The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson was up 0.3 percent for the two months ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that all items less food and energy index advanced 0.5 percent, as the indexes for other goods and services and shelter rose. The energy index and food index both decreased for the same period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Baltimore area all items CPI-U advanced 3.0 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.5 percent, and the food index increased 3.4 percent. The energy index was down 3.2 percent over the same period.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, June 2022–June 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jun 2022	10.6	7.9
Aug 2022	10.2	8.8
Oct 2022	8.4	7.0
Dec 2022	6.3	5.6
Feb 2023	6.1	5.8
Apr 2023	5.3	5.4
Jun 2023	2.8	4.2
Aug 2023	3.1	3.1
Oct 2023	2.2	2.4
Dec 2023	2.1	2.0
Feb 2024	2.6	2.7
Apr 2024	2.9	2.8
Jun 2024	3.0	2.9
Aug 2024	3.0	3.6
Oct 2024	3.4	3.9
Dec 2024	3.4	4.0
Feb 2025	3.2	3.3
Apr 2025	3.0	3.6
Jun 2025	3.0	3.5

The food index decreased 0.1 percent from April to June. The food at home index declined 0.3 percent, with lower prices in 5 of the 6 major food categories. Within food at home, prices for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials decreased 3.9 percent, and prices for fruits and vegetables were down 1.3 percent. Whereas other food at home recorded higher prices at 2.5 percent. In comparison, the index for food away from home advanced 0.2 percent.

The food index rose 3.4 percent over the year. Prices for the food away from home index increased 4.6 percent and the food at home index advanced 2.8 percent. Three of the six major food sub-indexes were up over the year, as seen in meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+10.2 percent); and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+6.6 percent).

The energy index fell 1.3 percent over the two-month pricing period. Gasoline prices decreased 1.7 percent.

The energy index decreased 3.2 percent from June 2024 to June 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index decreased 12.3 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.5 percent during the two-month period ending in June. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for other goods and services (+8.6 percent) and shelter (+0.6 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-3.5 percent) and education and communication (-0.7 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.5 percent over the year. The shelter index (+4.3 percent) was the largest contributor to the increase, due in part to the increase in the owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+4.1 percent) index. Prices for medical care were up 6.8 percent— due to higher prices for medical care services, while prices for other goods and services increased 12.3 percent. In contrast, the apparel index decreased, down 5.6 percent for the same period.

The Consumer Price Index for August 2025 for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 11, 2025.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for Baltimore area is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.

The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, Core Based Statistical Area includes Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard, and Queen Anne’s counties, as well as Baltimore City, in Maryland.

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Table 1. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, CPI-U by expenditure category for June 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Apr. 2025	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jun. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025
All items		324.513	-	325.409	3.0	0.3	-
All items (1967=100)		970.591	-	973.270	-	-	-
Food and beverages		344.783	-	344.401	3.1	-0.1	-
Food		345.905	-	345.411	3.4	-0.1	-
Food at home		301.911	297.148	300.912	2.8	-0.3	1.3
Cereals and bakery products		361.934	369.446	359.706	-1.5	-0.6	-2.6
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		332.253	319.645	331.543	10.2	-0.2	3.7
Dairy and related products		270.281	257.249	265.735	-2.9	-1.7	3.3
Fruits and vegetables		318.799	319.322	314.586	0.0	-1.3	-1.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		243.423	235.957	234.041	6.6	-3.9	-0.8
Other food at home		270.010	267.647	276.632	0.9	2.5	3.4
Food away from home		409.547	-	410.207	4.6	0.2	-
Alcoholic beverages		327.036	-	327.921	-0.1	0.3	-
Housing		328.581	-	331.035	4.5	0.7	-
Shelter		386.182	387.849	388.368	4.3	0.6	0.1
Rent of primary residence		444.577	446.301	447.430	3.5	0.6	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		406.671	407.886	408.539	4.1	0.5	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		406.671	407.886	408.539	4.1	0.5	0.2
Household furnishings and operations		135.963	-	141.651	3.8	4.2	-
Apparel		122.352	-	118.126	-5.6	-3.5	-
Transportation		286.717	-	283.852	-1.2	-1.0	-
Private transportation		293.046	-	293.077	-0.7	0.0	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		136.612	-	137.134	1.0	0.4	-
New vehicles(1)		279.225	-	278.053	0.3	-0.4	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		323.345	-	330.450	3.1	2.2	-
Motor fuel		278.501	271.608	273.650	-12.2	-1.7	0.8
Gasoline (all types)		272.086	265.363	267.329	-12.3	-1.7	0.7
Unleaded regular(4)		274.095	266.861	269.024	-12.8	-1.9	0.8
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		299.446	294.261	296.868	-10.3	-0.9	0.9
Unleaded premium(4)		288.198	283.892	284.714	-9.8	-1.2	0.3
Medical care		549.828	-	554.315	6.8	0.8	-
Recreation(3)		155.286	-	154.794	4.0	-0.3	-
Education and communication(3)		161.797	-	160.592	-0.7	-0.7	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,432.433	-	1,432.433	3.5	0.0	-
Other goods and services		566.560	-	615.378	12.3	8.6	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a March 1978=100 base. (2) Indexes on a November 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, CPI-U by special aggregate index for June 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Apr. 2025	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jun. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025
All items		324.513	-	325.409	3.0	0.3	-
Food		345.905	-	345.411	3.4	-0.1	-
Energy		300.971	297.324	296.931	-3.2	-1.3	-0.1
All items less food and energy		325.989	-	327.462	3.5	0.5	-
All items less energy		328.554	-	329.800	3.5	0.4	-
All items less medical care		313.409	-	314.137	2.8	0.2	-
All items less shelter		301.766	-	302.100	2.4	0.1	-
Commodities		231.353	-	231.319	-0.4	0.0	-
Commodities less food		186.098	-	186.203	-2.6	0.1	-
Commodities less food & beverages		181.717	-	181.800	-2.7	0.0	-
Durables		130.452	-	131.592	-0.4	0.9	-
Nondurables		281.850	-	280.576	-0.2	-0.5	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		228.281	-	226.199	-4.4	-0.9	-
Nondurables less food		233.544	-	231.676	-4.1	-0.8	-
Services		415.672	-	417.395	5.0	0.4	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		464.935	-	466.067	5.8	0.2	-
Services less medical care services		402.910	-	404.163	4.6	0.3	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a November 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.