The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue advanced 1.4 percent for the two months ending in June 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 increased 1.2 percent. The food index rose 1.5 percent, and the energy index advanced 4.0 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Seattle area all items CPI-U advanced 2.7 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.4 percent over the year. The food index rose 4.8 percent, and the energy index advanced 5.0 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Jun 2025	2.7	2.4

The food index increased 1.5 percent for the two months ending in June. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 1.4 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 1.6 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 4.8 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 5.3 percent. The food away from home index rose 3.9 percent.

The energy index advanced 4.0 percent for the two months ending in June. Gasoline prices increased 2.4 percent.

The energy index rose 5.0 percent over the year. Gasoline prices advanced 0.8 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.2 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+3.1 percent) and shelter (+0.9 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-2.4 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.4 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for shelter (+3.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-9.6 percent) and recreation (-1.6 percent).

The August 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Seattle area is scheduled to be released on September 11, 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 June 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Apr. 2025	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jun. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025
All Items		359.400	-	364.344	2.7	1.4	-
All items (1967=100)		1,095.591	-	1,110.661
Food and beverages		370.470	-	375.931	4.5	1.5	-
Food		372.972	-	378.697	4.8	1.5	-
Food at home		330.480	325.848	335.247	5.3	1.4	2.9
Cereals and bakery products		382.776	400.275	397.352	2.0	3.8	-0.7
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		303.136	299.820	302.984	4.6	-0.1	1.1
Dairy and related products		-	-	-	-	-	-
Fruits and vegetables		491.941	476.641	484.445	-1.9	-1.5	1.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		433.174	432.293	451.356	10.7	4.2	4.4
Other food at home		259.572	250.451	265.033	8.4	2.1	5.8
Food away from home		441.792	-	449.023	3.9	1.6	-
Alcoholic beverages		331.716	-	333.335	0.4	0.5	-
Housing		437.958	-	444.894	3.9	1.6	-
Shelter		503.197	505.450	507.745	3.1	0.9	0.5
Rent of primary residence		505.763	505.292	506.403	2.1	0.1	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		533.142	533.461	534.920	3.6	0.3	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		533.142	533.461	534.920	3.6	0.3	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		232.077	-	239.168	4.8	3.1	-
Apparel		123.486	-	126.946	-9.6	2.8	-
Transportation		304.843	-	313.185	2.2	2.7	-
Private transportation		320.894	-	325.087	1.2	1.3	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		125.060	-	126.717	1.1	1.3	-
New vehicles(1)		226.333	-	225.961	0.4	-0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		414.183	-	424.009	3.4	2.4	-
Motor fuel		491.164	494.159	502.509	0.6	2.3	1.7
Gasoline (all types)		501.879	505.034	513.830	0.8	2.4	1.7
Unleaded regular(4)		542.011	545.262	554.603	0.8	2.3	1.7
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		399.760	403.229	410.358	0.9	2.7	1.8
Unleaded premium(4)		470.808	474.187	482.933	1.0	2.6	1.8
Medical Care		493.094	-	495.064	2.0	0.4	-
Recreation(3)		122.845	-	119.910	-1.6	-2.4	-
Education and communication(3)		148.714	-	148.957	0.4	0.2	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		1,931.954	-	1,931.185	-	0.0	-
Other goods and services		-	-	-	-	-	-
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. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for June 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Apr. 2025	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jun. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025
All items		359.400	-	364.344	2.7	1.4	-
Food		372.972	-	378.697	4.8	1.5	-
Energy		425.643	437.397	442.635	5.0	4.0	1.2
All items less food and energy		357.827	-	362.080	2.4	1.2	-
All items less energy		359.900	-	364.382	2.6	1.2	-
All items less medical care		353.671	-	358.798	2.7	1.4	-
All items less shelter		303.396	-	308.434	2.3	1.7	-
Commodities		242.437	-	246.827	1.2	1.8	-
Commodities less food		191.012	-	194.893	-0.3	2.0	-
Commodities less food & beverages		185.671	-	189.593	-0.3	2.1	-
Durables		149.774	-	152.772	1.9	2.0	-
Nondurables		293.017	-	298.149	1.2	1.8	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		222.856	-	227.768	-2.6	2.2	-
Nondurables less food		231.782	-	236.545	-2.3	2.1	-
Services		468.115	-	473.446	3.3	1.1	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		436.457	-	442.791	3.6	1.5	-
Services less medical care services		461.365	-	466.436	3.3	1.1	-
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.