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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Phoenix area — April 2025

Area prices were up 0.4 percent over the past two months, up 0.3 percent from a year ago

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale 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 0.3 percent. The food index rose 1.0 percent, and the energy index increased 0.7 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Phoenix area all items CPI-U rose 0.3 percent for the 12 months ending in April. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.7 percent over the year. The food index rose 2.6 percent, while energy prices declined 7.9 percent.

Food

The food index increased 1.0 percent from February to April. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 1.7 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.4 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 2.6 percent over the year. The food at home index increased 3.2 percent. The food away from home index advanced 2.4 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 0.7 percent from February to April. Gasoline prices increased 0.6 percent.

The energy index declined 7.9 percent from April 2024 to April 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices decreased 16.0 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent from February to April. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for medical care (+2.0 percent) and shelter (+0.5 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-2.9 percent) and apparel (-2.4 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.7 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for new and used motor vehicles (+0.4 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-3.7 percent) and education and communication (-3.2 percent).

Table A. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, 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 1.0 2.1 10.9 1.2 8.5 0.7 2.2 0.9 1.8

April

2.4 4.9 2.5 11.0 1.5 7.4 1.9 2.6 0.4 0.3

June

1.9 5.4 3.1 12.3 0.2 4.4 0.4 2.7

August

0.2 5.1 0.8 13.0 0.1 3.7 -0.3 2.3

October

2.2 7.1 1.4 12.1 0.6 2.9 -0.1 1.6

December

1.7 9.7 -0.7 9.5 -0.9 2.7 -0.8 1.6

The June 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Phoenix 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 Phoenix 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area covered in this release consists of Maricopa and Pinal Counties in the State of Arizona.

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. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, CPI-U by expenditure category for April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2001=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

184.264 - 185.077 0.3 0.4 -

Food and beverages

190.663 - 192.424 2.4 0.9 -

Food

194.236 - 196.240 2.6 1.0 -

Food at home

187.071 189.262 190.184 3.2 1.7 0.5

Cereals and bakery products

245.709 244.246 248.121 2.2 1.0 1.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

232.278 233.221 - - - -

Dairy and related products

151.721 152.368 155.844 8.2 2.7 2.3

Fruits and vegetables

162.958 154.321 - - - -

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

139.117 149.616 153.252 7.9 10.2 2.4

Other food at home

181.369 187.318 187.351 2.9 3.3 0.0

Food away from home

208.566 - 209.318 2.4 0.4 -

Alcoholic beverages

153.141 - 152.615 0.3 -0.3 -

Housing

207.417 - 208.268 0.3 0.4 -

Shelter

223.773 223.761 224.929 -0.1 0.5 0.5

Rent of primary residence

238.045 237.278 237.655 -0.6 -0.2 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of residences

223.204 222.627 222.330 1.7 -0.4 -0.1

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence

223.204 222.627 222.330 1.7 -0.4 -0.1

Household furnishings and operations

120.124 - - - - -

Apparel

152.560 - 148.835 -3.7 -2.4 -

Transportation

152.079 - 152.309 -4.0 0.2 -

Private transportation

155.780 - 156.509 -3.5 0.5 -

New and used motor vehicles

112.307 - 112.593 0.4 0.3 -

New vehicles

111.151 - 111.453 0.2 0.3 -

Used cars and trucks

110.780 - 112.825 4.2 1.8 -

Motor fuel

296.376 297.379 298.041 -15.7 0.6 0.2

Gasoline (all types)

296.975 298.031 298.755 -16.0 0.6 0.2

Unleaded regular(1)

297.619 298.527 299.276 -16.6 0.6 0.3

Unleaded midgrade(1)

311.414 313.014 313.537 -14.9 0.7 0.2

Unleaded premium(1)

298.921 300.504 301.161 -13.6 0.7 0.2

Medical care

251.383 - 256.312 - 2.0 -

Recreation

132.293 - 128.459 -0.4 -2.9 -

Education and communication

115.796 - 116.239 -3.2 0.4 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare

231.960 - 231.960 - 0.0 -

Other goods and services

175.947 - - - - -

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.

Table 2. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, CPI-U by special aggregate index for April 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2001=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

184.264 - 185.077 0.3 0.4 -

Food

194.236 - 196.240 2.6 1.0 -

Energy

245.553 245.765 247.154 -7.9 0.7 0.6

All items less food and energy

178.445 - 179.047 0.7 0.3 -

All items less energy

180.621 - 181.395 0.9 0.4 -

All items less medical care

180.504 - 181.062 -0.3 0.3 -

All items less shelter

164.300 - 164.959 0.5 0.4 -

Commodities

146.780 - 146.948 -1.4 0.1 -

Commodities less food

126.371 - 125.932 -3.6 -0.3 -

Commodities less food & beverages

125.232 - 124.797 -3.9 -0.3 -

Durables

85.902 - 85.867 -1.2 0.0 -

Nondurables

184.373 - 184.749 -1.1 0.2 -

Nondurables less food

174.061 - 172.800 -4.6 -0.7 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

175.901 - 174.555 -5.1 -0.8 -

Services

210.689 - 212.023 1.1 0.6 -

Services less rent of shelter

192.770 - 194.253 2.5 0.8 -

Services less medical care services

206.562 - 207.321 0.3 0.4 -

- Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025