The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale was unchanged for the two months ending in June 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent during the two-month period. The food index increased 0.5 percent, while the energy index fell 4.4 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Phoenix area all items CPI-U increased 2.8 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.0 percent over the year. Food prices advanced 2.2 percent. Energy prices increased 14.1 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, June 2023–June 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jun 2023	4.4	5.9
Aug 2023	3.7	3.5
Oct 2023	2.9	3.2
Dec 2023	2.7	2.8
Feb 2024	2.2	2.5
Apr 2024	2.6	3.0
Jun 2024	2.7	3.4
Aug 2024	2.3	3.2
Oct 2024	1.6	2.7
Dec 2024	1.6	1.8
Feb 2025	1.8	1.6
Apr 2025	0.3	0.7
Jun 2025	0.2	0.1
Aug 2025	1.4	1.7
Oct 2025	-	-
Dec 2025	2.2	2.1
Feb 2026	1.7	1.7
Apr 2026	3.0	1.7
Jun 2026	2.8	2.0
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Food prices increased 0.5 percent for the two months ending in June.

Food prices advanced 2.2 percent over the year.

The energy index declined 4.4 percent for the two months ending in June. Gasoline prices decreased 10.7 percent.

Energy prices increased 14.1 percent over the year. Gasoline prices rose 26.2 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.3 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for recreation (+4.1 percent) and shelter (+0.6 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-4.2 percent) and education and communication (-2.5 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.0 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included recreation (+6.9 percent) and shelter (+1.4 percent).

The August 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Phoenix area is scheduled to be released on September 11, 2026.

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 Phoenix 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area covered in this release consists of Maricopa and Pinal Counties in the State of Arizona.

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Table 1. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, CPI-U by expenditure category for June 2026, not seasonally adjusted (December 2001=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Apr. 2026	May 2026	Jun. 2026	Jun. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026
All Items		190.720	-	190.704	2.8	0.0	-
Food and beverages		196.669	-	197.624	2.3	0.5	-
Food		200.733	-	201.686	2.2	0.5	-
Food at home		-	-	-	-	-	-
Cereals and bakery products		-	-	-	-	-	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		-	-	-	-	-	-
Dairy and related products		150.508	153.885	157.564	9.6	4.7	2.4
Fruits and vegetables		-	-	-	-	-	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		139.733	144.263	142.525	-8.9	2.0	-1.2
Other food at home		-	-	-	-	-	-
Food away from home		217.032	-	215.500	1.7	-0.7	-
Alcoholic beverages		153.636	-	154.718	2.9	0.7	-
Housing		210.841	-	212.320	1.6	0.7	-
Shelter		226.706	228.510	228.094	1.4	0.6	-0.2
Rent of primary residence		235.681	235.110	235.143	-0.4	-0.2	0.0
Owners' equiv. rent of residences		223.222	222.736	223.451	0.9	0.1	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence		223.222	222.736	223.451	0.9	0.1	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		122.451	-	-	-	-	-
Apparel		166.185	-	159.139	8.6	-4.2	-
Transportation		163.722	-	161.383	6.1	-1.4	-
Private transportation		167.675	-	163.791	4.7	-2.3	-
New and used motor vehicles		112.615	-	113.747	0.3	1.0	-
New vehicles		111.678	-	111.609	0.3	-0.1	-
Used cars and trucks		113.291	-	117.060	1.4	3.3	-
Motor fuel		412.544	415.053	370.099	27.9	-10.3	-10.8
Gasoline (all types)		409.653	412.159	365.855	26.2	-10.7	-11.2
Unleaded regular(1)		413.882	416.360	367.765	26.8	-11.1	-11.7
Unleaded midgrade(1)		424.499	426.809	383.229	25.6	-9.7	-10.2
Unleaded premium(1)		400.604	403.263	364.201	24.0	-9.1	-9.7
Medical Care		266.845	-	264.601	2.8	-0.8	-
Recreation		131.307	-	136.696	6.9	4.1	-
Education and communication		119.313	-	116.331	0.5	-2.5	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care		239.481	-	239.481	3.8	0.0	-
Other goods and services		186.351	-	185.043	-	-0.7	-
Footnotes (1) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Data not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, CPI-U by special aggregate index for June 2026, not seasonally adjusted (December 2001=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Apr. 2026	May 2026	Jun. 2026	Jun. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026
All items		190.720	-	190.704	2.8	0.0	-
Food		200.733	-	201.686	2.2	0.5	-
Energy		303.851	310.310	290.460	14.1	-4.4	-6.4
All items less food and energy		182.034	-	182.619	2.0	0.3	-
All items less energy		184.537	-	185.164	2.0	0.3	-
All items less medical care		186.447	-	186.584	2.8	0.1	-
All items less shelter		172.006	-	171.427	3.5	-0.3	-
Commodities		155.327	-	153.516	5.0	-1.2	-
Commodities less food		135.222	-	132.602	6.4	-1.9	-
Commodities less food & beverages		134.191	-	131.509	6.4	-2.0	-
Durables		86.450	-	86.803	1.6	0.4	-
Nondurables		200.586	-	196.579	6.9	-2.0	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		202.762	-	193.417	12.7	-4.6	-
Nondurables less food		199.320	-	190.618	12.2	-4.4	-
Services		215.792	-	217.102	1.7	0.6	-
Services less rent of shelter		200.111	-	201.306	2.1	0.6	-
Services less medical care services		210.183	-	211.820	1.5	0.8	-
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.