The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington was up 1.3 percent for the two months ending in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Lori Keller noted that the all items less food and energy index also rose 1.3 percent, as the food and energy indexes increased 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 Philadelphia area all items CPI-U advanced 5.4 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy rose 4.7 percent. The energy index increased 16.7 percent, and the food index was up 4.2 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, June 2023–June 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jun 2023	3.1	4.6
Aug 2023	3.9	4.6
Oct 2023	3.5	4.4
Dec 2023	3.9	4.7
Feb 2024	3.4	4.2
Apr 2024	4.1	4.6
Jun 2024	3.6	4.0
Aug 2024	3.4	4.0
Oct 2024	3.4	4.0
Dec 2024	3.3	3.6
Feb 2025	3.1	3.1
Apr 2025	2.9	3.1
Jun 2025	3.3	3.3
Aug 2025	3.3	3.2
Oct 2025	-	-
Dec 2025	3.9	3.7
Feb 2026	3.5	3.5
Apr 2026	4.8	3.8
Jun 2026	5.4	4.7
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

From April to June, the food index was up 0.7 percent. The index for food at home rose 0.9 percent, with higher prices in meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (3.6 percent). The food away from home index increased 0.4 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 4.2 percent over the year. The food away from home index increased 2.6 percent. In comparison, the food at home index advanced 5.2 percent. All major food group subindexes rose over the year, with prices increasing 7.5 percent for other food at home and 9.0 percent for fruits and vegetables.

The energy index increased 1.1 percent over the two-month pricing period ending in June. Gasoline prices advanced 0.2 percent.

The energy index rose 16.7 percent from June 2025 to June 2026. Over the year, the gasoline index was up 30.1 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.3 percent from April to June. The index for shelter was up 3.6 percent, as prices for owners’ equivalent rent of residences increased 0.5 percent. Within the same period, increases included the indexes for household furnishings and operations (1.7 percent), new and used motor vehicles (0.8 percent), and recreation (1.1 percent). In contrast, the index for medical care declined 0.8 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.7 percent over the year. The shelter index (6.5 percent) was the largest contributor to the increase, due in part to the price increase in the owners’ equivalent rent of primary residences (4.6 percent). Other price increases included medical care (2.3 percent) and household furnishings and operations (4.4 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for August 2026 is scheduled to be released on Friday, September 11, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

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 Philadelphia 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.

The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Core Based Statistical Area 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.

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Table 1. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CPI-U by expenditure category for June 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Apr. 2026	May 2026	Jun. 2026	Jun. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026
All items		338.030	-	342.280	5.4	1.3	-
All items (1967=100)		976.551	-	988.828	-	-	-
Food and beverages		317.508	-	319.799	4.0	0.7	-
Food		320.900	-	323.159	4.2	0.7	-
Food at home		323.173	322.855	326.086	5.2	0.9	1.0
Cereals and bakery products		416.129	409.618	414.902	2.1	-0.3	1.3
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		358.902	365.480	371.861	2.0	3.6	1.7
Dairy and related products		243.888	244.337	243.910	1.0	0.0	-0.2
Fruits and vegetables		319.815	313.274	319.997	9.0	0.1	2.1
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		244.279	244.735	237.114	7.6	-2.9	-3.1
Other food at home		307.155	307.852	313.886	7.5	2.2	2.0
Food away from home		307.771	-	308.910	2.6	0.4	-
Alcoholic beverages		267.052	-	269.583	1.4	0.9	-
Housing		364.529	-	376.283	6.5	3.2	-
Shelter		445.444	459.309	461.579	6.5	3.6	0.5
Rent of primary residence		425.896	428.240	429.656	5.0	0.9	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		465.155	466.855	467.493	4.6	0.5	0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		465.155	466.855	467.493	4.6	0.5	0.1
Household furnishings and operations		159.551	-	162.318	4.4	1.7	-
Apparel		117.746	-	117.634	5.3	-0.1	-
Transportation		310.924	-	305.128	8.8	-1.9	-
Private transportation		317.629	-	311.040	6.4	-2.1	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		134.100	-	135.111	-0.1	0.8	-
New vehicles(1)		241.398	-	241.773	0.9	0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		336.143	-	345.244	-2.2	2.7	-
Motor fuel		379.339	416.939	380.008	30.1	0.2	-8.9
Gasoline (all types)		374.327	411.469	375.021	30.1	0.2	-8.9
Unleaded regular(4)		369.086	406.991	368.912	30.5	0.0	-9.4
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		386.526	420.983	392.572	28.9	1.6	-6.7
Unleaded premium(4)		384.340	415.754	389.413	27.7	1.3	-6.3
Medical care		630.168	-	625.103	2.3	-0.8	-
Recreation(3)		139.704	-	141.288	0.9	1.1	-
Education and communication(3)		142.507	-	141.607	0.4	-0.6	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,261.717	-	1,268.613	5.2	0.5	-
Other goods and services		736.828	-	738.707	2.9	0.3	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Index is on a December 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. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CPI-U by special aggregate index for June 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Apr. 2026	May 2026	Jun. 2026	Jun. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026
All items		338.030	-	342.280	5.4	1.3	-
Food		320.900	-	323.159	4.2	0.7	-
Energy		321.736	337.265	325.403	16.7	1.1	-3.5
All items less food and energy		351.377	-	356.090	4.7	1.3	-
All items less energy		344.037	-	348.392	4.7	1.3	-
All items less medical care		325.551	-	330.181	5.7	1.4	-
All items less shelter		301.379	-	300.717	4.7	-0.2	-
Commodities		234.433	-	234.319	4.9	0.0	-
Commodities less food		191.853	-	190.989	5.0	-0.5	-
Commodities less food & beverages		188.557	-	187.594	5.2	-0.5	-
Durables		129.530	-	128.986	0.5	-0.4	-
Nondurables		282.992	-	283.268	6.7	0.1	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		243.718	-	242.291	9.4	-0.6	-
Nondurables less food		245.213	-	244.052	8.7	-0.5	-
Services		439.902	-	448.095	5.6	1.9	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		443.549	-	441.794	4.3	-0.4	-
Services less medical care services		424.095	-	432.820	5.8	2.1	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.