Prices in the San Francisco area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.7 percent for the two months ending in June 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the June increase was influenced by higher prices for gasoline and shelter. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U increased 6.8 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) Food prices rose 10.8 percent.  Energy prices jumped 36.4 percent, largely the result of an increase in the price of gasoline. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.4 percent over the year. (See table 1.)

Food

Food prices advanced 2.1 percent for the two months ending in June. (See table 1.) Prices for food at home advanced 2.2 percent, with higher prices in four of the six grocery categories. Prices for food away from home rose 1.9 percent for the same period.

Over the year, food prices rose 10.8 percent. Prices for food at home jumped 13.8 percent since a year ago. Increases across food at home expenditure categories ranged from 8.6 percent for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials to 21.1 percent for other food at home. Prices for food away from home advanced 7.1 percent during the past year.

Energy

The energy index increased 8.7 percent for the two months ending in June. The increase was mainly due to higher prices for gasoline (12.2 percent). Prices for natural gas service increased 8.1 percent, and prices for electricity increased 2.5 percent for the same period.

Energy prices jumped 36.4 percent over the year, largely due to higher prices for gasoline (49.4 percent). Prices paid for natural gas service rose 33.6 percent, and prices for electricity advanced 19.0 percent during the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.2 percent in the latest two-month period. Higher prices for new and used motor vehicles (2.1 percent), recreation (1.9 percent), medical care (1.7 percent), and shelter (0.7 percent) were partially offset by lower prices for education and communication (-0.6 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.4 percent. Components contributing to the increase included household furnishings and operations (9.6 percent), used cars and trucks (8.0 percent), medical care (5.7 percent), and shelter (2.3 percent).

Table A. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted

Month	2018		2019		2020		2021		2022
	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month
February	1.4	3.6	0.5	3.5	0.9	2.9	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.2
April	0.8	3.2	1.2	4.0	-0.5	1.1	1.7	3.8	1.5	5.0
June	0.9	3.9	0.2	3.2	0.7	1.6	0.0	3.2	1.7	6.8
August	0.6	4.3	0.1	2.7	0.0	1.6	0.5	3.7
October	0.7	4.4	1.0	3.0	0.5	1.1	0.7	3.8
December	0.1	4.5	-0.5	2.5	0.4	2.0	0.8	4.2

The August 2022 Consumer Price Index for the San Francisco area is scheduled to be released on September 13, 2022.

Technical Note

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measures of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 93 percent of the total U.S. population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 29 percent of the total U.S. population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.

The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs, and the other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Each month, prices are collected in 75 urban areas across the country from about 6,000 housing units and approximately 22,000 retail establishments—department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.

The index measures price changes from a designated reference date; for most of the CPI-U the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000.  Alternatively, that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services rising from $100 to $107. For further details see the CPI home page on the internet at www.bls.gov/cpi and the CPI section of the BLS Handbook of Methods available on the internet at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cpi/.

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights that represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Because the sample size of a local area is smaller, the local area index is subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error than the national index. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are quite similar. 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA. metropolitan area covered in this release is comprised of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo Counties in the State of California.

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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group	Indexes				Percent change from-
	Historical data	Apr. 2022	May 2022	Jun. 2022	Jun. 2021	Apr. 2022	May 2022
Expenditure category
All items		324.878	-	330.539	6.8	1.7	-
All items (1967=100)		998.766	-	1,016.169	-	-	-
Food and beverages		338.207	-	345.013	10.2	2.0	-
Food		340.217	-	347.238	10.8	2.1	-
Food at home		310.554	315.322	317.292	13.8	2.2	0.6
Cereals and bakery products		308.815	-	316.957	13.6	2.6	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		358.126	-	353.725	11.0	-1.2	-
Dairy and related products		321.150	-	314.815	10.4	-2.0	-
Fruits and vegetables		394.023	-	412.383	12.2	4.7	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		218.623	-	222.129	8.6	1.6	-
Other food at home		258.799	-	271.620	21.1	5.0	-
Food away from home		371.272	-	378.329	7.1	1.9	-
Alcoholic beverages		316.572	-	320.622	2.7	1.3	-
Housing		372.662	-	376.019	3.8	0.9	-
Shelter		416.308	415.002	419.160	2.3	0.7	1.0
Rent of primary residence(2)		471.426	471.648	472.691	1.3	0.3	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)(3)		444.585	445.360	446.961	2.0	0.5	0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(1)(2)		444.585	445.360	446.961	2.0	0.5	0.4
Fuels and utilities		535.078	-	550.501	15.8	2.9	-
Household energy		496.178	503.248	517.670	21.7	4.3	2.9
Energy services(2)		497.554	504.595	517.210	21.2	4.0	2.5
Electricity(2)		536.767	536.767	550.218	19.0	2.5	2.5
Utility (piped) gas service(2)		416.368	439.149	450.060	33.6	8.1	2.5
Household furnishings and operations		162.568	-	164.773	9.6	1.4	-
Apparel		110.297	-	112.123	3.0	1.7	-
Transportation		257.897	-	272.010	19.9	5.5	-
Private transportation		255.212	-	267.539	19.5	4.8	-
New and used motor vehicles(4)		117.730	-	120.244	-	2.1	-
New vehicles(1)		189.443	-	192.263	-	1.5	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		368.593	-	382.697	8.0	3.8	-
Motor fuel		414.030	435.497	464.377	49.7	12.2	6.6
Gasoline (all types)		411.914	433.465	462.242	49.4	12.2	6.6
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		413.186	435.103	464.370	50.1	12.4	6.7
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		382.446	401.596	427.736	48.2	11.8	6.5
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		385.567	404.599	429.972	46.8	11.5	6.3
Medical care		573.254	-	583.038	5.7	1.7	-
Recreation(6)		134.314	-	136.803	3.8	1.9	-
Education and communication(6)		155.644	-	154.646	1.6	-0.6	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		-	-	1,912.142	4.3	-	-
Other goods and services		557.976	-	566.163	7.8	1.5	-
Commodity and service group
All items		324.878	-	330.539	6.8	1.7	-
Commodities		227.995	-	234.188	13.0	2.7	-
Commodities less food & beverages		168.703	-	174.223	15.5	3.3	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		226.684	-	239.095	19.8	5.5	-
Durables		114.742	-	115.598	11.2	0.7	-
Services		406.485	-	411.724	4.2	1.3	-
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care		314.604	-	320.094	6.9	1.7	-
All items less shelter		289.662	-	297.067	10.4	2.6	-
Commodities less food		175.590	-	181.163	14.8	3.2	-
Nondurables		283.926	-	293.603	13.9	3.4	-
Nondurables less food		234.134	-	246.084	18.1	5.1	-
Services less rent of shelter(3)		415.532	-	425.314	7.6	2.4	-
Services less medical care services		394.977	-	399.759	4.1	1.2	-
Energy		449.124	464.939	488.180	36.4	8.7	5.0
All items less energy		323.112	-	327.360	5.3	1.3	-
All items less food and energy		321.347	-	325.182	4.4	1.2	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base. (2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. (3) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. (6) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
- Data not available NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.