The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the West Region advanced 0.2 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.3 percent. The food index was unchanged, while the energy index declined 1.0 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The West Region all items CPI-U increased 3.0 percent for the 12 months ending in July. The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.2 percent over the year. The food index rose 3.4 percent. The energy index declined 0.3 percent.  

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, West region, July 2022–July 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jul 2022	8.3	6.3
Aug 2022	8.1	6.7
Sep 2022	8.3	6.8
Oct 2022	8.1	6.4
Nov 2022	7.1	6.0
Dec 2022	6.2	5.7
Jan 2023	6.3	5.6
Feb 2023	6.0	5.3
Mar 2023	5.1	5.5
Apr 2023	4.9	5.4
May 2023	4.5	5.3
Jun 2023	3.5	4.7
Jul 2023	3.5	4.3
Aug 2023	3.9	4.1
Sep 2023	3.9	3.9
Oct 2023	3.3	3.7
Nov 2023	3.3	3.7
Dec 2023	3.6	3.7
Jan 2024	3.3	3.7
Feb 2024	3.2	3.6
Mar 2024	3.6	3.8
Apr 2024	3.7	3.6
May 2024	3.3	3.3
Jun 2024	2.8	3.0
Jul 2024	2.6	3.0
Aug 2024	2.2	2.9
Sep 2024	2.1	3.0
Oct 2024	2.1	3.1
Nov 2024	2.4	3.1
Dec 2024	2.5	2.9
Jan 2025	2.4	2.7
Feb 2025	2.6	2.7
Mar 2025	2.2	2.5
Apr 2025	2.1	2.5
May 2025	2.4	2.8
Jun 2025	2.7	2.9
Jul 2025	3.0	3.2

 

Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, West region, July 2022–July 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jul 2022	8.3	6.3
Aug 2022	8.1	6.7
Sep 2022	8.3	6.8
Oct 2022	8.1	6.4
Nov 2022	7.1	6.0
Dec 2022	6.2	5.7
Jan 2023	6.3	5.6
Feb 2023	6.0	5.3
Mar 2023	5.1	5.5
Apr 2023	4.9	5.4
May 2023	4.5	5.3
Jun 2023	3.5	4.7
Jul 2023	3.5	4.3
Aug 2023	3.9	4.1
Sep 2023	3.9	3.9
Oct 2023	3.3	3.7
Nov 2023	3.3	3.7
Dec 2023	3.6	3.7
Jan 2024	3.3	3.7
Feb 2024	3.2	3.6
Mar 2024	3.6	3.8
Apr 2024	3.7	3.6
May 2024	3.3	3.3
Jun 2024	2.8	3.0
Jul 2024	2.6	3.0
Aug 2024	2.2	2.9
Sep 2024	2.1	3.0
Oct 2024	2.1	3.1
Nov 2024	2.4	3.1
Dec 2024	2.5	2.9
Jan 2025	2.4	2.7
Feb 2025	2.6	2.7
Mar 2025	2.2	2.5
Apr 2025	2.1	2.5
May 2025	2.4	2.8
Jun 2025	2.7	2.9
Jul 2025	3.0	3.2

The food index was unchanged for the month of July. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) was also unchanged. Within food at home, prices for dairy and related products rose 1.6 percent, while prices for fruits and vegetables declined 0.7 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.1 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 3.4 percent over the year. The food at home index rose 3.0 percent, with higher prices in all six major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index advanced 4.0 percent.

The energy index declined 1.0 percent over the month. Gasoline prices decreased 1.6 percent. Prices for electricity declined 0.5 percent, and prices for natural gas service fell 0.3 percent for the same period.

The energy index declined 0.3 percent over the year. Gasoline prices decreased 3.2 percent. Prices for natural gas service advanced 7.8 percent, and prices for electricity increased 1.9 percent during the past year.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.3 percent in July. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for medical care (+1.7 percent) and recreation (+0.9 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-0.2 percent) and education and communication (-0.1 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.2 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for medical care (+5.5 percent) and shelter (+3.1 percent).

The August 2025 Consumer Price Index for the West Region 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 the West Region 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.

