Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) · U.S. city average

What is the US inflation rate?

Name: Consumer prices (CPI-U) and their changes, each month
Creator: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

US consumer prices rose 3.7% in the 12 months to September 2026 (CPI-U); without food and energy, 2.6% (published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 14 October 2026).

Over 12 monthsEach monthFood, energy, shelterEach year

-20.0%-10.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%1920194019601980200020203.7%2.6%

March 1914 All items 1.0% Core no valueJanuary 1915 All items 1.0% Core no valueNovember 1915 All items 1.0% Core no valueSeptember 1916 All items 9.9% Core no valueJuly 1917 All items 18.5% Core no valueMay 1918 All items 13.3% Core no valueMarch 1919 All items 17.1% Core no valueJanuary 1920 All items 17.0% Core no valueNovember 1920 All items 7.0% Core no valueSeptember 1921 All items -12.5% Core no valueJuly 1922 All items -5.1% Core no valueMay 1923 All items 1.2% Core no valueMarch 1924 All items 1.8% Core no valueJanuary 1925 All items 0.0% Core no valueNovember 1925 All items 4.7% Core no valueSeptember 1926 All items -1.1% Core no valueJuly 1927 All items -1.1% Core no valueMay 1928 All items -1.1% Core no valueMarch 1929 All items -0.6% Core no valueJanuary 1930 All items 0.0% Core no valueNovember 1930 All items -5.2% Core no valueSeptember 1931 All items -9.6% Core no valueJuly 1932 All items -9.9% Core no valueMay 1933 All items -8.0% Core no valueMarch 1934 All items 5.6% Core no valueJanuary 1935 All items 3.0% Core no valueNovember 1935 All items 2.2% Core no valueSeptember 1936 All items 2.2% Core no valueJuly 1937 All items 4.3% Core no valueMay 1938 All items -2.1% Core no valueMarch 1939 All items -1.4% Core no valueJanuary 1940 All items -0.7% Core no valueNovember 1940 All items 0.0% Core no valueSeptember 1941 All items 7.9% Core no valueJuly 1942 All items 11.6% Core no valueMay 1943 All items 7.4% Core no valueMarch 1944 All items 1.2% Core no valueJanuary 1945 All items 2.3% Core no valueNovember 1945 All items 2.3% Core no valueSeptember 1946 All items 12.7% Core no valueJuly 1947 All items 12.1% Core no valueMay 1948 All items 9.1% Core no valueMarch 1949 All items 1.7% Core no valueJanuary 1950 All items -2.1% Core no valueNovember 1950 All items 3.8% Core no valueSeptember 1951 All items 7.0% Core no valueJuly 1952 All items 3.1% Core no valueMay 1953 All items 1.1% Core no valueMarch 1954 All items 1.1% Core no valueJanuary 1955 All items -0.7% Core no valueNovember 1955 All items 0.4% Core no valueSeptember 1956 All items 1.9% Core no valueJuly 1957 All items 3.3% Core no valueMay 1958 All items 3.2% Core 2.4%March 1959 All items 0.3% Core 1.7%January 1960 All items 1.0% Core 2.0%November 1960 All items 1.4% Core 