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, September 2026 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Aug. 2026	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Aug. 2026	Sep. 2025	Aug. 2026	Sep. 2026	Sep. 2025- Sep. 2026	Aug. 2026- Sep. 2026	Jun. 2026- Jul. 2026	Jul. 2026- Aug. 2026	Aug. 2026- Sep. 2026
All items	100.000	324.800	334.980	336.940	3.7	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.6
Food	13.507	342.405	350.418	350.905	2.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Food at home	8.203	316.042	321.500	321.758	1.8	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
Cereals and bakery products	1.021	361.894	369.171	369.585	2.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.956	349.716	351.501	350.696	0.3	-0.2	-0.7	0.1	-0.5
Dairy and related products(1)	0.741	271.583	272.068	269.630	-0.7	-0.9	-0.1	0.3	-0.9
Fruits and vegetables	1.270	358.019	367.507	371.317	3.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	0.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.986	231.144	237.834	240.041	3.8	0.9	0.9	0.2	0.9
Other food at home	2.227	277.710	283.370	282.638	1.8	-0.3	0.0	0.1	-0.2
Food away from home(1)	5.304	385.451	397.868	398.783	3.5	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2

Energy	7.418	283.589	329.351	341.573	20.4	3.7	-1.5	2.1	5.2
Energy commodities	4.146	292.190	370.006	395.263	35.3	6.8	-2.9	4.2	9.3
Fuel oil	0.115	348.399	528.436	606.829	74.2	14.8	-1.7	10.1	15.3
Motor fuel	3.976	286.672	362.487	386.707	34.9	6.7	-3.0	4.1	9.3
Gasoline (all types)	3.853	285.595	359.738	383.182	34.2	6.5	-2.9	3.9	9.1
Energy services	3.272	286.838	300.729	300.013	4.6	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	0.1
Electricity	2.529	296.887	310.057	309.852	4.4	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.2
Utility (piped) gas service	0.743	251.728	266.448	264.250	5.0	-0.8	0.7	-1.1	-0.3

All items less food and energy	79.075	330.804	338.041	339.287	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3
Commodities less food and energy commodities	18.835	168.083	168.589	169.319	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3
Apparel	2.445	135.424	136.752	140.043	3.4	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.3
New vehicles	3.748	178.770	179.715	179.859	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2
Used cars and trucks	2.688	187.121	184.580	184.395	-1.5	-0.1	0.4	0.4	0.7
Medical care commodities(1)	1.396	416.471	405.528	402.832	-3.3	-0.7	-0.6	-0.2	-0.7
Alcoholic beverages(1)	0.823	297.507	301.724	301.738	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.0
Tobacco and smoking products(1)(2)	0.449	105.331	111.297	112.108	6.4	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.7
Services less energy services	60.240	434.852	446.989	448.545	3.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4
Shelter	35.323	418.598	430.611	432.092	3.2	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4
Rent of primary residence	7.728	438.212	448.997	450.402	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)	25.902	431.245	443.642	445.381	3.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3
Medical care services	6.834	639.215	653.623	655.370	2.5	0.3	0.6	-0.2	0.3
Physicians' services(1)	1.658	430.246	439.389	439.448	2.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Hospital services(1)(4)	2.160	438.310	459.659	462.980	5.6	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.7
Transportation services	6.261	447.451	457.262	459.562	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.6
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.063	442.843	465.136	468.491	5.8	0.7	0.6	1.1	0.7
Motor vehicle insurance	2.531	890.473	848.231	846.102	-5.0	-0.3	-0.3	-0.8	0.1
Airline fares	1.040	258.027	309.736	315.948	22.4	2.0	2.2	2.7	1.2
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 2024=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (4) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

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Last Modified Date: October 14, 2026