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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > News Release
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — April 2025

Area prices were up 0.4 percent over the past two months, up 1.7 percent from a year ago

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue advanced 0.4 percent for the two months ending in April 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the all items less food and energy index increased 0.2 percent. The food index advanced 0.3 percent, and the energy index rose 3.7 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Seattle area all items CPI-U rose 1.7 percent for the 12 months ending in April. The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.7 percent over the year. The food index advanced 2.7 percent, and energy prices increased 0.8 percent.

Food

The food index rose 0.3 percent from February to April. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.3 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.3 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 2.7 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 2.0 percent. The food away from home index increased 4.0 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 3.7 percent from February to April. Gasoline prices rose 4.7 percent.

The energy index advanced 0.8 percent from April 2024 to April 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices declined 6.2 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent from February to April. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+2.3 percent), medical care (+1.2 percent), and shelter (+0.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-0.4 percent) and apparel (-0.4 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.7 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for shelter (+3.4 percent) and medical care (+1.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-6.3 percent) and recreation (-1.2 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

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 June 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Seattle area is scheduled to be released on July 15, 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 April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Feb.
2025		 Mar.
2025		 Apr.
2025		 Apr.
2024		 Feb.
2025		 Mar.
2025

All items

 358.096 - 359.400 1.7 0.4 -

All items (1967=100)

 1,091.616 - 1,095.591 - - -

Food and beverages

 369.534 - 370.470 2.5 0.3 -

Food

 371.913 - 372.972 2.7 0.3 -

Food at home

 329.602 332.785 330.480 2.0 0.3 -0.7

Cereals and bakery products

 420.168 406.101 382.776 -5.2 -8.9 -5.7

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 307.043 311.187 303.136 4.5 -1.3 -2.6

Dairy and related products

 287.921 300.996 - - - -

Fruits and vegetables

 498.956 504.673 491.941 -3.5 -1.4 -2.5

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 426.250 426.417 433.174 5.9 1.6 1.6

Other food at home

 248.856 253.488 259.572 5.2 4.3 2.4

Food away from home

 440.450 - 441.792 4.0 0.3 -

Alcoholic beverages

 332.551 - 331.716 -0.4 -0.3 -

Housing

 435.378 - 437.958 3.6 0.6 -

Shelter

 501.931 501.086 503.197 3.4 0.3 0.4

Rent of primary residence

 503.078 504.949 505.763 2.8 0.5 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 531.342 532.759 533.142 4.2 0.3 0.1

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 531.342 532.759 533.142 4.2 0.3 0.1

Household furnishings and operations

 226.873 - 232.077 0.5 2.3 -

Apparel

 123.999 - 123.486 -6.3 -0.4 -

Transportation

 304.615 - 304.843 -1.4 0.1 -

Private transportation

 316.317 - 320.894 -0.8 1.4 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 125.612 - 125.060 0.7 -0.4 -

New vehicles(1)

 224.817 - 226.333 0.7 0.7 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 410.125 - 414.183 1.1 1.0 -

Motor fuel

 469.893 471.947 491.164 -6.4 4.5 4.1

Gasoline (all types)

 479.191 481.323 501.879 -6.2 4.7 4.3

Unleaded regular(4)

 516.717 519.090 542.011 -6.4 4.9 4.4

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 383.607 384.731 399.760 -6.0 4.2 3.9

Unleaded premium(4)

 451.900 453.721 470.808 -5.7 4.2 3.8

Medical care

 487.098 - 493.094 1.0 1.2 -

Recreation(3)

 122.375 - 122.845 -1.2 0.4 -

Education and communication(3)

 148.797 - 148.714 0.1 -0.1 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

 1,928.157 - 1,931.954 - 0.2 -

Other goods and services

 541.538 - - - - -

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.

Table 2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index

 Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data		 Feb.
2025		 Mar.
2025		 Apr.
2025		 Apr.
2024		 Feb.
2025		 Mar.
2025

All items

 358.096 - 359.400 1.7 0.4 -

Food

 371.913 - 372.972 2.7 0.3 -

Energy

 410.365 412.467 425.643 0.8 3.7 3.2

All items less food and energy

 357.161 - 357.827 1.7 0.2 -

All items less energy

 359.172 - 359.900 1.8 0.2 -

All items less medical care

 352.617 - 353.671 1.7 0.3 -

All items less shelter

 302.091 - 303.396 0.4 0.4 -

Commodities

 240.753 - 242.437 -1.5 0.7 -

Commodities less food

 189.058 - 191.012 -3.3 1.0 -

Commodities less food & beverages

 183.649 - 185.671 -3.4 1.1 -

Durables

 146.316 - 149.774 -1.8 2.4 -

Nondurables

 292.472 - 293.017 -1.0 0.2 -

Nondurables less food

 231.669 - 231.782 -4.5 0.0 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 222.684 - 222.856 -5.0 0.1 -

Services

 467.259 - 468.115 3.2 0.2 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 436.080 - 436.457 2.7 0.1 -

Services less medical care services

 460.958 - 461.365 3.2 0.1 -

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, May 13, 2025