The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater declined 0.3 percent from September to November, 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 declined 0.2 percent over the two-month span. The index for food decreased 1.0 percent from September to November, as did the index for energy. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations. BLS is unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations. BLS was able to retroactively acquire most of the nonsurvey data for October.

The Tampa area all items CPI-U advanced 3.0 percent for the 12 months ending November. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.7 percent over the last 12 months. The food index increased 4.2 percent for the 12 months ending November. The energy index rose 5.2 percent over the last year.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Sep 2025	3.3	3.0
Nov 2025	3.0	2.7

The food index declined 1.0 percent from September to November. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) fell 1.9 percent over the bi-monthly period. Prices declined in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups, including cereals and bakery products (-5.0 percent) and other food at home (-2.1 percent). The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.2 percent over the two-month span.

The food index rose 4.2 percent over the last 12 months. The food away from home index increased 6.1 percent over the past year. The index for food at home rose 2.6 percent over this 12-month span, as prices increased for all six major grocery store food groups.

The energy index decreased 1.0 percent from September to November. The gasoline index declined 2.5 percent over the two-month pricing period.

The energy index increased 5.2 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index declined 3.8 percent over this 12-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy declined 0.2 percent from September to November. The index for shelter declined 1.2 percent over the bi-monthly period, due in part to a decrease in the lodging away from home index. In comparison, the recreation index increased 2.3 percent over the two-month span.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.7 percent over the past 12 months. The shelter index increased 2.7 percent over the last year. The index for owners’ equivalent rent rose 3.2 percent over this 12-month span, as did the index for rent.

The Consumer Price Index for December 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Consumer Price Index for January 2026 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 11, 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.

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 November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1987=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		309.669	-	308.706	3.0	-0.3	-
Food and beverages		313.425	-	310.226	4.3	-1.0	-
Food		315.167	-	312.148	4.2	-1.0	-
Food at home		319.415	-	313.330	2.6	-1.9	-
Cereals and bakery products		337.821	-	320.849	0.3	-5.0	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		336.485	-	329.858	0.9	-2.0	-
Dairy and related products		305.088	-	295.553	7.1	-3.1	-
Fruits and vegetables		415.063	-	417.745	2.8	0.6	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		231.897	-	232.407	8.2	0.2	-
Other food at home		249.713	-	244.534	1.6	-2.1	-
Food away from home		309.866	-	310.334	6.1	0.2	-
Alcoholic beverages		274.422	-	268.835	5.8	-2.0	-
Housing		348.700	-	346.268	3.8	-0.7	-
Shelter		410.252	-	405.389	2.7	-1.2	-
Rent of primary residence		421.418	-	423.302	3.2	0.4	-
Owners' equivalent rent of residences		430.435	-	431.769	3.2	0.3	-
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence		430.435	-	431.769	3.2	0.3	-
Household furnishings and operations		-	-	165.742	5.3	-	-
Apparel		144.039	-	142.729	2.8	-0.9	-
Transportation		259.006	-	257.315	0.0	-0.7	-
Private transportation		267.771	-	266.682	-0.2	-0.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(1)		134.030	-	134.102	0.1	0.1	-
New vehicles		148.869	-	148.823	-0.2	0.0	-
Used cars and trucks		172.944	-	172.038	3.2	-0.5	-
Motor fuel		330.710	-	323.012	-3.5	-2.3	-
Gasoline (all types)		322.410	310.150	314.216	-3.8	-2.5	1.3
Unleaded regular(2)		310.449	298.071	302.279	-4.0	-2.6	1.4
Unleaded midgrade(2)(3)		334.909	324.456	327.553	-2.8	-2.2	1.0
Unleaded premium(2)		372.018	361.923	364.529	-2.6	-2.0	0.7
Medical care		542.249	-	546.873	4.1	0.9	-
Recreation(1)		134.691	-	137.796	3.2	2.3	-
Education and communication(1)		133.316	-	135.465	3.3	1.6	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare		-	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		380.222	-	378.818	0.7	-0.4	-
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. Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Table 2. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, CPI-U by special aggregate index for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1987=100)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		309.669	-	308.706	3.0	-0.3	-
Food		315.167	-	312.148	4.2	-1.0	-
Energy		266.483	-	263.691	5.2	-1.0	-
All items less food and energy		312.847	-	312.280	2.7	-0.2	-
All items less energy		312.753	-	311.920	2.9	-0.3	-
All items less medical care		297.141	-	295.897	2.9	-0.4	-
All items less shelter		267.347	-	268.050	3.2	0.3	-
Commodities		214.596	-	213.834	1.5	-0.4	-
Commodities less food		173.507	-	173.383	0.4	-0.1	-
Commodities less food & beverages		169.209	-	169.187	0.2	0.0	-
Durables		106.355	-	106.428	-0.4	0.1	-
Nondurables		281.396	-	279.604	2.9	-0.6	-
Nondurables less food		248.853	-	248.178	1.4	-0.3	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		247.114	-	246.772	1.1	-0.1	-
Services		395.158	-	394.012	3.8	-0.3	-
Services less rent of shelter		366.834	-	370.352	5.1	1.0	-
Services less medical care services		380.589	-	379.134	3.7	-0.4	-
- Data not available. Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.