.2024 L-Jul.2025 L-Mar.2025 L-Mar.2025 S-Apr.2025 1.1 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.0 0.139 0.166 2.9 4.9 0.004 0.008 0.81 0.82 L-Feb.2025 L-Jul.2025 3.3 5.0 0.027 0.251 6.0 2.7 0.7 0.002 0.007 2.34 1.41 3.33 L-Mar.2025 S-Jun.2025 L-Jul.2025 6.4 2.5 3.2 2.69 S-Jun.2025 3.2 3.7 Special aggregate indexes All items less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less shelter............................................... . All items less food and shelter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less food, shelter, and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks.............................................................. . All items less medical care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less energy............................................... . Commodities........................................................ . Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................... . Commodities less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less rent of shelter15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durables............................................................. . See footnotes at end of table. 86.354 64.529 50.883 44.483 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.589 1.741 1.318 1.142 0.13 0.14 0.17 0.19 L-Jan.2025 L-Apr.2023 L-Feb.2023 S-Jul.2025 3.1 3.4 3.9 2.6 42.043 91.732 93.600 36.130 2.4 3.0 3.0 1.9 1.028 2.744 2.837 0.715 0.19 0.10 0.12 0.12 S-Jul.2025 L-Jan.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Apr.2023 2.4 3.0 3.0 2.1 16.878 22.484 21.656 63.870 28.821 57.105 10.939 1.1 1.2 1.2 3.6 3.7 3.6 1.8 0.201 0.292 0.276 2.297 1.056 2.039 0.203 0.20 0.16 0.16 0.17 0.26 0.16 0.21 L-Oct.2023 L-Jan.2023 L-Jan.2023 S-Oct.2021 S-May 2025 S-Sep.2021 S-Jul.2025 1.4 1.6 1.5 3.6 3.5 3.5 1.2 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, September 2025, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Twelve Month Expenditure category Nondurables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing.............................................................. . Education and communication4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education4........................................................ . Communication4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information and information processing4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information technology, hardware and services17. . . . . . . . . Recreation4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video and audio4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pets, pet products and services4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photography4..................................................... . Food and beverages............................................... . Domestically produced farm food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel less footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuels and utilities................................................... . Household energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New and used motor vehicles4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities and public transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household furnishings and operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other goods and services......................................... . Personal care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Relative importance Aug. 2025 Unadjusted percent change Sep. 2024Sep. 2025 Unadjusted effect on All Items Sep. 2024Sep. 20251 Standard error, median price change2 25.191 11.545 10.718 8.214 9.042 44.380 5.639 2.566 3.073 3.020 1.625 5.269 1.057 1.159 0.074 14.474 6.730 10.003 1.928 4.457 3.367 8.268 16.523 15.144 7.401 7.747 4.452 2.944 2.453 2.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0 3.9 0.4 3.1 -1.7 -1.9 -2.0 3.0 1.8 3.5 -0.4 3.0 2.3 2.7 -0.4 5.8 6.2 3.3 1.7 1.8 1.7 3.3 4.1 4.1 3.5 0.513 0.090 0.073 0.075 0.091 1.706 0.022 0.079 -0.057 -0.060 -0.034 0.160 0.018 0.040 0.000 0.440 0.155 0.274 -0.011 0.251 0.199 0.269 0.298 0.285 0.124 0.251 0.183 0.120 0.086 0.14 0.24 0.25 0.26 0.25 0.18 0.26 0.41 0.43 0.44 0.81 0.36 0.64 0.90 1.86 0.13 0.19 0.24 0.85 0.66 0.84 0.60 0.31 0.32 0.19 0.42 0.50 0.39 0.44 Largest (L) or Smallest (S) unadjusted change since:3 Date Percent change L-Sep.2023 L-May 2024 L-May 2024 L-May 2024 L-May 2024 S-Jul.2025 L-Jun.2025 S-Aug.2024 L-Oct.2024 L-Oct.2024 L-Aug.2024 L-Oct.2023 L-Jul.2025 L-Mar.2024 L-May 2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Jul.2025 L-Mar.2025 S-Jul.2025 S-Apr.2025 S-May 2025 S-Jun.2025 L-Feb.2025 L-Feb.2025 S-Jun.2025 S-May 2025 L-May 2023 L-Jul.2024 L-Apr.2024 3.2 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.7 3.9 0.5 3.1 -1.3 -1.5 -1.3 3.2 1.8 3.8 0.4 2.8 2.0 3.0 -0.5 5.4 6.2 2.8 1.7 1.9 1.3 2.6 4.2 4.2 3.7 The ’effect’ of an item category is a measure of that item’s contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of 0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase. Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that year the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8 percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent). 2 A statistic’s margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 2.6 percent, and its standard error was 0.25 percent, the margin of error on this item’s 12-month percent change would be 2.6 percent, plus or minus 0.5 percent. 3 If the current 12-month percent change is greater than the previous published 12-month percent change, then this column identifies the closest prior month with a 12-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 12-month change. If the current 12-month percent change is smaller than the previous published 12-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than the current month change is identified. If the current and previous published 12-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard numerical comparison is used. For example, 2.0% is greater than 0.6%, -4.4% is less than -2.0%, and -2.0% is less than 0.0%. Note that a (L)arger change can be a smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price index. Likewise, (S)maller changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price index. In this context, a -0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change. 4 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 5 Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not have a relative importance or effect. 6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 2009=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 14 Indexes on a December 2019=100 base. 15 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 17 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 16