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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > News Release
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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Consumer Price Index, Anchorage area — December 2025

Area prices were up 1.9 percent for the 12 months ending in December

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Alaska area increased 1.9 percent for the 12 months ending in December, 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 1.6 percent over the year. The food index rose 2.9 percent, and the energy index rose 4.3 percent.

BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations. BLS is unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations. BLS was able to retroactively acquire most of the nonsurvey data for October. Accordingly, all analysis in this release is over the year and not seasonally adjusted.

Food

Food prices advanced 2.9 percent over the year. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 2.1 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 4.6 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 4.3 percent from December 2024 to December 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices rose 6.8 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.6 percent over the year. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+6.2 percent) and shelter (+3.2 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new vehicles (-1.8 percent).

Table A. Urban Alaska 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

 1.0 1.3 1.1 7.4 0.1 4.3 0.1 1.7 0.6 2.9

April

 1.8 4.8 1.9 7.5 0.8 3.1 2.2 3.2 0.9 1.6

June

 2.5 6.2 7.1 12.4 0.4 -3.3 0.2 2.9 0.1 1.6

August

 0.3 5.7 -4.0 7.6 1.3 2.0 -0.1 1.5 0.8 2.4

October

 1.2 6.3 1.1 7.6 0.2 1.1 0.8 2.1 - -

December

 0.4 7.2 -1.7 5.4 -1.1 1.8 -0.8 2.3 - 1.9

Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
Federal Government Shutdown

BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations. BLS was unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations. BLS was able to retroactively acquire most of the nonsurvey data for October. CPI data collection resumed on November 14, 2025.

Additional information about the impact of the shutdown on CPI data is available online.

Changes to health insurance index

With the release of November 2025 data on December 18, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) removed long-term care (LTC) insurance from the health insurance index. There have been changes in the market for LTC insurance that now make it out of scope and ineligible for pricing in the CPI market basket.

The February 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Anchorage area is scheduled to be released on March 11, 2026.


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 Urban Alaska 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 Urban Alaska area covered in this release consists of Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the State of Alaska.

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. Urban Alaska, CPI-U by expenditure category for December 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

 Indexes Percent change from -
Historical
data		 Oct.
2025		 Nov.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Oct.
2025		 Nov.
2025

All Items

 - - 272.355 1.9 - -

All items (1967=100)

 - - 726.954      

Food and beverages

 - - 272.581 2.9 - -

Food

 - - 282.885 2.9 - -

Food at home

 - 268.209 264.545 2.1 - -1.4

Cereals and bakery products

 - 266.325 266.994 4.6 - 0.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

 - - 244.869 2.5 - -

Dairy and related products

 - 260.476 259.926 0.0 - -0.2

Fruits and vegetables

 - 405.079 404.378 -4.5 - -0.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

 - 185.170 185.223 3.8 - 0.0

Other food at home

 - 231.402 223.791 5.4 - -3.3

Food away from home

 - - 320.183 4.6 - -

Alcoholic beverages

 - - - - - -

Housing

 - - 248.064 3.4 - -

Shelter

 - 253.028 253.315 3.2 - 0.1

Rent of primary residence

 - 255.153 256.586 3.8 - 0.6

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

 - 255.682 256.635 3.3 - 0.4

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

 - 255.682 256.635 3.3 - 0.4

Household furnishings and operations

 - - 140.443 6.2 - -

Apparel

 - - 164.226 6.5 - -

Transportation

 - - 265.796 -5.3 - -

Private transportation

 - - 287.553 0.8 - -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

 - - 120.940 -2.5 - -

New vehicles(1)

 264.765 - 263.280 -1.8 -0.6 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

 348.171 - 339.814 2.2 -2.4 -

Motor fuel

 - 321.355 303.023 6.5 - -5.7

Gasoline (all types)

 329.983 324.885 305.563 6.8 -7.4 -5.9

Unleaded regular(4)

 316.159 310.952 291.896 6.8 -7.7 -6.1

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

 321.137 316.993 299.376 6.5 -6.8 -5.6

Unleaded premium(4)

 343.944 339.861 321.817 6.9 -6.4 -5.3

Medical Care

 - - - - - -

Recreation(3)

 - - 142.149 2.0 - -

Education and communication(3)

 - - 114.991 0.7 - -

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)

 - - 818.734 -0.5 - -

Other goods and services

 - - 537.840 7.0 - -

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a January 1978=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.
Note: October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Table 2. Urban Alaska, CPI-U by special aggregate index for December 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index

 Indexes Percent change from -
Historical
data		 Oct.
2025		 Nov.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Dec.
2024		 Oct.
2025		 Nov.
2025

All items

 - - 272.355 1.9 - -

Food

 - - 282.885 2.9 - -

Energy

 - 362.599 351.663 4.3 - -3.0

All items less food and energy

 - - 266.625 1.6 - -

All items less energy

 - - 268.145 1.7 - -

All items less medical care

 - - 253.238 1.5 - -

All items less shelter

 - - 278.991 1.1 - -

Commodities

 - - 216.528 3.8 - -

Commodities less food

 - - 188.020 4.3 - -

Commodities less food & beverages

 - - 188.271 4.3 - -

Durables

 - - 137.857 0.8 - -

Nondurables

 - - 263.926 5.2 - -

Nondurables less food & beverages

 - - 250.839 8.0 - -

Nondurables less food

 - - 245.376 7.8 - -

Services

 - - 323.140 1.0 - -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 - - 437.165 -1.6 - -

Services less medical care services

 - - 293.239 0.6 - -

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.
Note: October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2026