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Consumer spending increased 4.3 percent from 2024 to 2025

November 06, 2026

In 2025, average annual consumer expenditures increased by 4.3 percent from 2024. Average annual income increased by 6.4 percent. Consumer spending on food was up by 4.6 percent over the year, in part due to an 11.7-percent increase in expenditures on meats, poultry, fish, and eggs.

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**Annual percent change in average household spending for selected items, 2025**
Item	Percent change 2024-2025
Average income before taxes*	6.4
Average annual expenditures*	4.3
Food*	4.6
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs*	11.7
Alcoholic beverages	-2.0
Housing*	5.8
Rented dwellings*	10.8
Utilities, fuels, and public services*	4.1
Apparel and services	0.4
Transportation	1.3
Gasoline and other fuels*	-5.4
Healthcare	4.4
Health insurance*	6.3
Entertainment	13.2
Personal care products and services	0.8
Reading	-8.8
Education	0.9
Tobacco products and smoking supplies	3.7
Miscellaneous expenditures	10.3
Cash contributions	-2.4
Personal insurance and pensions	3.9

* Statistically significant at the 95 percent confidence level.

Annual expenditures on housing, which accounted for the largest share of spending, increased 5.8 percent over the same period. Among the items included in this category were utilities, which increased by 4.1 percent, and rented dwellings, which increased by 10.8 percent.

These data are from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys. To learn more, see Consumer Expenditures — 2025. Households are defined as consumer units, which consist of families, single persons living alone or sharing a household with others but who are financially independent, or two or more persons living together who share major expenses.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Consumer spending increased 4.3 percent from 2024 to 2025 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/consumer-spending-increased-4-3-percent-from-2024-to-2025.htm (visited November 08, 2026).

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