The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater increased 0.5 percent from November to January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the index for all items less food and energy increased 0.3 percent over the two-month span. The index for food rose 1.3 percent from November to January. The index for energy increased 2.1 percent over the same period. (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 2.3 percent for the 12 months ending January. The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.8 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 4.7 percent for the 12 months ending January. The energy index rose 5.9 percent over the last year.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, January 2023–January 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Sep 2025	3.3	3.0
Nov 2025	3.0	2.7
Jan 2026	2.3	1.8

The food index rose 1.3 percent from November to January. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 1.7 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.8 percent over the two-month span.

The food index rose 4.7 percent over the last 12 months. The index for food at home rose 4.3 percent over this 12-month span, as prices increased for all six major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index increased 5.1 percent over the past year.

The energy index increased 2.1 percent from November to January. The gasoline index declined 5.4 percent over the two-month pricing period.

The energy index increased 5.9 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index fell 10.8 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent from November to January. The shelter index rose 0.6 percent over the bi-monthly period, due in part to an increase in the lodging away from home index. In comparison, the index for recreation declined 4.5 percent from November to January.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.8 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index increased 2.6 percent over this 12-month span. The index for owners’ equivalent rent increased 2.4 percent over the past year and the index for rent increased 3.1 percent.

The Consumer Price Index for February 2026 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Consumer Price Index for March 2026 is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 10, 2026, 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.

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 January 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1987=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
All items		308.706	-	310.244	2.3	0.5	-
Food and beverages		310.226	-	314.120	4.8	1.3	-
Food		312.148	-	316.179	4.7	1.3	-
Food at home		313.330	317.320	318.776	4.3	1.7	0.5
Cereals and bakery products		320.849	325.236	323.425	4.5	0.8	-0.6
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		329.858	350.867	342.422	4.7	3.8	-2.4
Dairy and related products		295.553	293.701	305.766	10.8	3.5	4.1
Fruits and vegetables		417.745	404.410	414.627	3.4	-0.7	2.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		232.407	231.545	237.268	4.9	2.1	2.5
Other food at home		244.534	248.854	249.884	2.5	2.2	0.4
Food away from home		310.334	-	312.779	5.1	0.8	-
Alcoholic beverages		268.835	-	270.759	6.5	0.7	-
Housing		346.268	-	349.554	4.1	0.9	-
Shelter		405.389	407.964	407.762	2.6	0.6	0.0
Rent of primary residence		423.302	426.501	424.491	3.1	0.3	-0.5
Owners' equivalent rent of residences		431.769	431.098	429.505	2.4	-0.5	-0.4
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence		431.769	431.098	429.505	2.4	-0.5	-0.4
Household furnishings and operations		165.742	-	163.522	3.6	-1.3	-
Apparel		142.729	-	144.780	7.1	1.4	-
Transportation		257.315	-	255.385	-3.3	-0.8	-
Private transportation		266.682	-	262.922	-2.7	-1.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(1)		134.102	-	131.985	-0.5	-1.6	-
New vehicles		148.823	-	148.906	0.5	0.1	-
Used cars and trucks		172.038	-	163.510	-2.1	-5.0	-
Motor fuel		323.012	308.826	305.464	-10.6	-5.4	-1.1
Gasoline (all types)		314.216	300.336	297.366	-10.8	-5.4	-1.0
Unleaded regular(2)		302.279	288.325	285.469	-11.2	-5.6	-1.0
Unleaded midgrade(2)(3)		327.553	314.942	311.911	-9.1	-4.8	-1.0
Unleaded premium(2)		364.529	352.777	349.312	-8.1	-4.2	-1.0
Medical care		546.873	-	554.042	3.0	1.3	-
Recreation(1)		137.796	-	131.545	-1.8	-4.5	-
Education and communication(1)		135.465	-	135.752	1.2	0.2	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare		-	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		378.818	-	403.284	7.5	6.5	-
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. 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 January 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1987=100)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
All items		308.706	-	310.244	2.3	0.5	-
Food		312.148	-	316.179	4.7	1.3	-
Energy		263.691	265.372	269.111	5.9	2.1	1.4
All items less food and energy		312.280	-	313.154	1.8	0.3	-
All items less energy		311.920	-	313.171	2.1	0.4	-
All items less medical care		295.897	-	297.171	2.3	0.4	-
All items less shelter		268.050	-	269.160	2.1	0.4	-
Commodities		213.834	-	212.800	0.5	-0.5	-
Commodities less food		173.383	-	170.963	-1.5	-1.4	-
Commodities less food & beverages		169.187	-	166.724	-1.7	-1.5	-
Durables		106.428	-	103.527	-3.1	-2.7	-
Nondurables		279.604	-	281.253	2.5	0.6	-
Nondurables less food		248.178	-	247.725	0.2	-0.2	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		246.772	-	246.139	-0.2	-0.3	-
Services		394.012	-	398.183	3.3	1.1	-
Services less rent of shelter		370.352	-	376.895	4.4	1.8	-
Services less medical care services		379.134	-	383.054	3.3	1.0	-
- Data not available. Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.