The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater increased 1.1 percent from May to July, 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 1.3 percent over the two-month span. The index for food increased 0.9 percent over the same period. The energy index declined 0.4 percent from May to July. (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 3.3 percent for the 12 months ending July. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.3 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 5.2 percent for the 12 months ending July. The energy index rose 0.3 percent over the last year.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Jul 2025	3.3	3.3

The food index rose 0.9 percent from May to July. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 1.3 percent over the bi-monthly period. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.7 percent over the two-month span. Prices increased in four of the six major grocery store food groups, including meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+4.9 percent). In comparison, the index for cereals and bakery products declined 5.6 percent over the bi-monthly period.

The food index rose 5.2 percent over the last 12 months. The index for food away from home increased 6.3 percent over the past year. The index for food at home rose 4.5 percent over this 12-month span. Five of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased over the last year, including meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+11.5 percent).

The energy index declined 0.4 percent from May to July. The gasoline index declined 0.6 percent over the two-month pricing period.

The energy index increased 0.3 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index fell 11.0 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.3 percent from May to July. The shelter index increased 1.9 percent over the bi-monthly period. The index for owners’ equivalent rent rose 1.8 percent from May to July and the index for rent increased 1.5 percent. Recreation (+2.6 percent) was among the indexes to have a notable increase over the two-month pricing period.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.3 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index increased 4.3 percent over the last year. The index for owners’ equivalent rent increased 4.0 percent over the 12 months ending July. The index for rent increased 3.6 percent over this 12-month span. Medical care (+8.9 percent) was among the indexes to have a notable increase over the last year.  

The Consumer Price Index for August 2025 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 11, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Consumer Price Index for September 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 15, 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.

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

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All items		306.585	-	310.071	3.3	1.1	-
Food and beverages		308.909	-	311.553	5.2	0.9	-
Food		311.322	-	314.259	5.2	0.9	-
Food at home		316.954	314.322	319.066	4.5	0.7	1.5
Cereals and bakery products		333.922	322.018	315.271	-0.2	-5.6	-2.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		327.599	334.092	343.813	11.5	4.9	2.9
Dairy and related products		298.709	293.403	306.651	9.9	2.7	4.5
Fruits and vegetables		412.012	419.293	418.182	3.3	1.5	-0.3
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		225.057	230.730	231.590	1.9	2.9	0.4
Other food at home		255.273	245.819	252.535	2.2	-1.1	2.7
Food away from home		304.456	-	308.326	6.3	1.3	-
Alcoholic beverages		260.625	-	259.006	4.4	-0.6	-
Housing		343.665	-	348.897	5.0	1.5	-
Shelter		403.104	408.761	410.719	4.3	1.9	0.5
Rent of primary residence		413.825	419.024	420.223	3.6	1.5	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of residences		420.284	425.438	427.645	4.0	1.8	0.5
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence		420.284	425.438	427.645	4.0	1.8	0.5
Household furnishings and operations		163.885	-	163.937	5.1	0.0	-
Apparel		143.524	-	141.969	3.0	-1.1	-
Transportation		258.890	-	260.744	-1.8	0.7	-
Private transportation		266.604	-	267.762	-2.8	0.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(1)		132.916	-	134.188	-0.2	1.0	-
New vehicles		148.410	-	148.622	-0.1	0.1	-
Used cars and trucks		169.649	-	173.742	4.2	2.4	-
Motor fuel		331.479	330.281	329.998	-10.9	-0.4	-0.1
Gasoline (all types)		323.488	322.321	321.548	-11.0	-0.6	-0.2
Unleaded regular(2)		311.735	310.497	309.709	-11.4	-0.6	-0.3
Unleaded midgrade(2)(3)		334.906	334.025	333.493	-9.5	-0.4	-0.2
Unleaded premium(2)		371.540	371.013	370.417	-8.7	-0.3	-0.2
Medical care		546.206	-	545.285	8.9	-0.2	-
Recreation(1)		131.528	-	134.885	-3.2	2.6	-
Education and communication(1)		132.228	-	134.071	0.9	1.4	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare		703.374	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		378.668	-	378.340	2.0	-0.1	-
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 July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1987=100)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All items		306.585	-	310.071	3.3	1.1	-
Food		311.322	-	314.259	5.2	0.9	-
Energy		266.785	266.785	265.733	0.3	-0.4	-0.4
All items less food and energy		309.579	-	313.501	3.3	1.3	-
All items less energy		309.426	-	313.237	3.5	1.2	-
All items less medical care		293.708	-	297.408	2.8	1.3	-
All items less shelter		265.994	-	267.721	2.7	0.6	-
Commodities		213.002	-	213.644	1.3	0.3	-
Commodities less food		172.608	-	172.611	-0.5	0.0	-
Commodities less food & beverages		168.559	-	168.592	-0.6	0.0	-
Durables		105.629	-	105.962	-1.1	0.3	-
Nondurables		279.193	-	280.008	2.9	0.3	-
Nondurables less food		248.142	-	247.046	0.4	-0.4	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		247.290	-	246.229	0.1	-0.4	-
Services		390.745	-	396.750	4.3	1.5	-
Services less rent of shelter		365.795	-	369.764	4.3	1.1	-
Services less medical care services		375.750	-	382.170	4.2	1.7	-
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.