1.0%September 1961 All items 1.4% Core 1.6%July 1962 All items 1.0% Core 1.3%May 1963 All items 1.0% Core 1.0%March 1964 All items 1.3% Core 1.9%January 1965 All items 1.0% Core 1.6%November 1965 All items 1.6% Core 1.2%September 1966 All items 3.5% Core 3.0%July 1967 All items 2.8% Core 3.3%May 1968 All items 3.9% Core 4.3%March 1969 All items 5.2% Core 5.6%January 1970 All items 6.2% Core 6.2%November 1970 All items 5.6% Core 6.6%September 1971 All items 4.1% Core 4.4%July 1972 All items 2.9% Core 2.8%May 1973 All items 5.5% Core 3.2%March 1974 All items 10.4% Core 5.8%January 1975 All items 11.8% Core 11.5%November 1975 All items 7.4% Core 6.8%September 1976 All items 5.5% Core 6.8%July 1977 All items 6.8% Core 6.2%May 1978 All items 7.0% Core 6.8%March 1979 All items 10.1% Core 9.3%January 1980 All items 13.9% Core 12.0%November 1980 All items 12.6% Core 12.1%September 1981 All items 11.0% Core 11.8%July 1982 All items 6.4% Core 7.6%May 1983 All items 3.5% Core 3.6%March 1984 All items 4.8% Core 5.0%January 1985 All items 3.5% Core 4.5%November 1985 All items 3.5% Core 4.4%September 1986 All items 1.8% Core 4.1%July 1987 All items 3.9% Core 4.0%May 1988 All items 3.9% Core 4.3%March 1989 All items 5.0% Core 4.7%January 1990 All items 5.2% Core 4.4%November 1990 All items 6.3% Core 5.3%September 1991 All items 3.4% Core 4.5%July 1992 All items 3.2% Core 3.7%May 1993 All items 3.2% Core 3.4%March 1994 All items 2.5% Core 2.9%January 1995 All items 2.8% Core 2.9%November 1995 All items 2.6% Core 3.0%September 1996 All items 3.0% Core 2.7%July 1997 All items 2.2% Core 2.4%May 1998 All items 1.7% Core 2.2%March 1999 All items 1.7% Core 2.1%January 2000 All items 2.7% Core 2.0%November 2000 All items 3.4% Core 2.6%September 2001 All items 2.6% Core 2.6%July 2002 All items 1.5% Core 2.2%May 2003 All items 2.1% Core 1.6%March 2004 All items 1.7% Core 1.6%January 2005 All items 3.0% Core 2.3%November 2005 All items 3.5% Core 2.1%September 2006 All items 2.1% Core 2.9%July 2007 All items 2.4% Core 2.2%May 2008 All items 4.2% Core 2.3%March 2009 All items -0.4% Core 1.8%January 2010 All items 2.6% Core 1.6%November 2010 All items 1.1% Core 0.8%September 2011 All items 3.9% Core 2.0%July 2012 All items 1.4% Core 2.1%May 2013 All items 1.4% Core 1.7%March 2014 All items 1.5% Core 1.7%January 2015 All items -0.1% Core 1.6%November 2015 All items 0.5% Core 2.0%September 2016 All items 1.5% Core 2.2%July 2017 All items 1.7% Core 1.7%May 2018 All items 2.8% Core 2.2%March 2019 All items 1.9% Core 2.0%January 2020 All items 2.5% Core 2.3%November 2020 All items 1.2% Core 1.6%September 2021 All items 5.4% Core 4.0%July 2022 All items 8.5% Core 5.9%May 2023 All items 4.0% Core 5.3%March 2024 All items 3.5% Core 3.8%January 2025 All items 3.0% Core 3.3%November 2025 All items 2.7% Core 2.6%September 2026 All items 3.7% Core 2.6%

