The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach decreased 0.2 percent from June to August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted the index for all items less food and energy fell 0.3 percent over the two-month period. The energy index was unchanged from June to August, while the index for food rose 0.1 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Miami area all items CPI-U advanced 2.5 percent for the 12 months ending August. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.4 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 4.8 percent for the 12 months ending August. The energy index rose 0.2 percent over the same period.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, August 2022–August 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Aug 2022	10.2	9.3
Oct 2022	9.6	9.7
Dec 2022	9.9	10.4
Feb 2023	9.2	9.7
Apr 2023	9.0	10.5
Jun 2023	6.9	9.6
Aug 2023	7.8	8.6
Oct 2023	7.4	8.0
Dec 2023	5.7	6.2
Feb 2024	4.9	5.8
Apr 2024	4.5	5.8
Jun 2024	3.5	4.6
Aug 2024	2.6	4.0
Oct 2024	2.7	3.7
Dec 2024	2.8	3.4
Feb 2025	2.9	3.3
Apr 2025	2.2	2.6
Jun 2025	3.1	3.2
Aug 2025	2.5	2.4

The food index rose 0.1 percent from June to August. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.2 percent over the two-month pricing period. Prices increased in four of the six major grocery store food groups, including nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+4.0 percent) and dairy and related products (+3.1 percent). Conversely, the index for fruits and vegetables fell 3.8 percent over the bi-monthly period. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) was unchanged from June to August.

The food index rose 4.8 percent over the last 12 months. The index for food at home increased 4.7 percent over this 12-month span. Four of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased over the past year, including other food at home (+11.8 percent) and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+7.1 percent). The index for food away from home advanced 5.0 percent over the past year.

The energy index was unchanged from June to August. The gasoline index was little changed over the two-month pricing period, down 0.1 percent.

The energy index rose 0.2 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index fell 9.1 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy fell 0.3 percent from June to August. The index for household furnishings and operations declined 5.9 percent over the two-month pricing period. Other indexes with notable decreases from June to August include apparel (-5.4 percent), other goods and services (-2.5 percent), and medical care (-0.6 percent).

The shelter index rose 0.4 percent from June to August. The index for owners’ equivalent rent rose 0.4 percent over the bi-monthly period, as did the index for rent. Other indexes with notable increases over the two-month pricing period include alcoholic beverages (+13.3 percent) and education and communication (+1.4 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.4 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index increased 3.0 percent over this 12-month span. The index for owners’ equivalent rent increased 3.0 percent over the past year and the index for rent increased 2.9 percent.

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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach 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 Miami 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 Miami-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Core Based Statistical Area includes Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties in Florida.

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Table 1. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, 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		357.750	-	357.009	2.5	-0.2	-
All items (November 1977=100)		576.643	-	575.449	-	-	-
Food and beverages		335.892	-	340.155	5.6	1.3	-
Food		344.594	-	345.109	4.8	0.1	-
Food at home		320.957	323.373	321.607	4.7	0.2	-0.5
Cereals and bakery products		395.407	393.021	396.917	-4.7	0.4	1.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		315.620	325.572	317.773	7.1	0.7	-2.4
Dairy and related products		274.683	282.982	283.203	4.8	3.1	0.1
Fruits and vegetables		347.318	344.733	333.981	-1.7	-3.8	-3.1
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		340.758	359.766	354.529	7.9	4.0	-1.5
Other food at home		273.019	267.638	273.090	11.8	0.0	2.0
Food away from home		390.233	-	390.269	5.0	0.0	-
Alcoholic beverages		230.991	-	261.624	13.3	13.3	-
Housing		407.695	-	407.428	3.3	-0.1	-
Shelter		477.317	477.180	479.434	3.0	0.4	0.5
Rent of primary residence		475.478	474.958	477.558	2.9	0.4	0.5
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)		485.099	485.418	486.901	3.0	0.4	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)		485.099	485.418	486.901	3.0	0.4	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		215.103	-	202.429	1.3	-5.9	-
Apparel		186.583	-	176.530	7.2	-5.4	-
Transportation		280.681	-	278.387	-1.1	-0.8	-
Private transportation		292.132	-	292.377	-0.7	0.1	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		131.772	-	131.485	2.0	-0.2	-
New vehicles(1)		279.574	-	279.164	-0.2	-0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		384.282	-	389.426	5.8	1.3	-
Motor fuel		274.063	275.590	273.991	-9.0	0.0	-0.6
Gasoline (all types)		271.347	272.684	271.143	-9.1	-0.1	-0.6
Unleaded regular(4)		266.977	268.295	266.641	-9.5	-0.1	-0.6
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		275.162	276.504	275.669	-7.2	0.2	-0.3
Unleaded premium(4)		295.671	297.109	296.303	-7.1	0.2	-0.3
Medical care		659.191	-	655.291	3.8	-0.6	-
Recreation(3)		136.368	-	136.286	-2.9	-0.1	-
Education and communication(3)		135.734	-	137.672	2.7	1.4	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		-	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		493.491	-	481.290	0.0	-2.5	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a November 1977=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. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, 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		357.750	-	357.009	2.5	-0.2	-
Food		344.594	-	345.109	4.8	0.1	-
Energy		236.622	237.275	236.597	0.2	0.0	-0.3
All items less food and energy		375.296	-	374.297	2.4	-0.3	-
All items less energy		371.119	-	370.308	2.7	-0.2	-
All items less medical care		344.557	-	343.935	2.5	-0.2	-
All items less shelter		295.053	-	293.000	2.2	-0.7	-
Commodities		251.080	-	249.226	1.8	-0.7	-
Commodities less food		204.178	-	201.731	0.3	-1.2	-
Commodities less food & beverages		202.581	-	198.662	-0.4	-1.9	-
Durables		157.619	-	157.114	0.4	-0.3	-
Nondurables		294.582	-	291.796	2.6	-0.9	-
Nondurables less food		247.294	-	242.125	0.1	-2.1	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		248.516	-	239.199	-1.4	-3.7	-
Services		438.948	-	439.115	2.9	0.0	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		392.541	-	390.081	2.6	-0.6	-
Services less medical care services		419.414	-	419.783	2.8	0.1	-
Footnotes (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.