The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward advanced 1.7 percent for the two months ending in April 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the energy index increased 15.7 percent. The food index and the all items less food and energy index both rose 1.0 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 3.8 percent for the 12 months ending in April. The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.0 percent over the year. Food prices increased 5.4 percent. Energy prices rose 13.6 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, April 2023–April 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Apr 2025	1.3	1.6
Jun 2025	1.5	1.6
Aug 2025	2.5	2.4
Oct 2025	-	-
Dec 2025	3.0	3.0
Feb 2026	2.5	2.2
Apr 2026	3.8	3.0
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Food prices advanced 1.0 percent for the two months ending in April. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 1.6 percent, with higher prices in 3 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.5 percent for the same period.

Food prices increased 5.4 percent over the year. Prices for food at home increased 6.7 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. Prices for food away from home increased 4.0 percent.

The energy index rose 15.7 percent for the two months ending in April. Gasoline prices increased 28.9 percent.

Energy prices rose 13.6 percent over the year. Gasoline prices rose 19.9 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.0 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for recreation (+2.7 percent) and shelter (+1.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-3.0 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-2.0 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.0 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included recreation (+5.7 percent) and shelter (+2.9 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-1.7 percent) and education and communication (-1.3 percent).

The June 2026 Consumer Price Index for the San Francisco area is scheduled to be released on July 14, 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 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 April 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026
All Items		363.211	-	369.215	3.8	1.7	-
All items (1967=100)		1,116.612	-	1,135.069
Food and beverages		393.314	-	397.013	5.3	0.9	-
Food		396.173	-	400.328	5.4	1.0	-
Food at home		355.141	357.806	360.708	6.7	1.6	0.8
Cereals and bakery products		345.751	347.410	348.365	1.6	0.8	0.3
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		358.194	372.911	377.959	-0.3	5.5	1.4
Dairy and related products		332.754	332.570	331.794	1.3	-0.3	-0.2
Fruits and vegetables		433.502	450.370	466.603	6.5	7.6	3.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		246.941	225.893	238.989	-2.4	-3.2	5.8
Other food at home		351.167	352.234	344.896	18.5	-1.8	-2.1
Food away from home		448.850	-	450.891	4.0	0.5	-
Alcoholic beverages		359.688	-	358.227	3.5	-0.4	-
Housing		419.057	-	421.715	2.9	0.6	-
Shelter		462.932	463.142	467.763	2.9	1.0	1.0
Rent of primary residence		527.201	528.147	532.153	2.7	0.9	0.8
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		499.373	500.688	503.142	2.9	0.8	0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		499.373	500.688	503.142	2.9	0.8	0.5
Household furnishings and operations		184.713	-	180.975	2.6	-2.0	-
Apparel		135.945	-	131.834	4.4	-3.0	-
Transportation		271.286	-	293.143	8.7	8.1	-
Private transportation		265.276	-	284.685	5.4	7.3	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		117.273	-	118.677	-1.7	1.2	-
New vehicles(1)		193.434	-	193.207	-0.4	-0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		317.192	-	321.397	-3.7	1.3	-
Motor fuel		335.457	399.922	433.686	21.0	29.3	8.4
Gasoline (all types)		332.858	396.412	428.990	19.9	28.9	8.2
Unleaded regular(4)		331.820	396.400	429.338	20.2	29.4	8.3
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		311.679	369.264	399.356	19.6	28.1	8.1
Unleaded premium(4)		319.337	376.159	405.836	19.1	27.1	7.9
Medical Care		608.192	-	607.287	0.6	-0.1	-
Recreation(3)		155.403	-	159.672	5.7	2.7	-
Education and communication(3)		167.838	-	166.537	-1.3	-0.8	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		2,125.439	-	2,125.932	4.5	0.0	-
Other goods and services		646.564	-	672.867	5.8	4.1	-
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 April 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026
All items		363.211	-	369.215	3.8	1.7	-
Food		396.173	-	400.328	5.4	1.0	-
Energy		449.344	484.019	520.033	13.6	15.7	7.4
All items less food and energy		359.478	-	363.151	3.0	1.0	-
All items less energy		363.546	-	367.275	3.4	1.0	-
All items less medical care		353.029	-	359.301	4.0	1.8	-
All items less shelter		324.766	-	331.403	4.4	2.0	-
Commodities		242.750	-	248.407	3.9	2.3	-
Commodities less food		175.299	-	181.125	3.0	3.3	-
Commodities less food & beverages		167.309	-	173.285	3.1	3.6	-
Durables		114.820	-	113.479	-2.7	-1.2	-
Nondurables		310.361	-	321.528	6.5	3.6	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		224.806	-	243.643	9.0	8.4	-
Nondurables less food		234.817	-	252.054	8.0	7.3	-
Services		464.872	-	471.086	3.7	1.3	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		496.676	-	505.248	4.9	1.7	-
Services less medical care services		453.693	-	460.364	3.9	1.5	-
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.