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 West Region covered in this release is comprised of the following thirteen states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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

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Table 1. West region CPI-U by expenditure category for July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All items		342.343	342.613	343.234	3.0	0.3	0.2
All items (December 1977 = 100)		553.378	553.815	554.818
Food and beverages		352.649	353.268	353.407	3.3	0.2	0.0
Food		355.621	356.305	356.396	3.4	0.2	0.0
Food at home		330.088	330.294	330.207	3.0	0.0	0.0
Cereals and bakery products		342.152	340.330	340.163	2.0	-0.6	0.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		365.907	364.458	366.813	4.9	0.2	0.6
Dairy and related products		287.745	280.561	284.938	0.5	-1.0	1.6
Fruits and vegetables		406.629	410.406	407.469	2.1	0.2	-0.7
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		233.402	235.646	235.205	5.3	0.8	-0.2
Other food at home		286.087	287.728	286.388	2.4	0.1	-0.5
Food away from home		392.219	393.620	393.978	4.0	0.4	0.1
Alcoholic beverages		307.491	307.166	307.988	1.1	0.2	0.3
Housing		384.724	385.377	385.511	3.1	0.2	0.0
Shelter		443.685	444.457	444.667	3.1	0.2	0.0
Rent of primary residence		471.741	472.368	473.038	3.0	0.3	0.1
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)		466.685	468.041	468.879	3.5	0.5	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)		466.481	467.841	468.673	3.5	0.5	0.2
Fuels and utilities		437.440	437.530	437.414	3.9	0.0	0.0
Household energy		381.034	379.882	377.894	3.2	-0.8	-0.5
Energy services		384.657	383.453	381.822	3.3	-0.7	-0.4
Electricity		426.504	422.101	420.183	1.9	-1.5	-0.5
Utility (piped) gas service		305.353	311.476	310.436	7.8	1.7	-0.3
Household furnishings and operations		160.068	160.493	160.471	2.4	0.3	0.0
Apparel		125.938	124.831	124.559	0.1	-1.1	-0.2
Transportation		288.010	287.804	287.344	2.1	-0.2	-0.2
Private transportation		287.879	287.637	287.865	2.6	0.0	0.1
New and used motor vehicles(2)		124.343	124.804	125.402	1.7	0.9	0.5
New vehicles		176.370	176.096	176.270	0.6	-0.1	0.1
New cars(3)		175.185	174.831	175.112	1.2	0.0	0.2
Used cars and trucks		178.135	180.583	182.663	6.5	2.5	1.2
Motor fuel		341.335	336.739	332.050	-3.0	-2.7	-1.4
Gasoline (all types)		340.411	335.485	330.126	-3.2	-3.0	-1.6
Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)		335.620	330.573	325.060	-3.5	-3.1	-1.7
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)		326.881	322.364	317.741	-2.9	-2.8	-1.4
Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)		337.815	333.612	329.111	-2.5	-2.6	-1.3
Medical care		634.178	634.850	645.605	5.5	1.8	1.7
Medical care commodities		481.464	480.318	479.351	0.0	-0.4	-0.2
Medical care services		681.246	682.432	696.539	6.7	2.2	2.1
Professional services		430.642	431.907	443.155	3.8	2.9	2.6
Recreation(2)		134.128	134.178	135.341	3.1	0.9	0.9
Education and communication(2)		144.307	143.856	143.709	0.0	-0.4	-0.1
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(5)		1,716.840	1,720.144	1,732.784	3.6	0.9	0.7
Other goods and services		574.713	577.916	581.107	4.8	1.1	0.6
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (4) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. (5) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
- Data not available. Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. West region CPI-U by special aggregate index for July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	May 2025	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Jul. 2024	May 2025	Jun. 2025
All items		342.343	342.613	343.234	3.0	0.3	0.2
Food		355.621	356.305	356.396	3.4	0.2	0.0
Energy		365.558	362.354	358.734	-0.3	-1.9	-1.0
All items less food and energy		342.513	342.957	343.963	3.2	0.4	0.3
All items less energy		343.644	344.121	344.998	3.2	0.4	0.3
All items less medical care		328.925	329.176	329.349	2.8	0.1	0.1
All items less shelter		302.232	302.302	303.087	2.9	0.3	0.3
Commodities		230.627	230.583	230.388	1.7	-0.1	-0.1
Commodities less food		178.988	178.719	178.445	0.6	-0.3	-0.2
Commodities less food & beverages		174.149	173.885	173.589	0.6	-0.3	-0.2
Durables		123.333	123.572	123.735	1.5	0.3	0.1
Nondurables		292.255	291.935	291.418	1.8	-0.3	-0.2
Nondurables less food & beverages		232.658	231.493	230.389	-0.2	-1.0	-0.5
Nondurables less food		238.283	237.158	236.157	-0.2	-0.9	-0.4
Services		446.692	447.284	448.748	3.7	0.5	0.3
Services less rent of shelter(1)		463.307	463.979	467.264	4.6	0.9	0.7
Services less medical care services		430.169	430.718	431.281	3.4	0.3	0.1
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.