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, May 2026 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Apr. 2026	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Apr. 2026	May 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	May 2025- May 2026	Apr. 2026- May 2026	Feb. 2026- Mar. 2026	Mar. 2026- Apr. 2026	Apr. 2026- May 2026
All items	100.000	321.465	333.020	335.123	4.2	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.5
Food	13.512	338.598	348.499	349.032	3.1	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.2
Food at home	8.235	312.491	320.859	321.047	2.7	0.1	-0.2	0.7	0.1
Cereals and bakery products	1.017	360.325	365.366	367.300	1.9	0.5	-0.6	0.1	0.4
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.959	343.032	349.965	349.340	1.8	-0.2	-0.6	1.3	-0.2
Dairy and related products(1)	0.740	271.348	270.164	268.523	-1.0	-0.6	-0.6	0.8	-0.6
Fruits and vegetables	1.288	351.335	370.431	372.644	6.1	0.6	1.0	1.8	0.2
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.999	226.252	239.417	239.443	5.8	0.0	-0.3	1.1	0.6
Other food at home	2.231	276.606	282.256	282.209	2.0	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
Food away from home(1)	5.277	381.228	393.546	394.728	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3

Energy	7.474	280.097	329.907	346.042	23.5	4.9	10.9	3.8	3.9
Energy commodities	4.238	288.959	375.993	406.301	40.6	8.1	21.3	5.6	6.7
Fuel oil	0.117	336.589	532.894	534.873	58.9	0.4	30.7	5.8	3.8
Motor fuel	4.064	283.403	368.371	399.294	40.9	8.4	21.5	5.7	6.8
Gasoline (all types)	3.937	282.614	365.392	396.961	40.5	8.6	21.2	5.4	7.0
Energy services	3.237	282.947	295.713	297.898	5.3	0.7	0.4	1.6	0.4
Electricity	2.495	290.055	304.095	307.226	5.9	1.0	0.8	2.1	0.6
Utility (piped) gas service	0.741	255.981	264.314	263.682	3.0	-0.2	-0.9	-0.1	-0.5

All items less food and energy	79.014	327.509	335.803	336.846	2.9	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.2
Commodities less food and energy commodities	18.856	166.021	167.790	167.785	1.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1
Apparel	2.483	131.223	138.074	137.510	4.8	-0.4	1.0	0.6	0.3
New vehicles	3.759	178.728	179.207	179.155	0.2	0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.3
Used cars and trucks	2.607	184.224	177.936	180.554	-2.0	1.5	-0.4	0.0	0.1
Medical care commodities(1)	1.428	417.149	412.564	409.628	-1.8	-0.7	-1.0	-0.4	-0.7
Alcoholic beverages(1)	0.825	294.478	300.555	300.726	2.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.1
Tobacco and smoking products(1)(2)	0.445	102.789	109.696	110.801	7.8	1.0	0.1	0.5	1.0
Services less energy services	60.158	430.841	443.766	445.580	3.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.3
Shelter	35.237	414.689	427.049	428.677	3.4	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.3
Rent of primary residence	7.705	433.698	445.029	446.380	2.9	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.4
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)	25.790	426.214	439.137	440.357	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3
Medical care services	6.832	630.162	649.526	652.587	3.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Physicians' services(1)	1.669	427.488	439.842	439.715	2.9	0.0	0.7	0.6	0.0
Hospital services(1)(4)	2.145	432.089	453.638	456.655	5.7	0.7	0.4	-0.3	0.7
Transportation services	6.400	447.544	464.696	465.945	4.1	0.3	0.6	0.3	-0.6
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.032	426.264	448.821	452.383	6.1	0.8	1.3	-0.2	0.8
Motor vehicle insurance	2.684	895.262	894.315	877.278	-2.0	-1.9	0.0	0.1	-1.7
Airline fares	1.042	260.319	308.527	329.824	26.7	6.9	2.7	2.8	2.7
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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