The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the St. Louis area advanced 0.5 percent for the two months ending in June 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted that a 5.5-percent increase in the energy index was the largest contributor to the rise. The index for all items less food and energy was up 0.2 percent, and the index for food advanced 0.1 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 rose 2.9 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.9 percent over the year. Energy prices advanced 14.7 percent, and food prices saw a 2.7-percent gain.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2023–June 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Aug 2025	2.6	3.2
Oct 2025	-	-
Dec 2025	2.0	1.8
Feb 2026	2.4	2.3
Apr 2026	3.5	2.4
Jun 2026	2.9	1.9
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

The index for food increased 0.1 percent for the two months ending in June. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.8 percent, and prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 0.3 percent. Four of the six grocery store categories fell over the two-month period. The index for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials led increases in the food at home index, rising 1.6 percent.

The food index advanced 2.7 percent over the year. The indexes for food away from home and food at home both increased, up 3.6 percent and 2.0 percent, respectively. Prices in all six grocery store categories rose over the year, with the indexes for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+5.8 percent) and fruits and vegetables (+2.7 percent) leading the increases.

The energy index advanced 5.5 percent for the two months ending in June. Gasoline prices were down 0.6 percent.

From June 2025 to June 2026, energy prices rose 14.7 percent. Gasoline prices saw a 33.0-percent gain over the year.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.2 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+1.2 percent), used cars and trucks (+3.0 percent), and other goods and services (+2.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-2.4 percent), apparel (-2.4 percent), medical care services, and household furnishings and operations (-1.0 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.9 percent over the year. Components contributing most to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+2.7 percent), medical care services, and apparel (+8.7 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-1.1 percent).

The August 2026 Consumer Price Index for the St. Louis area is scheduled to be released on Friday, September 11, 2026.

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.

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Table 1. St. Louis, MO-IL, 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		300.496	-	302.095	2.9	0.5	-
All items (1967=100)		892.524	-	897.271	-	-	-
Food and beverages		345.093	-	345.572	2.8	0.1	-
Food		345.025	-	345.524	2.7	0.1	-
Food at home		303.819	304.941	302.849	2.0	-0.3	-0.7
Cereals and bakery products		257.631	259.690	255.643	0.3	-0.8	-1.6
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		299.796	303.917	298.813	1.7	-0.3	-1.7
Dairy and related products		190.480	187.865	188.504	2.7	-1.0	0.3
Fruits and vegetables		444.437	447.114	446.160	2.7	0.4	-0.2
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		245.771	244.691	249.587	5.8	1.6	2.0
Other food at home		322.070	322.799	319.011	0.3	-0.9	-1.2
Food away from home		416.132	-	419.395	3.6	0.8	-
Alcoholic beverages		317.414	-	317.533	5.5	0.0	-
Housing		301.350	-	306.724	1.7	1.8	-
Shelter		358.780	362.320	362.938	2.5	1.2	0.2
Rent of primary residence		328.436	330.029	331.815	2.0	1.0	0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		377.630	379.153	381.492	2.7	1.0	0.6
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		377.630	379.153	381.492	2.7	1.0	0.6
Household furnishings and operations		151.794	-	150.215	1.2	-1.0	-
Apparel		151.935	-	148.333	8.7	-2.4	-
Transportation		263.378	-	263.329	5.1	0.0	-
Private transportation		267.853	-	268.450	4.7	0.2	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		115.477	-	118.304	-0.9	2.4	-
New vehicles(1)		263.336	-	263.762	0.4	0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		390.781	-	402.453	-1.2	3.0	-
Motor fuel		377.731	413.959	375.628	33.7	-0.6	-9.3
Gasoline (all types)		369.417	404.650	367.378	33.0	-0.6	-9.2
Unleaded regular(4)		355.345	389.778	353.083	33.4	-0.6	-9.4
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		445.617	485.356	446.529	31.0	0.2	-8.0
Unleaded premium(4)		384.496	416.066	385.048	29.1	0.1	-7.5
Medical care		551.282	-	547.672	2.4	-0.7	-
Recreation(3)		140.056	-	136.763	-1.1	-2.4	-
Education and communication(3)		154.452	-	154.922	2.9	0.3	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,476.042	-	1,476.042	3.7	0.0	-
Other goods and services		415.117	-	423.783	3.9	2.1	-
(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 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		300.496	-	302.095	2.9	0.5	-
Food		345.025	-	345.524	2.7	0.1	-
Energy		320.336	340.221	337.800	14.7	5.5	-0.7
All items less food and energy		297.086	-	297.573	1.9	0.2	-
All items less energy		303.715	-	304.203	2.1	0.2	-
All items less medical care		287.903	-	289.748	2.9	0.6	-
All items less shelter		282.597	-	283.344	3.1	0.3	-
Commodities		238.102	-	238.324	4.2	0.1	-
Commodities less food		192.033	-	192.157	4.4	0.1	-
Commodities less food & beverages		186.974	-	187.097	4.4	0.1	-
Durables		120.112	-	121.415	-1.7	1.1	-
Nondurables		307.152	-	306.147	6.6	-0.3	-
Nondurables less food		273.039	-	270.803	10.5	-0.8	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		267.913	-	265.578	10.9	-0.9	-
Services		364.878	-	367.998	2.0	0.9	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		379.815	-	381.797	1.5	0.5	-
Services less medical care services		346.045	-	349.798	1.8	1.1	-
(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.