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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mid-Atlantic > News Release
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25-1174-PHI
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington — June 2025

Area prices up 0.6 percent over the two months, up 3.3 percent over the year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington was up 0.6 percent from April to June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the all items less food and energy index rose 0.5 percent as shelter prices increased 0.6 percent. The energy index advanced 5.4 percent, and the food index decreased 0.3 percent. (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 3.3 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy also rose 3.3 percent. The food index increased 2.1 percent, and the energy index was up 5.2 percent over the same period.

Food

The food index was down 0.3 percent for the two months ending in June. The index for food at home also decreased 0.7 percent, with lower prices in 4 of the 6 major food categories. Within food at home, prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs fell 1.5 percent, and prices for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials declined 2.0 percent. The food away from home index increased 0.1 percent.

The food index rose 2.1 percent over the year as the food away from home index increased 3.5 percent. The food at home index advanced 0.9 percent in the same period. Three of the six major food categories increased over the year, with the meats, poultry, fish, and eggs index, up 5.8 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 5.4 percent over the two-month pricing period ending in June. Gasoline prices were up 1.5 percent.

The energy index advanced 5.2 percent from June 2024 to June 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index declined 8.9 percent, continuing a yearlong trend of decreases that started last June.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.5 percent from April to June. The index for shelter advanced 0.6 percent over the bi-monthly period, with the index for owners’ equivalent rent of residences rising 0.5 percent. Further price increases included household furnishings and operations up 2.7 percent, and recreation, up 0.9 percent. Prices were lower for apparel (-1.9 percent) and public transportation in the same period.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.3 percent over the year. The shelter index, up 3.8 percent, was the largest contributor to the increase, as the owners’ equivalent rent of residences index and rent of primary residence advanced 4.2 and 4.1 percent respectively. The medical care index rose 2.1 percent and public transportation prices increased as well.

The August 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington-Area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 11, 2025.

Publication updates and changes

In accordance with annual practice, relative importance weights have been updated and are available online in the CPI Supplemental Table of Contents.

Effective with the January 2025 data release, several indexes and average price series were discontinued. More information is available on the CPI discontinued series page. Direct any inquiries to the CPI office using one of the CPI contact information options listed online.


Technical Note

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 the Philadelphia 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 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 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

 322.548 - 324.636 3.3 0.6 -

All items (1967=100)

 931.824 - 937.855 - - -

Food and beverages

 308.113 - 307.457 2.1 -0.2 -

Food

 311.211 - 310.186 2.1 -0.3 -

Food at home

 312.149 311.100 309.951 0.9 -0.7 -0.4

Cereals and bakery products

 405.804 405.978 406.540 -0.4 0.2 0.1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 370.020 366.864 364.407 5.8 -1.5 -0.7

Dairy and related products

 242.823 238.038 241.493 2.3 -0.5 1.5

Fruits and vegetables

 296.986 288.108 293.641 0.2 -1.1 1.9

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 224.919 228.829 220.363 -3.0 -2.0 -3.7

Other food at home

 291.277 294.955 291.990 -0.3 0.2 -1.0

Food away from home

 300.866 - 301.211 3.5 0.1 -

Alcoholic beverages

 261.511 - 265.744 2.3 1.6 -

Housing

 348.874 - 353.249 4.6 1.3 -

Shelter

 430.623 431.809 433.264 3.8 0.6 0.3

Rent of primary residence

 406.891 407.860 409.271 4.1 0.6 0.3

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 444.672 445.443 446.848 4.2 0.5 0.3

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 444.672 445.443 446.848 4.2 0.5 0.3

Household furnishings and operations

 151.355 - 155.457 4.3 2.7 -

Apparel

 113.811 - 111.667 -0.6 -1.9 -

Transportation

 280.838 - 280.558 2.5 -0.1 -

Private transportation

 290.143 - 292.228 1.7 0.7 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 134.916 - 135.261 1.2 0.3 -

New vehicles(1)

 240.060 - 239.640 0.5 -0.2 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 345.429 - 353.020 3.1 2.2 -

Motor fuel

 287.845 286.129 292.055 -8.9 1.5 2.1

Gasoline (all types)

 284.149 282.487 288.361 -8.9 1.5 2.1

Unleaded regular(4)

 278.466 276.731 282.660 -9.3 1.5 2.1

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 301.033 299.503 304.608 -8.2 1.2 1.7

Unleaded premium(4)

 300.754 299.588 304.905 -7.3 1.4 1.8

Medical care

 610.165 - 611.129 2.1 0.2 -

Recreation(3)

 138.795 - 140.064 1.7 0.9 -

Education and communication(3)

 140.127 - 141.081 1.7 0.7 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 1,196.334 - 1,206.316 4.1 0.8 -

Other goods and services

 719.853 - 718.156 3.5 -0.2 -

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 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

 322.548 - 324.636 3.3 0.6 -

Food

 311.211 - 310.186 2.1 -0.3 -

Energy

 264.510 264.166 278.729 5.2 5.4 5.5

All items less food and energy

 338.446 - 340.040 3.3 0.5 -

All items less energy

 331.653 - 332.856 3.2 0.4 -

All items less medical care

 310.280 - 312.410 3.4 0.7 -

All items less shelter

 285.379 - 287.294 3.0 0.7 -

Commodities

 223.089 - 223.289 0.0 0.1 -

Commodities less food

 181.163 - 181.897 -1.7 0.4 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 177.780 - 178.392 -1.9 0.3 -

Durables

 127.231 - 128.312 -1.0 0.8 -

Nondurables

 265.964 - 265.448 0.2 -0.2 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 221.910 - 221.549 -2.5 -0.2 -

Nondurables less food

 224.448 - 224.449 -2.1 0.0 -

Services

 420.519 - 424.232 4.9 0.9 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 418.270 - 423.483 6.4 1.2 -

Services less medical care services

 405.378 - 408.907 5.0 0.9 -

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025