The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the St. Louis area advanced 1.1 percent for the two months ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that prices for energy increased 11.2 percent, and the all items less food and energy index rose 0.7 percent. The index for food declined 0.7 percent over the two-month period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The St. Louis area all items CPI-U advanced 2.5 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.0 percent over the year. Food prices increased 2.0 percent, while energy prices decreased 0.8 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2022–June 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jun 2022	8.4	4.8
Aug 2022	7.5	5.3
Oct 2022	7.0	5.0
Dec 2022	6.2	5.0
Feb 2023	5.9	4.8
Apr 2023	4.2	4.6
Jun 2023	3.1	4.8
Aug 2023	3.1	3.7
Oct 2023	3.1	3.8
Dec 2023	2.8	3.6
Feb 2024	3.6	4.8
Apr 2024	4.0	4.2
Jun 2024	3.4	4.3
Aug 2024	3.3	4.1
Oct 2024	2.6	3.5
Dec 2024	3.1	3.4
Feb 2025	2.0	2.2
Apr 2025	2.2	2.9
Jun 2025	2.5	3.0

The index for food declined 0.7 percent for the two months ending in June. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) fell 1.0 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) decreased 0.4 percent for the same period. Within the food from home category, the index for meats, poultry, fish and eggs contributed the most to the decline, falling 2.5 percent. The index for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials was the only grocery store category to rise over the two-month period, increasing 3.1 percent.

Food prices rose 2.0 percent over the year. The index for food away from home advanced 3.5 percent.  The index for food at home increased 0.9 percent, with 4 of the 6 main grocery categories contributing to the rise. The indexes for meats, poultry, fish and eggs (+2.6 percent) and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+3.7 percent) rose, while the index for dairy and related products fell 3.2 percent over the 12-month period.

The energy index advanced 11.2 percent for the two months ending in June. Gasoline prices declined 1.2 percent.

From June 2024 to June 2025, energy prices decreased 0.8 percent. The index for gasoline fell 9.7 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.7 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+0.8 percent), household furnishings and operations (+3.9 percent), and medical care (+1.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-4.5 percent) and public transportation.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.0 percent over the year. Components contributing most to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+5.5 percent), rent of primary residence (+5.6 percent), and household furnishings and operations (+4.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-5.7 percent) and lodging away from home.

The August 2025 Consumer Price Index for the St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis, MO-IL, Core Based Statistical Area covered in this release includes Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties in Illinois; and Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, and Warren counties and St. Louis City in Missouri.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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Table 1. St. Louis, MO-IL, 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		290.341	-	293.580	2.5	1.1	-
All items (1967=100)		862.362	-	871.981	-	-	-
Food and beverages		338.534	-	336.136	1.9	-0.7	-
Food		338.946	-	336.471	2.0	-0.7	-
Food at home		299.947	297.792	297.003	0.9	-1.0	-0.3
Cereals and bakery products		258.789	246.941	254.875	-1.7	-1.5	3.2
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		301.565	299.079	293.886	2.6	-2.5	-1.7
Dairy and related products		186.126	184.632	183.602	-3.2	-1.4	-0.6
Fruits and vegetables		442.015	440.310	434.226	2.2	-1.8	-1.4
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		228.852	230.013	235.898	3.7	3.1	2.6
Other food at home		320.033	321.480	317.982	0.5	-0.6	-1.1
Food away from home		406.269	-	404.647	3.5	-0.4	-
Alcoholic beverages		301.952	-	300.878	1.2	-0.4	-
Housing		291.697	-	301.467	5.2	3.3	-
Shelter		350.998	352.307	354.057	4.8	0.9	0.5
Rent of primary residence		322.227	322.682	325.186	5.6	0.9	0.8
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		368.247	369.409	371.302	5.5	0.8	0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		368.247	369.409	371.302	5.5	0.8	0.5
Household furnishings and operations		142.868	-	148.416	4.1	3.9	-
Apparel		142.822	-	136.429	-5.7	-4.5	-
Transportation		250.615	-	250.552	0.9	0.0	-
Private transportation		255.446	-	256.460	0.5	0.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		118.140	-	119.320	0.9	1.0	-
New vehicles(1)		263.357	-	262.676	0.0	-0.3	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		398.962	-	407.231	2.8	2.1	-
Motor fuel		284.320	282.021	280.865	-9.7	-1.2	-0.4
Gasoline (all types)		279.678	277.401	276.306	-9.7	-1.2	-0.4
Unleaded regular(4)		268.109	265.749	264.659	-10.0	-1.3	-0.4
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		343.435	342.501	340.868	-7.8	-0.7	-0.5
Unleaded premium(4)		299.780	298.990	298.249	-7.0	-0.5	-0.2
Medical care		529.337	-	535.074	0.2	1.1	-
Recreation(3)		139.126	-	138.344	2.2	-0.6	-
Education and communication(3)		149.451	-	150.518	-0.5	0.7	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,423.268	-	1,423.268	0.5	0.0	-
Other goods and services		406.719	-	407.973	4.0	0.3	-
(1) Index is on a March 1978=100 base. (2) Index is 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. St. Louis, MO-IL, 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		290.341	-	293.580	2.5	1.1	-
Food		338.946	-	336.471	2.0	-0.7	-
Energy		264.741	263.126	294.416	-0.8	11.2	11.9
All items less food and energy		289.986	-	292.150	3.0	0.7	-
All items less energy		296.632	-	297.956	2.8	0.4	-
All items less medical care		278.347	-	281.461	2.8	1.1	-
All items less shelter		271.627	-	274.927	1.5	1.2	-
Commodities		228.755	-	228.668	0.6	0.0	-
Commodities less food		182.991	-	184.017	0.3	0.6	-
Commodities less food & beverages		178.140	-	179.229	0.2	0.6	-
Durables		120.353	-	123.542	4.7	2.6	-
Nondurables		289.367	-	287.116	-0.5	-0.8	-
Nondurables less food		247.111	-	245.020	-3.0	-0.8	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		241.743	-	239.582	-3.4	-0.9	-
Services		354.061	-	360.860	3.9	1.9	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		365.463	-	376.095	2.8	2.9	-
Services less medical care services		336.871	-	343.703	4.4	2.0	-
(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.