The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario advanced 0.7 percent for the two months ending in May 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 rose 0.5 percent. The food index increased 0.9 percent, and the energy index rose 1.9 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Riverside area all items CPI-U rose 2.6 percent for the 12 months ending in May. The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.3 percent over the year. The food index rose 3.3 percent. The energy index fell 4.6 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, May 2022–May 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
May 2022	9.4	6.2
Jul 2022	9.2	6.2
Sep 2022	8.4	6.0
Nov 2022	7.5	6.4
Jan 2023	7.3	6.3
Mar 2023	4.6	5.9
May 2023	3.9	5.8
Jul 2023	3.4	5.1
Sep 2023	4.9	5.5
Nov 2023	4.3	5.1
Jan 2024	2.9	4.4
Mar 2024	4.3	4.7
May 2024	4.0	4.1
Jul 2024	2.8	3.6
Sep 2024	1.4	2.8
Nov 2024	1.1	1.9
Jan 2025	2.9	3.3
Mar 2025	2.5	3.1
May 2025	2.6	3.3

The food index increased 0.9 percent for the two months ending in May. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.4 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 1.6 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 3.3 percent over the year. The food at home index increased 1.5 percent. The food away from home index advanced 5.6 percent.

The energy index rose 1.9 percent for the two months ending in May. Gasoline prices increased 2.1 percent.

The energy index fell 4.6 percent over the year. Gasoline prices declined 9.1 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.5 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for education and communication (+2.3 percent) and household furnishings and operations (+2.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-1.0 percent) and shelter (-0.4 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.3 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for apparel (+10.9 percent) and shelter (+3.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-1.8 percent).

The July 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Riverside area is scheduled to be released on August 12, 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 Riverside 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.

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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Core Based Statistical Area includes Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in California.

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Table 1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, CPI-U by expenditure category for May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All Items		136.511	-	137.456	2.6	0.7	-
Food and beverages		139.555	-	140.683	3.4	0.8	-
Food		140.754	-	142.044	3.3	0.9	-
Food at home		134.025	132.892	134.528	1.5	0.4	1.2
Cereals and bakery products		154.610	-	-	-	-	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		144.978	-	-	-	-	-
Dairy and related products		110.668	115.493	115.627	-1.3	4.5	0.1
Fruits and vegetables		124.248	119.117	123.626	-6.6	-0.5	3.8
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		133.537	137.131	140.059	8.7	4.9	2.1
Other food at home		128.752	125.166	126.098	0.1	-2.1	0.7
Food away from home		150.563	-	152.969	5.6	1.6	-
Alcoholic beverages		115.658	-	-	-	-	-
Housing		144.347	-	144.329	2.9	0.0	-
Shelter		145.231	144.362	144.649	3.3	-0.4	0.2
Rent of primary residence		150.856	151.770	152.100	5.1	0.8	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences		144.945	144.931	145.244	4.1	0.2	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence		144.945	144.931	145.244	4.1	0.2	0.2
Household furnishings and operations		118.315	-	120.821	1.3	2.1	-
Apparel		120.543	-	122.368	10.9	1.5	-
Transportation		141.682	-	144.908	2.1	2.3	-
Private transportation		145.525	-	148.230	2.7	1.9	-
New and used motor vehicles		117.300	-	117.646	1.0	0.3	-
New vehicles		114.974	-	115.477	1.4	0.4	-
Used cars and trucks		133.683	-	135.659	2.3	1.5	-
Motor fuel		149.603	155.055	152.661	-8.8	2.0	-1.5
Gasoline (all types)		149.613	155.136	152.763	-9.1	2.1	-1.5
Unleaded regular(1)		149.931	155.565	153.088	-9.2	2.1	-1.6
Unleaded midgrade(1)		150.065	155.567	153.375	-9.0	2.2	-1.4
Unleaded premium(1)		147.629	152.724	150.724	-8.6	2.1	-1.3
Medical Care		129.448	-	130.911	0.8	1.1	-
Recreation		113.436	-	112.350	0.8	-1.0	-
Education and communication		106.072	-	108.475	-1.8	2.3	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care		132.985	-	132.985	2.7	0.0	-
Other goods and services		131.125	-	-	-	-	-
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. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All items		136.511	-	137.456	2.6	0.7	-
Food		140.754	-	142.044	3.3	0.9	-
Energy		159.047	162.595	162.034	-4.6	1.9	-0.3
All items less food and energy		133.403	-	134.126	3.3	0.5	-
All items less energy		134.395	-	135.202	3.3	0.6	-
All items less medical care		137.029	-	137.937	2.7	0.7	-
All items less shelter		132.005	-	133.740	2.2	1.3	-
Commodities		127.140	-	128.815	0.8	1.3	-
Commodities less food		120.121	-	121.989	-0.8	1.6	-
Commodities less food & beverages		120.266	-	122.258	-0.9	1.7	-
Durables		110.088	-	112.295	0.9	2.0	-
Nondurables		135.272	-	136.661	1.0	1.0	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		130.671	-	132.389	-1.8	1.3	-
Nondurables less food		129.812	-	131.306	-1.6	1.2	-
Services		143.061	-	143.476	3.6	0.3	-
Services less rent of shelter		139.740	-	141.558	4.2	1.3	-
Services less medical care services		144.299	-	144.696	3.8	0.3	-
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.