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Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card

Monthly and Bimonthly Indexes

Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(1) Baltimore-Columbia-Towson(1) Northeast region South region
Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025

All items

 336.940 3.7 - - 338.730 4.1 - - 351.570 4.2 325.120 3.4

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 1,009.323   -   1,000.025   -   553.616   527.389  

Food and beverages

 347.662 2.4 - - 331.527 3.3 - - 349.333 2.3 341.198 2.1

Food

 350.905 2.5 - - 342.610 3.5 - - 352.359 2.3 345.742 2.2

Food at home

 321.758 1.8 325.635 3.7 316.713 3.5 309.566 2.1 324.216 1.6 318.867 1.7

Cereals and bakery products

 369.585 2.1 409.003 1.4 436.116 0.4 382.596 3.2 404.850 2.4 374.111 2.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 350.696 0.3 370.555 -0.3 343.690 1.4 334.895 2.1 337.157 0.7 347.504 0.6

Dairy and related products

 269.630 -0.7 242.061 0.3 288.709 -3.1 263.174 -2.6 283.371 1.1 268.121 -2.8

Fruits and vegetables

 371.317 3.7 321.343 5.7 315.254 3.9 325.721 -2.2 367.347 2.1 347.042 2.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 240.041 3.8 238.508 5.1 316.433 13.4 255.314 10.7 251.027 4.7 236.864 4.3

Other food at home

 282.638 1.8 314.342 7.6 261.918 5.5 278.386 1.6 286.295 0.7 282.779 2.1

Food away from home

 398.783 3.5 - - 378.439 3.5 - - 403.099 3.5 391.483 3.1

Alcoholic beverages

 301.738 1.4 - - 229.733 0.5 - - 307.426 1.9 277.571 0.3

Housing

 361.392 3.3 - - 362.046 5.3 - - 390.010 4.7 335.900 2.7

Shelter

 432.092 3.2 454.699 4.0 427.266 4.1 403.604 3.1 476.944 4.1 391.117 2.3

Rent of primary residence

 450.402 2.8 430.623 4.1 446.200 1.2 466.240 3.0 482.861 4.0 412.237 1.8

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 445.381 3.3 471.414 4.6 438.309 3.4 426.483 3.3 497.351 4.4 395.344 2.3

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 445.310 3.3 471.414 4.6 438.309 3.4 426.483 3.3 496.835 4.4 395.230 2.3

Fuels and utilities

 354.210 5.8 - - - - - - 365.841 12.1 332.034 3.6

Household energy

 297.942 6.2 - - - - - - 331.382 13.6 269.231 3.0

Energy services

 300.013 4.6 - - - - - - 317.469 7.9 269.350 2.8

Electricity

 309.852 4.4 - - - - - - 327.099 7.1 262.112 1.9

Utility (piped) gas service

 264.250 5.0 - - - - - - 276.301 9.6 295.077 8.2

Household furnishings and operations

 156.418 1.6 - - 145.519 7.1 - - 155.112 2.1 160.832 4.7

Apparel

 140.043 3.4 - - 173.261 3.2 - - 141.948 1.7 148.656 3.8

Transportation

 295.862 7.9 - - 290.813 5.6 - - 290.439 7.9 293.401 7.7

Private transportation

 294.261 7.1 - - 295.353 3.3 - - 287.362 6.4 295.145 7.2

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 126.325 0.0 - - 127.780 -0.4 - - 127.421 0.5 127.178 -0.1

New vehicles(3)

 179.859 0.6 - - 229.205 0.5 - - 177.450 0.9 186.734 0.5

Used cars and trucks(3)

 184.395 -1.5 - - 403.564 -1.5 - - 196.373 -1.6 183.706 -1.3

Motor fuel

 386.707 34.9 408.398 36.6 393.000 33.6 366.768 34.2 375.629 36.3 356.756 38.2

Gasoline

 383.182 34.2 403.004 36.5 387.968 33.8 357.918 34.1 373.679 35.8 353.421 37.5

Motor vehicle insurance

 846.102 -5.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 593.651 1.5 - - 529.818 -0.6 - - 594.422 1.0 554.898 1.7

Recreation(5)

 145.854 2.8 - - 135.087 -4.4 - - 150.143 2.8 144.850 2.2

Education and communication(5)

