The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue advanced 0.4 percent for the two months ending in April 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 0.2 percent. The food index advanced 0.3 percent, and the energy index rose 3.7 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Seattle area all items CPI-U rose 1.7 percent for the 12 months ending in April. The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.7 percent over the year. The food index advanced 2.7 percent, and energy prices increased 0.8 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, April 2022–April 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Apr 2022	9.1	7.8
Jun 2022	10.1	8.8
Aug 2022	9.0	8.2
Oct 2022	8.9	7.7
Dec 2022	8.4	8.1
Feb 2023	8.0	7.7
Apr 2023	6.9	7.3
Jun 2023	4.6	5.3
Aug 2023	5.4	5.7
Oct 2023	4.8	5.5
Dec 2023	4.4	4.9
Feb 2024	4.3	5.2
Apr 2024	4.4	4.9
Jun 2024	3.8	4.4
Aug 2024	3.1	3.9
Oct 2024	3.0	3.8
Dec 2024	2.7	2.8
Feb 2025	2.5	2.3
Apr 2025	1.7	1.7

The food index rose 0.3 percent from February to April. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.3 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.3 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 2.7 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 2.0 percent. The food away from home index increased 4.0 percent.

The energy index increased 3.7 percent from February to April. Gasoline prices rose 4.7 percent.

The energy index advanced 0.8 percent from April 2024 to April 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices declined 6.2 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent from February to April. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+2.3 percent), medical care (+1.2 percent), and shelter (+0.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-0.4 percent) and apparel (-0.4 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.7 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for shelter (+3.4 percent) and medical care (+1.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-6.3 percent) and recreation (-1.2 percent).

The June 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Seattle area is scheduled to be released on July 15, 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 Seattle 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. metropolitan area covered in this release is comprised of King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties in the State of Washington.

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Table 1. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, CPI-U by expenditure category for April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
All items		358.096	-	359.400	1.7	0.4	-
All items (1967=100)		1,091.616	-	1,095.591	-	-	-
Food and beverages		369.534	-	370.470	2.5	0.3	-
Food		371.913	-	372.972	2.7	0.3	-
Food at home		329.602	332.785	330.480	2.0	0.3	-0.7
Cereals and bakery products		420.168	406.101	382.776	-5.2	-8.9	-5.7
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		307.043	311.187	303.136	4.5	-1.3	-2.6
Dairy and related products		287.921	300.996	-	-	-	-
Fruits and vegetables		498.956	504.673	491.941	-3.5	-1.4	-2.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		426.250	426.417	433.174	5.9	1.6	1.6
Other food at home		248.856	253.488	259.572	5.2	4.3	2.4
Food away from home		440.450	-	441.792	4.0	0.3	-
Alcoholic beverages		332.551	-	331.716	-0.4	-0.3	-
Housing		435.378	-	437.958	3.6	0.6	-
Shelter		501.931	501.086	503.197	3.4	0.3	0.4
Rent of primary residence		503.078	504.949	505.763	2.8	0.5	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		531.342	532.759	533.142	4.2	0.3	0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		531.342	532.759	533.142	4.2	0.3	0.1
Household furnishings and operations		226.873	-	232.077	0.5	2.3	-
Apparel		123.999	-	123.486	-6.3	-0.4	-
Transportation		304.615	-	304.843	-1.4	0.1	-
Private transportation		316.317	-	320.894	-0.8	1.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		125.612	-	125.060	0.7	-0.4	-
New vehicles(1)		224.817	-	226.333	0.7	0.7	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		410.125	-	414.183	1.1	1.0	-
Motor fuel		469.893	471.947	491.164	-6.4	4.5	4.1
Gasoline (all types)		479.191	481.323	501.879	-6.2	4.7	4.3
Unleaded regular(4)		516.717	519.090	542.011	-6.4	4.9	4.4
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		383.607	384.731	399.760	-6.0	4.2	3.9
Unleaded premium(4)		451.900	453.721	470.808	-5.7	4.2	3.8
Medical care		487.098	-	493.094	1.0	1.2	-
Recreation(3)		122.375	-	122.845	-1.2	0.4	-
Education and communication(3)		148.797	-	148.714	0.1	-0.1	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,928.157	-	1,931.954	-	0.2	-
Other goods and services		541.538	-	-	-	-	-
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.

Table 2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
All items		358.096	-	359.400	1.7	0.4	-
Food		371.913	-	372.972	2.7	0.3	-
Energy		410.365	412.467	425.643	0.8	3.7	3.2
All items less food and energy		357.161	-	357.827	1.7	0.2	-
All items less energy		359.172	-	359.900	1.8	0.2	-
All items less medical care		352.617	-	353.671	1.7	0.3	-
All items less shelter		302.091	-	303.396	0.4	0.4	-
Commodities		240.753	-	242.437	-1.5	0.7	-
Commodities less food		189.058	-	191.012	-3.3	1.0	-
Commodities less food & beverages		183.649	-	185.671	-3.4	1.1	-
Durables		146.316	-	149.774	-1.8	2.4	-
Nondurables		292.472	-	293.017	-1.0	0.2	-
Nondurables less food		231.669	-	231.782	-4.5	0.0	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		222.684	-	222.856	-5.0	0.1	-
Services		467.259	-	468.115	3.2	0.2	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		436.080	-	436.457	2.7	0.1	-
Services less medical care services		460.958	-	461.365	3.2	0.1	-
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.