The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the West region advanced 3.0 percent for the 12 months ending in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.0 percent over the year. The food index advanced 2.5 percent, and the energy index rose 4.4 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.  

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, West region, November 2022–November 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Nov 2022	7.1	6.0
Dec 2022	6.2	5.7
Jan 2023	6.3	5.6
Feb 2023	6.0	5.3
Mar 2023	5.1	5.5
Apr 2023	4.9	5.4
May 2023	4.5	5.3
Jun 2023	3.5	4.7
Jul 2023	3.5	4.3
Aug 2023	3.9	4.1
Sep 2023	3.9	3.9
Oct 2023	3.3	3.7
Nov 2023	3.3	3.7
Dec 2023	3.6	3.7
Jan 2024	3.3	3.7
Feb 2024	3.2	3.6
Mar 2024	3.6	3.8
Apr 2024	3.7	3.6
May 2024	3.3	3.3
Jun 2024	2.8	3.0
Jul 2024	2.6	3.0
Aug 2024	2.2	2.9
Sep 2024	2.1	3.0
Oct 2024	2.1	3.1
Nov 2024	2.4	3.1
Dec 2024	2.5	2.9
Jan 2025	2.4	2.7
Feb 2025	2.6	2.7
Mar 2025	2.2	2.5
Apr 2025	2.1	2.5
May 2025	2.4	2.8
Jun 2025	2.7	2.9
Jul 2025	3.0	3.2
Aug 2025	3.2	3.4
Sep 2025	3.3	3.3
Oct 2025	-	-
Nov 2025	3.0	3.0
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

The food index advanced 2.5 percent over the year. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 1.4 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 3.9 percent.

The energy index rose 4.4 percent from November 2024 to November 2025. Prices for gasoline rose 5.2 percent. Prices for natural gas service increased 6.3 percent, and electricity prices rose 2.6 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.0 percent over the year. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for medical care (+5.6 percent) and shelter (+2.6 percent).

The December 2025 Consumer Price Index for the West Region is scheduled to be released on January 13, 2026.

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 the West Region is published 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 West Region covered in this release is comprised of the following thirteen states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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Table 1. West region CPI-U by expenditure category for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		345.294	-	344.339	3.0	-0.3	-
All items (December 1977 = 100)		558.149	-	556.605
Food and beverages		354.875	-	353.884	2.5	-0.3	-
Food		357.814	-	356.556	2.5	-0.4	-
Food at home		331.492	-	327.536	1.4	-1.2	-
Cereals and bakery products		342.127	-	336.664	0.7	-1.6	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		375.028	-	371.487	3.6	-0.9	-
Dairy and related products		281.519	-	271.742	-5.0	-3.5	-
Fruits and vegetables		407.533	-	412.213	1.7	1.1	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		235.409	-	231.677	3.7	-1.6	-
Other food at home		286.060	-	281.159	1.3	-1.7	-
Food away from home		395.590	-	398.403	3.9	0.7	-
Alcoholic beverages		310.169	-	312.974	2.4	0.9	-
Housing		387.377	-	386.807	2.8	-0.1	-
Shelter		445.909	-	444.867	2.6	-0.2	-
Rent of primary residence		474.891	-	475.910	2.6	0.2	-
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)		470.540	-	471.859	2.9	0.3	-
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)		470.332	-	471.657	2.9	0.3	-
Fuels and utilities		439.531	-	437.407	3.9	-0.5	-
Household energy		379.841	-	376.906	3.4	-0.8	-
Energy services		383.681	-	380.592	3.4	-0.8	-
Electricity		421.867	-	423.228	2.6	0.3	-
Utility (piped) gas service		312.782	-	299.287	6.3	-4.3	-
Household furnishings and operations		163.987	-	165.381	4.1	0.9	-
Apparel		130.518	-	125.892	0.7	-3.5	-
Transportation		290.187	-	288.348	3.6	-0.6	-
Private transportation		289.893	-	288.102	3.9	-0.6	-
New and used motor vehicles(2)		124.771	-	124.359	1.0	-0.3	-
New vehicles		176.353	176.322	176.154	0.6	-0.1	-0.1
New cars(3)		175.106	174.919	174.941	1.3	-0.1	0.0
Used cars and trucks		181.296	181.128	180.147	4.2	-0.6	-0.5
Motor fuel		345.979	-	336.618	5.2	-2.7	-
Gasoline (all types)		344.348	339.773	334.933	5.2	-2.7	-1.4
Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)		339.470	334.649	329.719	5.2	-2.9	-1.5
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)		330.235	326.735	322.354	5.0	-2.4	-1.3
Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)		341.864	338.411	334.180	5.1	-2.2	-1.3
Medical care		645.809	-	647.843	5.6	0.3	-
Medical care commodities		478.780	-	484.556	3.1	1.2	-
Medical care services		696.962	-	697.963	6.1	0.1	-
Professional services		443.127	-	443.309	3.4	0.0	-
Recreation(2)		134.562	-	134.152	2.2	-0.3	-
Education and communication(2)		145.299	-	145.399	1.5	0.1	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(5)		1,763.540	-	1,764.671	3.5	0.1	-
Other goods and services		583.314	-	586.709	4.5	0.6	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (4) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. (5) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
- Data not available. Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Note: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Table 2. West region CPI-U by special aggregate index for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		345.294	-	344.339	3.0	-0.3	-
Food		357.814	-	356.556	2.5	-0.4	-
Energy		367.778	-	360.998	4.4	-1.8	-
All items less food and energy		345.671	-	345.155	3.0	-0.1	-
All items less energy		346.662	-	346.043	2.9	-0.2	-
All items less medical care		331.488	-	330.402	2.8	-0.3	-
All items less shelter		305.475	-	304.554	3.3	-0.3	-
Commodities		232.726	-	230.957	2.2	-0.8	-
Commodities less food		180.942	-	179.111	2.0	-1.0	-
Commodities less food & beverages		176.066	-	174.152	2.0	-1.1	-
Durables		123.851	-	123.320	1.1	-0.4	-
Nondurables		295.523	-	292.864	2.7	-0.9	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		236.817	-	232.691	2.9	-1.7	-
Nondurables less food		242.383	-	238.624	2.9	-1.6	-
Services		450.425	-	450.376	3.5	0.0	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		469.591	-	470.911	4.8	0.3	-
Services less medical care services		433.048	-	432.924	3.2	0.0	-
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. Note: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.