Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, by expenditure category

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, January 2026 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Dec. 2025	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Dec. 2025	Jan. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025- Jan. 2026	Dec. 2025- Jan. 2026	Oct. 2025- Nov. 2025	Nov. 2025- Dec. 2025	Dec. 2025- Jan. 2026
All items	100.000	317.671	324.054	325.252	2.4	0.4	-	0.3	0.2
Food	13.698	335.517	343.795	345.165	2.9	0.4	-	0.7	0.2
Food at home	8.325	310.936	315.664	317.431	2.1	0.6	-	0.6	0.2
Cereals and bakery products	1.035	355.964	361.984	366.830	3.1	1.3	-	0.5	1.2
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.995	339.169	346.815	346.613	2.2	-0.1	-	-0.2	0.2
Dairy and related products(1)	0.758	272.038	268.951	271.185	-0.3	0.8	-	0.9	0.8
Fruits and vegetables	1.269	355.837	355.246	358.840	0.8	1.0	-	0.4	0.1
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.995	225.510	232.021	235.761	4.5	1.6	-	0.4	0.1
Other food at home	2.273	273.796	279.814	279.657	2.1	-0.1	-	1.4	-0.3
Food away from home(1)	5.373	375.532	389.889	390.471	4.0	0.1	-	0.7	0.1

Energy	6.383	273.045	274.131	272.668	-0.1	-0.5	-	0.3	-1.5
Energy commodities	3.120	283.278	269.403	262.636	-7.3	-2.5	-	-0.3	-3.3
Fuel oil	0.083	370.297	367.209	354.701	-4.2	-3.4	-	-0.8	-5.7
Motor fuel	2.981	276.532	262.906	256.211	-7.3	-2.5	-	-0.3	-3.2
Gasoline (all types)	2.895	275.527	261.466	254.887	-7.5	-2.5	2.7	-0.3	-3.2
Energy services	3.262	274.264	290.037	293.976	7.2	1.4	-	1.0	0.2
Electricity	2.489	281.888	295.121	299.731	6.3	1.6	-	0.2	-0.1
Utility (piped) gas service	0.773	246.117	268.415	270.302	9.8	0.7	-	3.7	1.0

All items less food and energy	79.919	323.842	330.506	331.950	2.5	0.4	-	0.2	0.3
Commodities less food and energy commodities	19.176	164.645	166.037	166.484	1.1	0.3	-	0.0	0.0
Apparel	2.368	128.464	128.122	130.685	1.7	2.0	-	0.3	0.3
New vehicles	3.838	178.008	178.034	178.668	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.1
Used cars and trucks	2.759	181.265	183.265	177.714	-2.0	-3.0	0.1	-0.9	-1.8
Medical care commodities(1)	1.489	417.214	418.532	418.270	0.3	-0.1	-	0.3	-0.1
Alcoholic beverages(1)	0.840	292.771	298.085	298.623	2.0	0.2	-	-0.1	0.2
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.445	1,592.421	1,693.007	1,727.752	8.5	2.1	-	-0.2	2.1
Services less energy services	60.744	425.619	436.025	438.161	2.9	0.5	-	0.3	0.4
Shelter	35.625	409.153	420.134	421.526	3.0	0.3	-	0.4	0.2
Rent of primary residence	7.840	429.506	440.667	441.718	2.8	0.2	-	0.3	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	26.204	421.485	434.166	435.241	3.3	0.2	-	0.3	0.2
Medical care services	6.935	621.661	641.566	645.667	3.9	0.6	-	0.4	0.3
Physicians' services(1)	1.684	424.125	431.766	433.225	2.1	0.3	-	0.3	0.3
Hospital services(1)(3)	2.167	422.429	446.056	450.139	6.6	0.9	-	1.0	0.9
Transportation services	6.315	445.853	446.138	451.857	1.3	1.3	-	0.4	1.4
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.039	419.417	439.752	440.175	4.9	0.1	-	-1.3	0.1
Motor vehicle insurance	2.754	887.651	892.879	892.491	0.5	0.0	-	-	-0.4
Airline fares	0.881	265.273	253.714	271.190	2.2	6.9	-	3.8	6.5
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
NOTE: The Oct 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

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Last Modified Date: February 13, 2026