The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim increased 3.6 percent for the 12 months ending in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all items less food and energy rose 3.4 percent over the year. The food index advanced 3.2 percent, and the energy index rose 7.0 percent.

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. Accordingly, all analysis in this release is over the year and not seasonally adjusted.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, November 2022–November 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Nov 2022	6.0	5.2
Dec 2022	4.9	4.5
Jan 2023	5.8	4.5
Feb 2023	5.1	4.5
Mar 2023	3.7	4.3
Apr 2023	3.8	4.5
May 2023	3.2	4.3
Jun 2023	2.5	4.0
Jul 2023	2.7	3.4
Aug 2023	3.3	3.5
Sep 2023	3.2	3.2
Oct 2023	2.4	2.7
Nov 2023	2.8	2.8
Dec 2023	3.5	3.4
Jan 2024	2.5	3.7
Feb 2024	3.4	3.8
Mar 2024	4.0	4.3
Apr 2024	3.9	3.8
May 2024	3.9	3.8
Jun 2024	3.2	3.6
Jul 2024	3.4	4.2
Aug 2024	2.9	3.9
Sep 2024	2.8	4.1
Oct 2024	3.0	4.3
Nov 2024	3.2	4.1
Dec 2024	3.4	4.1
Jan 2025	3.3	3.7
Feb 2025	3.1	3.2
Mar 2025	3.0	3.2
Apr 2025	3.0	3.3
May 2025	3.0	3.3
Jun 2025	3.2	3.3
Jul 2025	3.2	3.3
Aug 2025	3.3	3.2
Sep 2025	3.5	3.4
Oct 2025	-	-
Nov 2025	3.6	3.4
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

The food index advanced 3.2 percent over the year. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 2.3 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 4.1 percent.

The energy index rose 7.0 percent from November 2024 to November 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index increased 7.7 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.4 percent over the year. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for medical care (+3.7 percent) and shelter (+3.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-1.2 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-0.6 percent).

The December 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Los Angeles area is scheduled to be released on January 13, 2026.

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 Los Angeles is published 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Core Based Statistical Area includes Los Angeles and Orange Counties in California.

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

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Table 1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, CPI-U by expenditure category for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=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		345.865	-	345.650	3.6	-0.1	-
All items (1967=100)		1,021.839	-	1,021.205
Food and beverages		351.874	-	353.620	3.3	0.5	-
Food		354.579	-	356.154	3.2	0.4	-
Food at home		331.752	-	332.560	2.3	0.2	-
Cereals and bakery products		347.919	-	348.436	0.7	0.1	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		384.057	-	381.587	5.8	-0.6	-
Dairy and related products		297.274	-	302.247	-0.8	1.7	-
Fruits and vegetables		417.632	-	430.780	3.2	3.1	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		316.357	-	312.507	1.1	-1.2	-
Other food at home		269.215	-	266.930	0.7	-0.8	-
Food away from home		375.356	-	377.750	4.1	0.6	-
Alcoholic beverages		290.404	-	294.285	5.8	1.3	-
Housing		399.911	-	399.353	3.2	-0.1	-
Shelter		459.161	-	459.493	3.3	0.1	-
Rent of primary residence		487.273	-	489.205	3.4	0.4	-
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		477.667	-	479.148	3.4	0.3	-
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		477.640	-	479.121	3.4	0.3	-
Household furnishings and operations		131.866	-	129.453	-0.6	-1.8	-
Apparel		127.978	-	119.948	-1.2	-6.3	-
Transportation		279.852	-	281.157	6.6	0.5	-
Private transportation		283.151	-	285.372	6.9	0.8	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		109.806	-	109.492	1.0	-0.3	-
New vehicles(1)		192.672	192.626	192.574	0.7	-0.1	0.0
Used cars and trucks(1)		359.224	358.382	355.121	2.7	-1.1	-0.9
Motor fuel		356.361	-	363.221	7.6	1.9	-
Gasoline (all types)		347.250	346.152	354.135	7.7	2.0	2.3
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		347.189	346.043	354.203	7.8	2.0	2.4
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		332.631	331.755	339.107	7.4	1.9	2.2
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		335.351	334.450	341.551	7.3	1.8	2.1
Medical care		612.909	-	614.892	3.7	0.3	-
Recreation(3)		126.073	-	124.458	1.0	-1.3	-
Education and communication(3)		160.117	-	160.581	1.6	0.3	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		2,423.956	-	2,430.054	4.1	0.3	-
Other goods and services		565.493	-	575.329	6.9	1.7	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 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. Note: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Table 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		345.865	-	345.650	3.6	-0.1	-
Food		354.579	-	356.154	3.2	0.4	-
Energy		394.675	-	397.213	7.0	0.6	-
All items less food and energy		343.469	-	342.799	3.4	-0.2	-
All items less energy		345.030	-	344.670	3.4	-0.1	-
All items less medical care		334.221	-	333.912	3.6	-0.1	-
All items less shelter		295.473	-	295.013	3.8	-0.2	-
Commodities		222.500	-	221.915	2.1	-0.3	-
Commodities less food		165.001	-	163.740	1.2	-0.8	-
Commodities less food & beverages		159.509	-	158.135	1.0	-0.9	-
Durables		98.135	-	97.884	-1.0	-0.3	-
Nondurables		291.547	-	290.773	3.2	-0.3	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		228.602	-	225.408	2.9	-1.4	-
Nondurables less food		235.376	-	232.600	3.2	-1.2	-
Services		456.184	-	456.337	4.3	0.0	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		464.675	-	464.554	5.9	0.0	-
Services less medical care services		441.007	-	441.067	4.4	0.0	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Note: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.