0.0%5.0%7.5%10.0%201820202022202420263.7%2.6%

September 2016 All items 1.5% Core 2.2%October 2016 All items 1.6% Core 2.1%November 2016 All items 1.7% Core 2.1%December 2016 All items 2.1% Core 2.2%January 2017 All items 2.5% Core 2.3%February 2017 All items 2.7% Core 2.2%March 2017 All items 2.4% Core 2.0%April 2017 All items 2.2% Core 1.9%May 2017 All items 1.9% Core 1.7%June 2017 All items 1.6% Core 1.7%July 2017 All items 1.7% Core 1.7%August 2017 All items 1.9% Core 1.7%September 2017 All items 2.2% Core 1.7%October 2017 All items 2.0% Core 1.8%November 2017 All items 2.2% Core 1.7%December 2017 All items 2.1% Core 1.8%January 2018 All items 2.1% Core 1.8%February 2018 All items 2.2% Core 1.8%March 2018 All items 2.4% Core 2.1%April 2018 All items 2.5% Core 2.1%May 2018 All items 2.8% Core 2.2%June 2018 All items 2.9% Core 2.3%July 2018 All items 2.9% Core 2.4%August 2018 All items 2.7% Core 2.2%September 2018 All items 2.3% Core 2.2%October 2018 All items 2.5% Core 2.1%November 2018 All items 2.2% Core 2.2%December 2018 All items 1.9% Core 2.2%January 2019 All items 1.6% Core 2.2%February 2019 All items 1.5% Core 2.1%March 2019 All items 1.9% Core 2.0%April 2019 All items 2.0% Core 2.1%May 2019 All items 1.8% Core 2.0%June 2019 All items 1.6% Core 2.1%July 2019 All items 1.8% Core 2.2%August 2019 All items 1.7% Core 2.4%September 2019 All items 1.7% Core 2.4%October 2019 All items 1.8% Core 2.3%November 2019 All items 2.1% Core 2.3%December 2019 All items 2.3% Core 2.3%January 2020 All items 2.5% Core 2.3%February 2020 All items 2.3% Core 2.4%March 2020 All items 1.5% Core 2.1%April 2020 All items 0.3% Core 1.4%May 2020 All items 0.1% Core 1.2%June 2020 All items 0.6% Core 1.2%July 2020 All items 1.0% Core 1.6%August 2020 All items 1.3% Core 1.7%September 2020 All items 1.4% Core 1.7%October 2020 All items 1.2% Core 1.6%November 2020 All items 1.2% Core 1.6%December 2020 All items 1.4% Core 1.6%January 2021 All items 1.4% Core 1.4%February 2021 All items 1.7% Core 1.3%March 2021 All items 2.6% Core 1.6%April 2021 All items 4.2% Core 3.0%May 2021 All items 5.0% Core 3.8%June 2021 All items 5.4% Core 4.5%July 2021 All items 5.4% Core 4.3%August 2021 All items 5.3% Core 4.0%September 2021 All items 5.4% Core 4.0%October 2021 All items 6.2% Core 4.6%November 2021 All items 6.8% Core 4.9%December 2021 All items 7.0% Core 5.5%January 2022 All items 7.5% Core 6.0%February 2022 All items 7.9% Core 6.4%March 2022 All items 8.5% Core 6.5%April 2022 All items 8.3% Core 6.2%May 2022 All items 8.6% Core 6.0%June 2022 All items 9.1% Core 5.9%July 2022 All items 8.5% Core 5.9%August 2022 All items 8.3% Core 6.3%September 2022 All items 8.2% Core 6.6%October 2022 All items 7.7% Core 6.3%November 2022 All items 7.1% Core 6.0%December 2022 All items 6.5% Core 5.7%January 2023 All items 6.4% Core 5.6%February 2023 All items 6.0% Core 5.5%March 2023 All items 5.0% Core 5.6%April 2023 All items 4.9% Core 5.5%May 2023 All items 4.0% Core 5.3%June 2023 All items 3.0% Core 4.8%July 2023 All items 3.2% Core 4.7%August 2023 All items 3.7% Core 4.3%September 2023 All items 3.7% Core 4.1%October 2023 All items 3.2% Core 4.0%November 2023 All items 3.1% Core 4.0%December 2023 All items 3.4% Core 3.9%January 2024 All items 3.1% Core 3.9%February 2024 All items 3.2% Core 3.8%March 2024 All items 3.5% Core 3.8%April 2024 All items 3.4% Core 3.6%May 2024 All items 3.3% Core 3.4%June 2024 All items 3.0% Core 3.3%July 2024 All items 2.9% Core 3.2%August 2024 All items 2.5% Core 3.2%September 2024 All items 2.4% Core 3.3%October 2024 All items 2.6% Core 3.3%November 2024 All items 2.7% Core 3.3%December 2024 All items 2.9% Core 3.2%January 2025 All items 3.0% Core 3.3%February 2025 All items 2.8% Core 3.1%March 2025 All items 2.4% Core 2.8%April 2025 All items 2.3% Core 2.8%May 2025 All items 2.4% Core 2.8%June 2025 All items 2.7% Core 2.9%July 2025 All items 2.7% Core 3.1%August 2025 All items 2.9% Core 3.1%September 2025 All items 3.0% Core 3.0%October 2025 All items no value Core no valueNovember 2025 All items 2.7% Core 2.6%December 2025 All items 2.7% Core 2.6%January 2026 All items 2.4% Core 2.5%February 2026 All items 2.4% Core 2.5%March 2026 All items 3.3% Core 2.6%April 2026 All items 3.8% Core 2.8%May 2026 All items 4.2% Core 2.9%June 2026 All items 3.5% Core 2.6%July 2026 All items 3.4% Core 2.5%August 2026 All items 3.4% Core 2.4%September 2026 All items 3.7% Core 2.6%

