The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell increased 0.1 percent from June to August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted the food index advanced 1.2 percent over the two-month span. The energy index increased 0.4 percent over the same period. The index for all items less food and energy declined 0.1 percent from June to August. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Atlanta area all items CPI-U advanced 1.7 percent for the 12 months ending August. The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.9 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 3.5 percent for the 12 months ending August. The energy index declined 2.3 percent over the last year.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, August 2022–August 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Aug 2022	11.7	11.0
Oct 2022	10.7	10.4
Dec 2022	8.1	8.2
Feb 2023	7.2	7.5
Apr 2023	5.8	6.6
Jun 2023	4.6	5.6
Aug 2023	4.4	3.9
Oct 2023	3.2	3.4
Dec 2023	3.6	3.3
Feb 2024	3.3	3.2
Apr 2024	3.1	2.8
Jun 2024	2.6	2.5
Aug 2024	1.7	2.3
Oct 2024	1.9	2.6
Dec 2024	2.6	3.1
Feb 2025	2.1	2.2
Apr 2025	1.9	2.4
Jun 2025	1.8	2.4
Aug 2025	1.7	1.9

The food index rose 1.2 percent from June to August. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 1.9 percent over the two-month period. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.8 percent from June to August. Prices increased in four of the six major grocery store food groups including meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+2.3 percent) and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+3.3 percent).

The food index rose 3.5 percent over the last 12 months. The food away from home index increased 6.9 percent over the past year. The index for food at home rose 1.2 percent over the 12-month span. Three of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased over the 12 months ending August, including meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+7.3 percent).

The energy index rose 0.4 percent from June to August. The gasoline index increased 0.2 percent over the two-month pricing period.

The energy index fell 2.3 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index fell 9.5 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy declined 0.1 percent from June to August. Among the notable indexes to decline over the two-month pricing period include apparel (-4.6 percent), medical care (-1.1 percent), and recreation (-1.3 percent). Indexes with notable increases over the bimonthly period include owners’ equivalent rent (+0.5 percent) and education and communication (+1.6 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.9 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index increased 2.3 percent over the last year. The index for owners’ equivalent rent rose 3.0 percent over this 12-month span. The index for household furnishings and operations (+8.0 percent) was also among the notable indexes to increase over the last 12 months. In comparison, the index for apparel declined 7.5 percent for the 12 months ending August.

The Consumer Price Index for September 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The October 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, November 13, 2025, 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 Atlanta 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Core Based Statistical Area includes Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pile, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton Counties in Georgia.

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

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Table 1. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, CPI-U by expenditure category for August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All items		318.574	-	318.877	1.7	0.1	-
All items (1967=100)		960.722	-	961.634	-	-	-
Food and beverages		331.270	-	335.223	3.4	1.2	-
Food		349.419	-	353.772	3.5	1.2	-
Food at home		310.014	310.165	312.474	1.2	0.8	0.7
Cereals and bakery products		255.842	257.417	259.252	-3.0	1.3	0.7
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		380.882	374.445	389.461	7.3	2.3	4.0
Dairy and related products		267.146	271.624	271.038	2.6	1.5	-0.2
Fruits and vegetables		324.841	334.219	320.892	-1.6	-1.2	-4.0
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		328.566	329.061	339.495	-5.1	3.3	3.2
Other food at home		272.761	270.189	270.902	1.3	-0.7	0.3
Food away from home		418.341	-	426.269	6.9	1.9	-
Alcoholic beverages		-	-	-	-	-	-
Housing		350.549	-	351.160	3.0	0.2	-
Shelter		393.147	393.001	393.690	2.3	0.1	0.2
Rent of primary residence		408.634	410.324	410.302	1.9	0.4	0.0
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)		390.827	392.097	392.637	3.0	0.5	0.1
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)		390.827	392.097	392.637	3.0	0.5	0.1
Household furnishings and operations		157.315	-	157.618	8.0	0.2	-
Apparel		160.349	-	152.974	-7.5	-4.6	-
Transportation		279.810	-	280.691	0.1	0.3	-
Private transportation		283.533	-	283.145	-0.6	-0.1	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		133.760	-	134.338	1.5	0.4	-
New vehicles(1)		299.542	-	299.643	0.1	0.0	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		274.495	-	278.170	5.8	1.3	-
Motor fuel		258.612	259.801	259.349	-9.4	0.3	-0.2
Gasoline (all types)		257.071	257.893	257.555	-9.5	0.2	-0.1
Unleaded regular(4)		250.120	250.759	250.220	-10.0	0.0	-0.2
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		334.562	335.885	336.589	-7.6	0.6	0.2
Unleaded premium(4)		291.818	293.906	294.960	-6.5	1.1	0.4
Medical care		524.595	-	518.899	-	-1.1	-
Recreation(3)		101.229	-	99.895	0.5	-1.3	-
Education and communication(3)		141.390	-	143.684	1.2	1.6	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,581.316	-	1,606.673	2.1	1.6	-
Other goods and services		-	-	-	-	-	-
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. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All items		318.574	-	318.877	1.7	0.1	-
Food		349.419	-	353.772	3.5	1.2	-
Energy		284.338	285.018	285.529	-2.3	0.4	0.2
All items less food and energy		317.767	-	317.410	1.9	-0.1	-
All items less energy		321.868	-	322.099	2.1	0.1	-
All items less medical care		307.088	-	307.677	1.7	0.2	-
All items less shelter		292.275	-	292.483	1.4	0.1	-
Commodities		223.254	-	224.018	0.8	0.3	-
Commodities less food		174.145	-	173.868	-0.8	-0.2	-
Commodities less food & beverages		174.586	-	174.275	-0.9	-0.2	-
Durables		128.252	-	129.964	2.7	1.3	-
Nondurables		272.001	-	271.978	0.1	0.0	-
Nondurables less food		218.467	-	215.891	-3.2	-1.2	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		223.824	-	220.966	-3.5	-1.3	-
Services		408.828	-	408.661	2.2	0.0	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		439.706	-	438.580	2.1	-0.3	-
Services less medical care services		394.636	-	395.008	2.3	0.1	-
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.