The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward advanced 1.8 percent from December 2024 to February 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 1.9 percent. The food index advanced 1.0 percent, and the energy index rose 3.5 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The San Francisco area all items CPI-U advanced 2.7 percent for the 12 months ending in February. The food index rose 1.6 percent, while the energy index fell 1.4 percent. The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.1 percent over the year.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, February 2022–February 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Feb 2022	5.2	3.4
Apr 2022	5.0	2.7
Jun 2022	6.8	4.4
Aug 2022	5.7	4.1
Oct 2022	6.0	4.1
Dec 2022	4.9	4.0
Feb 2023	5.3	4.6
Apr 2023	4.2	4.7
Jun 2023	2.9	3.9
Aug 2023	3.4	3.6
Oct 2023	2.8	3.1
Dec 2023	2.6	2.5
Feb 2024	2.4	2.2
Apr 2024	3.8	3.1
Jun 2024	3.2	2.9
Aug 2024	2.7	2.9
Oct 2024	2.4	2.7
Dec 2024	2.4	2.5
Feb 2025	2.7	3.1

The food index advanced 1.0 percent from December 2024 to February 2025. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 1.8 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 grocery categories. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.2 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 1.6 percent over the year. The food at home index decreased 0.6 percent, with lower prices in 3 of the 6 grocery categories. The food away from home index increased 4.6 percent.

The energy index rose 3.5 percent from December 2024 to February 2025. Gasoline prices rose 10.9 percent.

The energy index fell 1.4 percent from February 2024 to February 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices rose 5.6 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.9 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for apparel (+7.3 percent) and shelter (+0.5 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.1 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for apparel (+16.3 percent) and shelter (+1.9 percent).

The April 2025 Consumer Price Index for the San Francisco area is scheduled to be released on May 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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA. metropolitan area covered in this release is comprised of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo Counties in the State of California.

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Table 1. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, CPI-U by expenditure category for February 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025
All Items		348.001	-	354.432	2.7	1.8	-
All items (1967=100)		1,069.853	-	1,089.624
Food and beverages		371.511	-	375.253	1.6	1.0	-
Food		374.030	-	377.865	1.6	1.0	-
Food at home		329.594	332.126	335.631	-0.6	1.8	1.1
Cereals and bakery products		336.368	339.908	333.091	-2.4	-1.0	-2.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		366.790	370.725	376.210	6.8	2.6	1.5
Dairy and related products		326.052	321.509	333.094	0.2	2.2	3.6
Fruits and vegetables		423.068	422.074	438.093	0.5	3.6	3.8
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		230.893	245.209	248.418	-4.9	7.6	1.3
Other food at home		287.224	287.767	286.687	-2.9	-0.2	-0.4
Food away from home		431.518	-	432.394	4.6	0.2	-
Alcoholic beverages		344.039	-	346.226	3.0	0.6	-
Housing		405.330	-	407.932	1.8	0.6	-
Shelter		450.386	451.739	452.502	1.9	0.5	0.2
Rent of primary residence		515.886	517.581	517.183	2.6	0.3	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		486.350	487.072	487.456	2.5	0.2	0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		486.350	487.072	487.456	2.5	0.2	0.1
Household furnishings and operations		171.197	-	178.463	3.7	4.2	-
Apparel		121.545	-	130.441	16.3	7.3	-
Transportation		254.057	-	269.221	4.9	6.0	-
Private transportation		255.187	-	270.502	6.4	6.0	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		119.368	-	119.696	1.2	0.3	-
New vehicles(1)		191.378	-	192.614	-0.4	0.6	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		327.712	-	330.117	1.4	0.7	-
Motor fuel		315.722	321.299	349.590	5.4	10.7	8.8
Gasoline (all types)		313.764	319.195	347.916	5.6	10.9	9.0
Unleaded regular(4)		312.613	318.237	347.384	5.6	11.1	9.2
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		294.663	299.376	325.534	5.6	10.5	8.7
Unleaded premium(4)		301.563	306.061	331.858	5.5	10.0	8.4
Medical Care		592.952	-	596.635	1.7	0.6	-
Recreation(3)		148.690	-	151.651	1.2	2.0	-
Education and communication(3)		163.338	-	166.940	3.4	2.2	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		2,032.428	-	2,033.014	4.2	0.0	-
Other goods and services		619.514	-	631.632	2.2	2.0	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Index is 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. Data not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for February 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025
All items		348.001	-	354.432	2.7	1.8	-
Food		374.030	-	377.865	1.6	1.0	-
Energy		428.855	425.823	443.661	-1.4	3.5	4.2
All items less food and energy		345.316	-	351.866	3.1	1.9	-
All items less energy		348.362	-	354.541	2.9	1.8	-
All items less medical care		337.839	-	344.366	2.8	1.9	-
All items less shelter		307.923	-	316.584	3.2	2.8	-
Commodities		230.971	-	237.880	2.8	3.0	-
Commodities less food		167.712	-	175.127	3.6	4.4	-
Commodities less food & beverages		160.046	-	167.346	3.6	4.6	-
Durables		112.358	-	114.811	1.9	2.2	-
Nondurables		292.198	-	301.923	3.2	3.3	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		210.091	-	225.246	5.6	7.2	-
Nondurables less food		220.175	-	235.008	5.4	6.7	-
Services		446.845	-	452.694	2.6	1.3	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		469.276	-	481.319	3.6	2.6	-
Services less medical care services		435.923	-	442.066	2.7	1.4	-
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.