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25-1166-SAN
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — June 2025

Area prices were up 1.4 percent over the past two months, up 2.7 percent from a year ago

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.

Food

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.

Energy

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.

All items less food and energy

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).

Table A. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month

February

1.2 1.7 1.7 8.1 1.4 8.0 1.2 4.3 1.1 2.5

April

1.1 3.4 2.1 9.1 1.0 6.9 1.2 4.4 0.4 1.7

June

2.2 5.5 3.2 10.1 1.0 4.6 0.4 3.8 1.4 2.7

August

1.1 5.2 0.0 9.0 0.8 5.4 0.1 3.1

October

1.1 6.5 1.0 8.9 0.4 4.8 0.3 3.0

December

0.6 7.6 0.1 8.4 -0.3 4.4 -0.5 2.7

The August 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Seattle area is scheduled to be released on September 11, 2025.

Publication updates and changes

In accordance with annual practice, relative importance weights have been updated and are available online in the CPI Supplemental Table of Contents.

Effective with the January 2025 data release, several indexes and average price series were discontinued. More information is available on the CPI discontinued series page. Direct any inquiries to the CPI office using one of the CPI contact information options listed online.


Technical Note

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.

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

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025