The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater increased 0.4 percent from March to May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted the index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent from March to May. The index for food increased 1.7 percent over the bi-monthly period. The energy index declined 0.4 percent over the two months. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Tampa area all items CPI-U advanced 2.6 percent for the 12 months ending May. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.8 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 4.1 percent for the 12 months ending May. The energy index fell 1.6 percent over the last year.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, May 2022–May 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
May 2022	11.3	9.9
Jul 2022	11.2	10.1
Sep 2022	10.5	10.1
Nov 2022	9.6	9.7
Jan 2023	8.9	8.7
Mar 2023	7.7	9.3
May 2023	7.3	9.0
Jul 2023	5.9	7.3
Sep 2023	6.7	7.3
Nov 2023	5.2	6.0
Jan 2024	3.9	4.8
Mar 2024	3.7	4.3
May 2024	1.8	2.0
Jul 2024	2.4	3.0
Sep 2024	1.2	2.0
Nov 2024	1.6	2.0
Jan 2025	2.3	2.8
Mar 2025	2.1	2.1
May 2025	2.6	2.8

The food index rose 1.7 percent from March to May. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 2.8 percent over the bi-monthly period. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.9 percent over the two-month span, with higher prices in three of the six major grocery store food groups.

The food index rose 4.1 percent over the last 12 months. The index for food away from home increased 5.7 percent over the past year. The index for food at home rose 3.2 percent over this 12-month span. Five of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased over the past year, including meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+6.2 percent) and other food at home (+4.1 percent).

The energy index declined 0.4 percent from March to May. The gasoline index declined 0.7 percent over the two-month pricing period.

The energy index fell 1.6 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index fell 11.8 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent from March to May. The shelter index rose 0.4 percent over the bi-monthly period, due in part to an increase in the lodging away from home index. The index for owner’s equivalent rent declined 0.3 percent from March to May, while the index for rent was unchanged. Other indexes with notable increases over the two-month pricing period include household furnishings and operations (+2.3 percent) and medical care (+1.0 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.8 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index (+4.0 percent) was the largest contributor to the total 12-month increase in the all items less food and energy index. The index for owners’ equivalent rent increased 3.2 percent over this 12-month span. Medical care (+9.2 percent) and household furnishing and operations (+6.2 percent) were among the indexes to have a notable increase over the last year.

The Consumer Price Index for June 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Consumer Price Index for July 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, August 12, 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 Tampa 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Core Based Statistical Area includes Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties in Florida.

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

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Table 1. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, CPI-U by expenditure category for May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1987=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All items		305.407	-	306.585	2.6	0.4	-
Food and beverages		303.066	-	308.909	4.0	1.9	-
Food		305.981	-	311.322	4.1	1.7	-
Food at home		314.102	317.095	316.954	3.2	0.9	0.0
Cereals and bakery products		334.028	329.886	333.922	1.4	0.0	1.2
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		329.323	330.332	327.599	6.2	-0.5	-0.8
Dairy and related products		297.594	302.537	298.709	4.7	0.4	-1.3
Fruits and vegetables		404.350	413.412	412.012	1.6	1.9	-0.3
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		228.648	224.610	225.057	-1.3	-1.6	0.2
Other food at home		247.326	254.408	255.273	4.1	3.2	0.3
Food away from home		296.298	-	304.456	5.7	2.8	-
Alcoholic beverages		247.949	-	260.625	2.7	5.1	-
Housing		341.830	-	343.665	4.7	0.5	-
Shelter		401.586	402.312	403.104	4.0	0.4	0.2
Rent of primary residence		413.638	413.930	413.825	2.9	0.0	0.0
Owners' equivalent rent of residences		421.689	420.682	420.284	3.2	-0.3	-0.1
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence		421.689	420.682	420.284	3.2	-0.3	-0.1
Household furnishings and operations		160.270	-	163.885	6.2	2.3	-
Apparel		144.310	-	143.524	3.7	-0.5	-
Transportation		260.598	-	258.890	-3.3	-0.7	-
Private transportation		266.699	-	266.604	-3.3	0.0	-
New and used motor vehicles(1)		132.827	-	132.916	-2.4	0.1	-
New vehicles		148.272	-	148.410	-0.3	0.1	-
Used cars and trucks		167.560	-	169.649	1.1	1.2	-
Motor fuel		334.242	338.132	331.479	-11.9	-0.8	-2.0
Gasoline (all types)		325.794	329.790	323.488	-11.8	-0.7	-1.9
Unleaded regular(2)		314.079	318.069	311.735	-12.3	-0.7	-2.0
Unleaded midgrade(2)(3)		337.020	340.594	334.906	-9.9	-0.6	-1.7
Unleaded premium(2)		373.315	376.938	371.540	-9.1	-0.5	-1.4
Medical care		540.852	-	546.206	9.2	1.0	-
Recreation(1)		131.482	-	131.528	-4.5	0.0	-
Education and communication(1)		133.844	-	132.228	-0.2	-1.2	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare		703.374	-	703.374	-	0.0	-
Other goods and services		376.291	-	378.668	1.7	0.6	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (2) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (3) 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. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, CPI-U by special aggregate index for May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1987=100)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All items		305.407	-	306.585	2.6	0.4	-
Food		305.981	-	311.322	4.1	1.7	-
Energy		267.947	269.522	266.785	-1.6	-0.4	-1.0
All items less food and energy		308.720	-	309.579	2.8	0.3	-
All items less energy		308.081	-	309.426	2.9	0.4	-
All items less medical care		292.744	-	293.708	2.1	0.3	-
All items less shelter		264.959	-	265.994	1.8	0.4	-
Commodities		210.416	-	213.002	0.8	1.2	-
Commodities less food		170.916	-	172.608	-0.8	1.0	-
Commodities less food & beverages		167.093	-	168.559	-0.9	0.9	-
Durables		104.827	-	105.629	-2.0	0.8	-
Nondurables		274.958	-	279.193	2.6	1.5	-
Nondurables less food		244.933	-	248.142	1.0	1.3	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		244.724	-	247.290	0.8	1.0	-
Services		390.795	-	390.745	3.6	0.0	-
Services less rent of shelter		367.793	-	365.795	2.9	-0.5	-
Services less medical care services		375.943	-	375.750	3.3	-0.1	-
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.