The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Alaska advanced 0.1 percent for the two months ending in June 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all items less food and energy was unchanged. The food index increased 0.9 percent, and the energy index advanced 0.3 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Anchorage area all items CPI-U advanced 1.6 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.9 percent over the year. The food index rose 3.5 percent. The energy index decreased 5.6 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Jun 2025	1.6	1.9

The food index increased 0.9 percent for the two months ending in June. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.8 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 1.0 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 3.5 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 2.3 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index rose 6.4 percent.

The energy index advanced 0.3 percent for the two months ending in June. Gasoline prices increased 0.6 percent.

The energy index decreased 5.6 percent over the year. Gasoline prices decreased 9.3 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy was unchanged during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for used cars and trucks (+2.4 percent) and medical care (+0.4 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-2.0 percent) and recreation (-0.9 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.9 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for shelter (+4.1 percent), education and communication (+2.3 percent), and medical care (+1.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for household furnishings and operations (-3.9 percent) and recreation (-2.6 percent).

The August 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Anchorage area is scheduled to be released on September 11, 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.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Apr. 2025	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jun. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025
All Items		271.358	-	271.728	1.6	0.1	-
All items (1967=100)		724.291	-	725.280
Food and beverages		268.311	-	270.850	3.5	0.9	-
Food		278.627	-	281.078	3.5	0.9	-
Food at home		263.644	264.204	265.756	2.3	0.8	0.6
Cereals and bakery products		267.785	278.450	279.727	6.2	4.5	0.5
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		256.695	252.765	250.173	5.8	-2.5	-1.0
Dairy and related products		261.460	252.068	243.324	-0.2	-6.9	-3.5
Fruits and vegetables		398.269	403.997	399.383	-0.4	0.3	-1.1
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		186.863	188.912	188.792	3.2	1.0	-0.1
Other food at home		214.664	214.275	223.734	0.2	4.2	4.4
Food away from home		308.007	-	311.212	6.4	1.0	-
Alcoholic beverages		168.249	-	172.655	-	2.6	-
Housing		245.423	-	245.386	3.0	0.0	-
Shelter		252.432	253.472	252.350	4.1	0.0	-0.4
Rent of primary residence		252.328	253.453	253.107	4.8	0.3	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		251.708	252.984	252.921	3.6	0.5	0.0
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		251.708	252.984	252.921	3.6	0.5	0.0
Household furnishings and operations		136.253	-	136.186	-3.9	0.0	-
Apparel		162.670	-	159.356	0.2	-2.0	-
Transportation		280.234	-	280.426	-1.6	0.1	-
Private transportation		292.126	-	293.563	-0.5	0.5	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		124.795	-	125.732	0.5	0.8	-
New vehicles(1)		269.820	-	267.215	-0.4	-1.0	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		338.441	-	346.470	3.4	2.4	-
Motor fuel		298.229	295.945	300.054	-8.8	0.6	1.4
Gasoline (all types)		300.785	298.769	302.576	-9.3	0.6	1.3
Unleaded regular(4)		288.418	286.183	289.761	-9.1	0.5	1.3
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		293.478	291.823	295.414	-9.7	0.7	1.2
Unleaded premium(4)		312.523	311.608	315.862	-9.8	1.1	1.4
Medical Care		807.516	-	810.688	1.1	0.4	-
Recreation(3)		139.323	-	138.102	-2.6	-0.9	-
Education and communication(3)		115.414	-	116.007	2.3	0.5	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		823.378	-	823.378	2.1	0.0	-
Other goods and services		517.933	-	522.574	1.4	0.9	-
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. Data not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2. Urban Alaska, CPI-U by special aggregate index for June 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Apr. 2025	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jun. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025
All items		271.358	-	271.728	1.6	0.1	-
Food		278.627	-	281.078	3.5	0.9	-
Energy		335.816	334.644	336.892	-5.6	0.3	0.7
All items less food and energy		266.917	-	266.978	1.9	0.0	-
All items less energy		267.916	-	268.250	2.1	0.1	-
All items less medical care		253.392	-	253.652	1.6	0.1	-
All items less shelter		277.939	-	278.607	0.2	0.2	-
Commodities		212.929	-	213.690	0.2	0.4	-
Commodities less food		184.733	-	184.867	-1.7	0.1	-
Commodities less food & beverages		185.036	-	185.066	-1.8	0.0	-
Durables		138.330	-	138.396	-0.9	0.0	-
Nondurables		257.119	-	258.414	0.8	0.5	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		241.454	-	241.415	-3.4	0.0	-
Nondurables less food		236.264	-	236.493	-3.0	0.1	-
Services		323.935	-	324.046	2.7	0.0	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		441.592	-	441.992	1.0	0.1	-
Services less medical care services		295.490	-	295.370	3.0	0.0	-
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.