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.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, April 2022–April 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Apr 2022	5.0	2.7
Jun 2022	6.8	4.4
Aug 2022	5.7	4.1
Oct 2022	6.0	4.1
Dec 2022	4.9	4.0
Feb 2023	5.3	4.6
Apr 2023	4.2	4.7
Jun 2023	2.9	3.9
Aug 2023	3.4	3.6
Oct 2023	2.8	3.1
Dec 2023	2.6	2.5
Feb 2024	2.4	2.2
Apr 2024	3.8	3.1
Jun 2024	3.2	2.9
Aug 2024	2.7	2.9
Oct 2024	2.4	2.7
Dec 2024	2.4	2.5
Feb 2025	2.7	3.1
Apr 2025	1.3	1.6

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.

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.

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).

The June 2025 Consumer Price Index for the San Francisco area is scheduled to be released on July 15, 2025.

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.

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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.