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 2025 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Aug. 2025	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Aug. 2025	Sep. 2024	Aug. 2025	Sep. 2025	Sep. 2024- Sep. 2025	Aug. 2025- Sep. 2025	Jun. 2025- Jul. 2025	Jul. 2025- Aug. 2025	Aug. 2025- Sep. 2025
All items	100.000	315.301	323.976	324.800	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.3
Food	13.646	332.083	341.295	342.405	3.1	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.2
Food at home	7.993	307.767	314.608	316.042	2.7	0.5	-0.1	0.6	0.3
Cereals and bakery products	1.091	356.088	359.740	361.894	1.6	0.6	-0.2	0.1	0.7
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.644	332.525	347.509	349.716	5.2	0.6	0.2	1.0	0.3
Dairy and related products(1)	0.726	269.643	272.840	271.583	0.7	-0.5	0.7	0.1	-0.5
Fruits and vegetables	1.311	353.508	356.104	358.019	1.3	0.5	0.0	1.6	0.0
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.908	219.488	229.406	231.144	5.3	0.8	-0.5	0.6	0.7
Other food at home	2.313	272.658	276.649	277.710	1.9	0.4	-0.5	0.1	0.5
Food away from home(1)	5.653	371.604	384.909	385.451	3.7	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.1

Energy	6.400	275.740	283.247	283.589	2.8	0.1	-1.1	0.7	1.5
Energy commodities	3.166	293.273	289.117	292.190	-0.4	1.1	-1.9	1.7	3.8
Fuel oil	0.074	334.792	347.565	348.399	4.1	0.2	1.8	-0.3	0.6
Motor fuel	3.033	287.876	283.504	286.672	-0.4	1.1	-2.0	1.8	4.0
Gasoline (all types)	2.949	287.102	282.358	285.595	-0.5	1.1	-2.2	1.9	4.1
Energy services	3.235	269.593	289.154	286.838	6.4	-0.8	-0.3	-0.2	-0.7
Electricity	2.465	282.522	298.738	296.887	5.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.2	-0.5
Utility (piped) gas service	0.770	225.366	255.253	251.728	11.7	-1.4	-0.9	-1.6	-1.2

All items less food and energy	79.954	321.109	329.970	330.804	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2
Commodities less food and energy commodities	19.319	165.534	167.448	168.083	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.2
Apparel	2.504	135.537	131.989	135.424	-0.1	2.6	0.1	0.5	0.7
New vehicles	4.307	177.435	178.698	178.770	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.2
Used cars and trucks	2.440	178.072	188.960	187.121	5.1	-1.0	0.5	1.0	-0.4
Medical care commodities(1)	1.503	413.708	416.721	416.471	0.7	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	-0.1
Alcoholic beverages(1)	0.828	291.683	296.908	297.507	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.2
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.491	1,562.356	1,660.548	1,670.441	6.9	0.6	0.3	1.0	0.6
Services less energy services	60.635	420.286	433.930	434.852	3.5	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.2
Shelter	35.471	404.133	417.902	418.598	3.6	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.2
Rent of primary residence	7.456	423.821	436.981	438.212	3.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	26.231	415.601	430.387	431.245	3.8	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.1
Medical care services	6.765	615.354	637.817	639.215	3.9	0.2	0.8	-0.1	0.3
Physicians' services(1)	1.805	420.170	430.753	430.246	2.4	-0.1	0.2	0.3	-0.1
Hospital services(1)(3)	1.965	415.293	436.917	438.310	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3
Transportation services	6.243	436.331	446.688	447.451	2.5	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.3
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.052	411.276	441.987	442.843	7.7	0.2	1.0	2.4	0.2
Motor vehicle insurance	2.804	863.292	894.075	890.473	3.1	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4
Airline fares	0.855	250.030	250.982	258.027	3.2	2.8	4.0	5.9	2.7
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

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