The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for San Diego-Carlsbad advanced 0.6 percent for the two months ending in May 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 0.6 percent. The food index advanced 0.3 percent, and the energy index increased 0.8 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The San Diego area all items CPI-U rose 3.8 percent for the 12 months ending in May. The index for all items less food and energy increased 4.3 percent over the year. The food index advanced 3.9 percent, while the energy index decreased 3.7 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, May 2022–May 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
May 2022	8.3	5.8
Jul 2022	7.3	5.9
Sep 2022	8.2	7.6
Nov 2022	6.7	6.5
Jan 2023	6.4	6.5
Mar 2023	5.3	6.7
May 2023	5.2	7.1
Jul 2023	4.3	5.6
Sep 2023	4.7	4.8
Nov 2023	5.2	5.6
Jan 2024	3.8	5.0
Mar 2024	3.6	3.8
May 2024	3.2	3.1
Jul 2024	3.5	3.9
Sep 2024	2.5	3.4
Nov 2024	2.6	3.2
Jan 2025	3.8	4.0
Mar 2025	3.8	4.1
May 2025	3.8	4.3

The food index rose 0.3 percent for the two months ending in May. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.3 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.3 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 3.9 percent over the year. The food at home index increased 1.6 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index advanced 6.9 percent.

The energy index rose 0.8 percent for the two months ending in May. Gasoline prices increased 1.6 percent.

The energy index fell 3.7 percent over the year. Gasoline prices decreased 8.2 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.6 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for medical care (+2.2 percent) and shelter (+0.8 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-3.4 percent) and apparel (-3.3 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy rose 4.3 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for shelter (+5.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-7.6 percent).

The July 2025 Consumer Price Index for the San Diego area is scheduled to be released on August 12, 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 San Diego 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.

Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. 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 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Core Based Statistical Area includes San Diego County in California.

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Table 1. San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, CPI-U by expenditure category for May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All Items		384.880	-	387.006	3.8	0.6	-
All items (1967=100)		1,301.398	-	1,308.585
Food and beverages		340.334	-	340.828	3.7	0.1	-
Food		339.124	-	340.171	3.9	0.3	-
Food at home		297.817	297.015	298.808	1.6	0.3	0.6
Cereals and bakery products		390.628	402.859	395.281	-2.0	1.2	-1.9
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		297.545	293.400	293.846	3.3	-1.2	0.2
Dairy and related products		236.183	234.695	241.882	-1.2	2.4	3.1
Fruits and vegetables		296.007	294.624	296.819	2.4	0.3	0.7
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		330.444	329.449	331.330	1.3	0.3	0.6
Other food at home		291.935	289.245	292.979	3.0	0.4	1.3
Food away from home		395.580	-	396.659	6.9	0.3	-
Alcoholic beverages		338.010	-	328.724	1.0	-2.7	-
Housing		471.110	-	474.735	4.9	0.8	-
Shelter		541.327	545.792	545.659	5.3	0.8	0.0
Rent of primary residence		541.253	544.973	546.093	5.8	0.9	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		573.277	576.789	578.310	4.9	0.9	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		573.277	576.789	578.310	4.9	0.9	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		214.929	-	216.936	0.7	0.9	-
Apparel		168.036	-	162.495	-7.6	-3.3	-
Transportation		303.842	-	309.975	2.5	2.0	-
Private transportation		304.656	-	308.308	1.3	1.2	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		132.110	-	132.482	0.9	0.3	-
New vehicles(1)		260.371	-	260.805	0.5	0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		304.748	-	308.966	2.2	1.4	-
Motor fuel		374.807	384.059	380.682	-8.0	1.6	-0.9
Gasoline (all types)		374.698	384.044	380.586	-8.2	1.6	-0.9
Unleaded regular(4)		387.421	397.207	393.530	-8.3	1.6	-0.9
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		327.340	335.402	332.521	-8.1	1.6	-0.9
Unleaded premium(4)		385.398	394.568	391.373	-7.8	1.6	-0.8
Medical Care		577.250	-	589.906	3.7	2.2	-
Recreation(3)		195.511	-	188.825	1.8	-3.4	-
Education and communication(3)		146.533	-	144.856	2.3	-1.1	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		1,824.961	-	1,824.233	8.7	0.0	-
Other goods and services		544.269	-	546.087	6.6	0.3	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a November 1977=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. San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All items		384.880	-	387.006	3.8	0.6	-
Food		339.124	-	340.171	3.9	0.3	-
Energy		403.598	408.545	406.976	-3.7	0.8	-0.4
All items less food and energy		397.036	-	399.303	4.3	0.6	-
All items less energy		387.151	-	389.228	4.3	0.5	-
All items less medical care		375.632	-	377.256	3.8	0.4	-
All items less shelter		321.508	-	322.735	2.6	0.4	-
Commodities		246.360	-	247.096	0.7	0.3	-
Commodities less food		205.411	-	206.010	-1.3	0.3	-
Commodities less food & beverages		199.840	-	200.661	-1.4	0.4	-
Durables		156.635	-	157.010	1.3	0.2	-
Nondurables		292.667	-	293.606	0.4	0.3	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		242.750	-	244.121	-3.6	0.6	-
Nondurables less food		250.891	-	251.732	-3.2	0.3	-
Services		507.180	-	510.565	5.2	0.7	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		490.033	-	492.331	5.1	0.5	-
Services less medical care services		495.257	-	497.926	5.4	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.