The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Alaska advanced 0.9 percent for the two months ending in April 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the all items less food and energy index increased 1.0 percent. The food index declined 0.6 percent, while the energy index rose 1.8 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Anchorage area all items CPI-U rose 1.6 percent for the 12 months ending in April. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.3 percent over the year. The food index rose 3.5 percent, while energy prices declined 9.5 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Urban Alaska, April 2022–April 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Apr 2022	7.5	5.2
Jun 2022	12.4	6.3
Aug 2022	7.6	6.7
Oct 2022	7.6	6.6
Dec 2022	5.4	5.6
Feb 2023	4.3	5.0
Apr 2023	3.1	5.4
Jun 2023	-3.3	1.8
Aug 2023	2.0	2.7
Oct 2023	1.1	2.2
Dec 2023	1.8	2.5
Feb 2024	1.7	2.0
Apr 2024	3.2	2.7
Jun 2024	2.9	3.2
Aug 2024	1.5	2.4
Oct 2024	2.1	3.0
Dec 2024	2.3	2.5
Feb 2025	2.9	3.0
Apr 2025	1.6	2.3

The food index declined 0.6 percent from February to April. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 1.2 percent, with lower prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.6 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 3.5 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 2.4 percent, led by higher prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+10.1 percent). The food away from home index increased 6.0 percent.

The energy index increased 1.8 percent from February to April. Gasoline prices rose 5.6 percent.

The energy index declined 9.5 percent from April 2024 to April 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices decreased 16.6 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.0 percent from February to April. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+1.6 percent) and new vehicles (+1.5 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for medical care (-0.2 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-0.2 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.3 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for medical care (+7.5 percent) and shelter (+4.5 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-2.8 percent) and new vehicles (-1.2 percent).

The June 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Anchorage area is scheduled to be released on July 15, 2025.

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 Urban Alaska 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.

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 Urban Alaska area covered in this release consists of Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the State of Alaska.

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Table 1. Urban Alaska, CPI-U by expenditure category for April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
All items		269.022	-	271.358	1.6	0.9	-
All items (October 1967=100)		718.058	-	724.291	-	-	-
Food and beverages		269.878	-	268.311	3.3	-0.6	-
Food		280.247	-	278.627	3.5	-0.6	-
Food at home		266.722	269.791	263.644	2.4	-1.2	-2.3
Cereals and bakery products		266.241	269.408	267.785	5.0	0.6	-0.6
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		253.176	256.076	256.695	10.1	1.4	0.2
Dairy and related products		263.350	265.454	261.460	4.6	-0.7	-1.5
Fruits and vegetables		408.467	417.260	398.269	-1.5	-2.5	-4.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		188.581	190.423	186.863	2.5	-0.9	-1.9
Other food at home		221.535	223.016	214.664	-2.1	-3.1	-3.7
Food away from home		306.108	-	308.007	6.0	0.6	-
Alcoholic beverages		169.341	-	168.249	-	-0.6	-
Housing		242.270	-	245.423	3.6	1.3	-
Shelter		248.355	248.553	252.432	4.5	1.6	1.6
Rent of primary residence		249.781	250.096	252.328	5.5	1.0	0.9
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		250.483	250.713	251.708	4.3	0.5	0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		250.483	250.713	251.708	4.3	0.5	0.4
Household furnishings and operations		136.518	-	136.253	-0.6	-0.2	-
Apparel		162.736	-	162.670	2.3	0.0	-
Transportation		275.589	-	280.234	-4.8	1.7	-
Private transportation		288.003	-	292.126	-2.8	1.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		124.831	-	124.795	-0.4	0.0	-
New vehicles(1)		265.759	-	269.820	-1.2	1.5	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		335.125	-	338.441	1.1	1.0	-
Motor fuel		283.281	285.485	298.229	-15.9	5.3	4.5
Gasoline (all types)		284.807	287.362	300.785	-16.6	5.6	4.7
Unleaded regular(4)		272.339	274.948	288.418	-17.0	5.9	4.9
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		278.309	280.375	293.478	-15.3	5.5	4.7
Unleaded premium(4)		298.920	300.969	312.523	-15.2	4.6	3.8
Medical care		808.840	-	807.516	7.5	-0.2	-
Recreation(3)		138.301	-	139.323	-2.8	0.7	-
Education and communication(3)		114.891	-	115.414	2.2	0.5	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		823.378	-	823.378	3.3	0.0	-
Other goods and services		512.505	-	517.933	3.7	1.1	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a January 1978=100 base. (2) Index is on a November 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) 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. Urban Alaska, CPI-U by special aggregate index for April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
All items		269.022	-	271.358	1.6	0.9	-
Food		280.247	-	278.627	3.5	-0.6	-
Energy		329.866	331.450	335.816	-9.5	1.8	1.3
All items less food and energy		264.279	-	266.917	2.3	1.0	-
All items less energy		265.769	-	267.916	2.5	0.8	-
All items less medical care		250.868	-	253.392	1.2	1.0	-
All items less shelter		276.835	-	277.939	0.1	0.4	-
Commodities		211.710	-	212.929	-0.1	0.6	-
Commodities less food		182.512	-	184.733	-2.1	1.2	-
Commodities less food & beverages		182.736	-	185.036	-2.2	1.3	-
Durables		137.154	-	138.330	-0.2	0.9	-
Nondurables		255.984	-	257.119	-0.1	0.4	-
Nondurables less food		232.609	-	236.264	-4.9	1.6	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		237.480	-	241.454	-5.3	1.7	-
Services		320.715	-	323.935	2.9	1.0	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		440.411	-	441.592	1.1	0.3	-
Services less medical care services		291.954	-	295.490	2.5	1.2	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a November 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.