 150.903 2.3 - - 177.307 4.9 - - 165.659 3.7 142.960 1.0

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(6)

 938.353 3.8 - - 105.103 3.7 - - 107.596 3.6 104.337 2.6

Other goods and services

 610.165 4.1 - - 608.935 11.4 - - 655.302 3.1 591.877 6.6

Energy

 341.573 20.4 339.928 24.4 345.631 26.4 - - 351.322 23.1 305.549 20.1

Footnotes
(1) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(2) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(3) For Philadelphia, Dec. 1977=100. For Washington, Nov. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, & South, Dec. 1982 = 100. For Washington & Baltimore, Nov. 1982=100.
(5) December 1997=100.
(6) For Washington, Northeast, & South, December 2024=100. For Philadelphia, Dec. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CBSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, CBSA includes the District of Columbia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, CBSA includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Queen Anne's Counties in Maryland.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city average Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Washington-Arlington-Alexandria(1) Baltimore-Columbia-Towson(1) Northeast region South region
Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025

All items

 330.654 3.9 - - 336.598 5.2 - - 349.510 4.4 319.592 3.6

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 984.917   -   1,008.075   -   545.915   517.615  

Food and beverages

 347.163 2.5 - - 331.049 3.4 - - 348.005 2.5 339.888 2.1

Food

 349.258 2.5 - - 338.240 3.5 - - 350.206 2.5 343.048 2.1

Food at home

 321.564 1.9 336.970 4.0 312.047 3.6 310.216 1.9 324.845 2.0 316.204 1.5

Cereals and bakery products

 371.267 2.2 412.375 -0.2 415.470 1.8 368.696 4.4 402.354 2.7 371.166 2.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 351.779 0.4 383.280 2.3 336.754 1.9 344.233 0.5 336.346 0.9 344.789 0.3

Dairy and related products

 268.468 -0.4 246.240 1.4 282.308 -3.2 247.500 -2.5 284.658 1.6 264.539 -2.6

Fruits and vegetables

 367.422 3.9 309.666 6.4 320.043 3.8 333.033 -2.5 371.297 2.7 342.515 2.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(3)

 237.734 3.5 249.435 2.9 330.287 13.9 266.364 12.8 248.402 4.1 233.890 4.0

Other food at home

 282.734 1.9 321.923 6.8 256.699 5.2 260.739 2.2 289.941 1.2 281.384 2.1

Food away from home

 399.451 3.5 - - 374.946 3.0 - - 403.473 3.6 390.347 3.0

Alcoholic beverages

 309.274 1.6 - - 240.672 1.0 - - 308.353 2.7 286.047 0.5

Housing

 356.610 3.2 - - 360.818 5.7 - - 390.548 4.7 335.935 2.4

Shelter

 423.246 3.1 465.625 4.2 426.441 4.3 416.939 3.2 473.144 4.1 392.724 2.2

Rent of primary residence

 448.431 2.8 430.623 4.1 446.200 1.2 466.240 3.0 475.940 3.9 410.110 1.9

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(4)

 401.847 3.3 419.237 4.6 399.474 3.4 386.861 3.3 438.259 4.4 366.948 2.2

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(4)

 401.793 3.3 419.237 4.6 399.474 3.4 386.861 3.3 438.337 4.4 366.857 2.2

Fuels and utilities

 350.761 5.5 - - - - - - 368.209 11.1 332.201 3.3

Household energy

 294.398 5.8 - - - - - - 333.124 12.2 266.638 2.6

Energy services

 297.292 4.5 - - - - - - 320.695 7.7 268.624 2.5

Electricity

 305.580 4.5 - - - - - - 334.607 8.1 257.749 1.6

Utility (piped) gas service

 260.191 4.2 - - - - - - 274.619 7.9 311.137 9.1

Household furnishings and operations

 145.854 0.3 - - 122.044 4.4 - - 147.937 1.7 146.925 3.4

Apparel

 139.154 2.5 - - 189.354 1.6 - - 139.535 -0.9 148.448 4.5

Transportation

 303.573 8.8 - - 323.366 8.3 - - 300.308 8.8 294.734 8.6

Private transportation

 302.098 8.4 - - 316.317 7.2 - - 296.453 7.9 295.540 8.3

New and used motor vehicles(5)

