The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Alaska increased 0.8 percent for the two months ending in August 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 rose 0.5 percent during the two-month period. The food index rose 0.6 percent, and the energy index rose 4.8 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Anchorage area all items CPI-U increased 2.4 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.3 percent over the year. The food index rose 4.0 percent. The energy index advanced 0.8 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Aug 2025	2.4	2.3

The food index rose 0.6 percent for the two months ending in August. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) decreased 0.1 percent, with lower prices in 3 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 2.0 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 4.0 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 2.5 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index rose 7.1 percent.

The energy index rose 4.8 percent for the two months ending in August. Gasoline prices rose 4.4 percent.

The energy index advanced 0.8 percent over the year. Gasoline prices increased 0.9 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.5 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for apparel (+6.1 percent) and shelter (+1.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-0.8 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.3 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for shelter (+4.2 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-1.7 percent).

The October 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Anchorage area is scheduled to be released on November 13, 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 August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All Items		271.728	-	273.815	2.4	0.8	-
All items (1967=100)		725.280	-	730.850
Food and beverages		270.850	-	272.493	3.9	0.6	-
Food		281.078	-	282.733	4.0	0.6	-
Food at home		265.756	264.874	265.419	2.5	-0.1	0.2
Cereals and bakery products		279.727	266.884	268.957	2.5	-3.9	0.8
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		250.173	251.578	252.669	6.6	1.0	0.4
Dairy and related products		243.324	257.118	260.716	5.4	7.1	1.4
Fruits and vegetables		399.383	396.346	396.208	-1.3	-0.8	0.0
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		188.792	188.303	177.928	-3.9	-5.8	-5.5
Other food at home		223.734	222.881	226.311	3.6	1.2	1.5
Food away from home		311.212	-	317.584	7.1	2.0	-
Alcoholic beverages		172.655	-	-	-	-	-
Housing		245.386	-	249.008	3.8	1.5	-
Shelter		252.350	252.259	255.070	4.2	1.1	1.1
Rent of primary residence		253.107	253.952	253.730	3.9	0.2	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		252.921	253.521	253.855	3.4	0.4	0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		252.921	253.521	253.855	3.4	0.4	0.1
Household furnishings and operations		136.186	-	140.491	2.9	3.2	-
Apparel		159.356	-	169.139	6.9	6.1	-
Transportation		280.426	-	276.552	-1.2	-1.4	-
Private transportation		293.563	-	296.034	2.5	0.8	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		125.732	-	124.669	1.5	-0.8	-
New vehicles(1)		267.215	-	268.228	0.1	0.4	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		346.470	-	352.745	7.9	1.8	-
Motor fuel		300.054	308.438	313.948	1.2	4.6	1.8
Gasoline (all types)		302.576	310.023	315.971	0.9	4.4	1.9
Unleaded regular(4)		289.761	296.663	302.391	1.0	4.4	1.9
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		295.414	302.754	308.107	0.6	4.3	1.8
Unleaded premium(4)		315.862	324.548	330.666	0.3	4.7	1.9
Medical Care		810.688	-	812.519	1.2	0.2	-
Recreation(3)		138.102	-	139.590	-1.7	1.1	-
Education and communication(3)		116.007	-	117.377	3.3	1.2	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		823.378	-	816.764	-0.4	-0.8	-
Other goods and services		522.574	-	526.167	2.7	0.7	-
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 August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All items		271.728	-	273.815	2.4	0.8	-
Food		281.078	-	282.733	4.0	0.6	-
Energy		336.892	349.912	352.903	0.8	4.8	0.9
All items less food and energy		266.978	-	268.308	2.3	0.5	-
All items less energy		268.250	-	269.616	2.6	0.5	-
All items less medical care		253.652	-	255.783	2.6	0.8	-
All items less shelter		278.607	-	280.218	1.4	0.6	-
Commodities		213.690	-	216.704	3.0	1.4	-
Commodities less food		184.867	-	188.310	2.4	1.9	-
Commodities less food & beverages		185.066	-	188.547	2.4	1.9	-
Durables		138.396	-	139.563	2.0	0.8	-
Nondurables		258.414	-	262.744	3.4	1.7	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		241.415	-	248.520	1.9	2.9	-
Nondurables less food		236.493	-	243.257	2.1	2.9	-
Services		324.046	-	325.566	2.4	0.5	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		441.992	-	440.706	0.1	-0.3	-
Services less medical care services		295.370	-	296.729	2.5	0.5	-
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.