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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, San Francisco Area — April 2025

Area prices were up 0.4 percent over the past two months, up 1.3 percent from a year ago

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward 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 rose 0.5 percent, and the energy index advanced 3.2 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The San Francisco area all items CPI-U rose 1.3 percent for the 12 months ending in April. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.6 percent over the year. The food index increased 2.1 percent, while the energy index declined 6.2 percent.

Food

The food index increased 0.5 percent from February to April. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.7 percent, with higher prices in 3 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.3 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 2.1 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 1.0 percent, led by higher prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+7.6 percent). The food away from home index increased 3.7 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 3.2 percent from February to April. Gasoline prices rose 2.8 percent.

The energy index declined 6.2 percent from April 2024 to April 2025. Gasoline prices decreased 9.6 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 medical care (+1.2 percent), education and communication (+1.1 percent), and shelter (+0.5 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-3.2 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-1.2 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.6 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for education and communication (+3.4 percent), medical care (+2.8 percent), and shelter (+0.7 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-0.7 percent).

Table A. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, 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

0.5 1.6 1.4 5.2 1.8 5.3 1.5 2.4 1.8 2.7

April

1.7 3.8 1.5 5.0 0.4 4.2 1.8 3.8 0.4 1.3

June

0.0 3.2 1.7 6.8 0.5 2.9 -0.1 3.2

August

0.5 3.7 -0.5 5.7 0.0 3.4 -0.5 2.7

October

0.7 3.8 1.0 6.0 0.3 2.8 0.0 2.4

December

0.8 4.2 -0.3 4.9 -0.4 2.6 -0.4 2.4

The June 2025 Consumer Price Index for the San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA. metropolitan area covered in this release is comprised of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo Counties in the State of California.

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. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, 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

354.432 - 355.707 1.3 0.4 -

All items (1967=100)

1,089.624 - 1,093.542 - - -

Food and beverages

375.253 - 377.019 2.2 0.5 -

Food

377.865 - 379.734 2.1 0.5 -

Food at home

335.631 337.268 338.016 1.0 0.7 0.2

Cereals and bakery products

333.091 335.873 342.769 1.3 2.9 2.1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

376.210 376.370 378.997 7.6 0.7 0.7

Dairy and related products

333.094 335.902 327.431 -4.3 -1.7 -2.5

Fruits and vegetables

438.093 442.119 438.104 2.2 0.0 -0.9

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

248.418 245.074 244.788 -3.4 -1.5 -0.1

Other food at home

286.687 288.972 291.015 -0.4 1.5 0.7

Food away from home

432.394 - 433.564 3.7 0.3 -

Alcoholic beverages

346.226 - 346.162 3.2 0.0 -

Housing

407.932 - 409.859 0.9 0.5 -

Shelter

452.502 453.426 454.653 0.7 0.5 0.3

Rent of primary residence

517.183 518.493 518.366 2.7 0.2 0.0

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

487.456 487.732 488.924 2.4 0.3 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

487.456 487.732 488.924 2.4 0.3 0.2

Household furnishings and operations

178.463 - 176.363 1.1 -1.2 -

Apparel

130.441 - 126.219 -0.7 -3.2 -

Transportation

269.221 - 269.571 -0.5 0.1 -

Private transportation

270.502 - 270.137 0.7 -0.1 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

119.696 - 120.689 0.4 0.8 -

New vehicles(1)

192.614 - 194.014 0.7 0.7 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

330.117 - 333.706 2.0 1.1 -

Motor fuel

349.590 346.761 358.556 -9.9 2.6 3.4

Gasoline (all types)

347.916 344.921 357.695 -9.6 2.8 3.7

Unleaded regular(4)

347.384 344.230 357.316 -9.8 2.9 3.8

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

325.534 322.704 333.992 -9.4 2.6 3.5

Unleaded premium(4)

331.858 329.576 340.646 -8.9 2.6 3.4

Medical care

596.635 - 603.708 2.8 1.2 -

Recreation(3)

151.651 - 151.040 1.6 -0.4 -

Education and communication(3)

166.940 - 168.750 3.4 1.1 -

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

2,033.014 - 2,034.442 3.4 0.1 -

Other goods and services

631.632 - 636.213 1.5 0.7 -

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a December 1977=100 base.
(2) Index is on a December 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. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, 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

354.432 - 355.707 1.3 0.4 -

Food

377.865 - 379.734 2.1 0.5 -

Energy

443.661 441.965 457.745 -6.2 3.2 3.6

All items less food and energy

351.866 - 352.512 1.6 0.2 -

All items less energy

354.541 - 355.346 1.7 0.2 -

All items less medical care

344.366 - 345.412 1.2 0.3 -

All items less shelter

316.584 - 317.472 1.6 0.3 -

Commodities

237.880 - 238.992 0.4 0.5 -

Commodities less food

175.127 - 175.913 -1.2 0.4 -

Commodities less food & beverages

167.346 - 168.124 -1.5 0.5 -

Durables

114.811 - 116.683 2.0 1.6 -

Nondurables

301.923 - 301.885 -0.2 0.0 -

Nondurables less food

235.008 - 233.310 -3.5 -0.7 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

225.246 - 223.503 -4.1 -0.8 -

Services

452.694 - 454.088 1.6 0.3 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

481.319 - 481.586 3.1 0.1 -

Services less medical care services

442.066 - 442.987 1.5 0.2 -

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 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