 125.490 -0.2 - - 128.567 -0.2 - - 125.613 0.2 123.269 -0.2

New vehicles(3)

 179.775 0.6 - - 228.724 0.5 - - 174.951 0.9 184.034 0.5

Used cars and trucks(3)

 185.297 -1.5 - - 403.694 -1.5 - - 196.137 -1.5 185.127 -1.2

Motor fuel

 389.497 35.1 409.368 36.6 389.888 33.9 372.002 34.4 375.953 36.6 357.018 38.5

Gasoline

 386.107 34.5 403.003 36.5 387.970 33.8 357.936 34.1 373.497 35.7 354.665 38.0

Motor vehicle insurance

 852.311 -5.3 - - - - - - - - - -

Medical care

 601.911 1.4 - - 567.985 -0.4 - - 583.926 0.5 569.537 1.4

Recreation(5)

 138.639 4.1 - - 127.554 2.5 - - 151.447 3.7 135.885 3.3

Education and communication(5)

 133.328 1.6 - - 140.787 4.4 - - 145.642 2.8 122.944 0.2

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(6)

 900.691 3.6 - - 105.545 4.6 - - 108.089 3.4 104.993 2.9

Other goods and services

 677.766 4.5 - - 656.112 13.3 - - 761.855 3.2 646.241 6.6

Energy

 342.192 21.5 341.766 27.6 351.392 27.6 - - 353.029 23.3 305.825 21.4

Footnotes
(1) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(2) For the Northeast and the South, Dec. 1977=100.
(3) For Washington, Nov. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100.
(4) For the U.S., Philadelphia, Northeast, & South, Dec. 1982 = 100. For Washington & Baltimore, Nov. 1984=100.
(5) December 1997=100.
(6) For Washington, Northeast, & South, December 2024=100. For Philadelphia, Dec. 1977=100. For Baltimore, March 1978=100.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CBSA includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, CBSA includes the District of Columbia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George's in Maryland; Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, CBSA includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Carroll, Harford, Howard, Queen Anne's Counties in Maryland.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

South region includes the District of Columbia and the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change to
Sep 2026 from --
Aug
2026		 Sep
2026		 Sep
2025		 Jul
2026		 Aug
2026

U.S. city average

 334.980 336.940 3.7 0.9 0.6

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 310.890 313.415 2.9 1.3 0.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 356.993 358.725 3.7 1.0 0.5

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 362.328 363.870 4.5 0.5 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   362.575 3.8 0.8  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   313.240 3.0 0.7  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   353.428 4.0 1.2  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   321.701 3.6 1.2  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   142.969 3.6 0.6  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   409.029 4.7 2.0  

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL(2)

   315.640 1.9 -0.1  

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(3)

   338.730 4.1 0.9  

Urban Hawaii

   368.586 5.2 0.2  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 328.150        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 333.784        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 310.817        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 282.338        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 370.123        

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

 340.008        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 191.724        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 370.130        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 381.123        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 302.675        

Urban Alaska

 282.910        

Footnotes
(1) December 2017=100.
(2) 1987=100.
(3) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) December 2001=100.

 

Consumer Price Indexes and percent changes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), all items, U.S. city averages and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area Index Percent change to
Sep 2026 from --
Aug
2026		 Sep
2026		 Sep
2025		 Jul
2026		 Aug
2026

U.S. city average

 328.481 330.654 3.9 1.1 0.7

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

 302.424 304.624 3.2 1.6 0.7

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 344.411 346.660 4.1 1.2 0.7

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

 356.036 357.558 4.5 0.5 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

   361.306 3.3 0.8  

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

   324.285 3.3 0.7  

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

   344.459 3.7 1.3  

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

   321.439 4.9 1.8  

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA(1)

   144.435 3.7 0.8  

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

   388.364 5.1 2.5  

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL(2)

   314.697 2.9 0.2  

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV(3)

   336.598 5.2 1.3  

Urban Hawaii

   366.755 4.7 0.3  

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 321.717        

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD(3)

 325.369        

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 305.798        

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

 276.673        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 364.600        

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

 339.457        

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ(4)

 189.960        

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

 364.198        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 372.239        

St. Louis, MO-IL

 303.182        

Urban Alaska

 280.888        

Footnotes
(1) December 2017=100.
(2) 1987=100.
(3) 1998-2017 indexes based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) December 2001=100.