0.0%2.0%4.0%6.0%Jan 2025Jul 2025Jan 2026Jul 20263.7%2.6%

September 2024 All items 2.4% Core 3.3%October 2024 All items 2.6% Core 3.3%November 2024 All items 2.7% Core 3.3%December 2024 All items 2.9% Core 3.2%January 2025 All items 3.0% Core 3.3%February 2025 All items 2.8% Core 3.1%March 2025 All items 2.4% Core 2.8%April 2025 All items 2.3% Core 2.8%May 2025 All items 2.4% Core 2.8%June 2025 All items 2.7% Core 2.9%July 2025 All items 2.7% Core 3.1%August 2025 All items 2.9% Core 3.1%September 2025 All items 3.0% Core 3.0%October 2025 All items no value Core no valueNovember 2025 All items 2.7% Core 2.6%December 2025 All items 2.7% Core 2.6%January 2026 All items 2.4% Core 2.5%February 2026 All items 2.4% Core 2.5%March 2026 All items 3.3% Core 2.6%April 2026 All items 3.8% Core 2.8%May 2026 All items 4.2% Core 2.9%June 2026 All items 3.5% Core 2.6%July 2026 All items 3.4% Core 2.5%August 2026 All items 3.4% Core 2.4%September 2026 All items 3.7% Core 2.6%

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: Jan 1913 to Dec 1914, Aug 1918 to Mar 1919, Jan 1920 to Jul 1921, May 1923 to Jul 1924, Oct 1926 to Nov 1927, Aug 1929 to Mar 1933, May 1937 to Jun 1938, Feb 1945 to Oct 1945, Nov 1948 to Oct 1949, Jul 1953 to May 1954, Aug 1957 to Apr 1958, Apr 1960 to Feb 1961, Dec 1969 to Nov 1970, Nov 1973 to Mar 1975, Jan 1980 to Jul 1980, Jul 1981 to Nov 1982, Jul 1990 to Mar 1991, Mar 2001 to Nov 2001, Dec 2007 to Jun 2009, Feb 2020 to Apr 2020.

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: Feb 2020 to Apr 2020.

The lines

All items3.7%
All items less food and energy (core)2.6%

Consumer prices (CPI-U), change over each month, seasonally adjusted

August 2024 to September 2026Ours, from the published seasonally adjusted indexes

FromTo

Consumer prices (CPI-U), change from a year earlier, all items, core, food, energy and shelter, each month

October 2016 to September 2026Ours, from the published indexes, not seasonally adjustedEach row has a scale of its own, printed under its nameNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

All items+3.7%+0.1% to +9.1%
Core+2.6%+1.2% to +6.6%
Food+2.5%−0.4% to +11.4%
Energy+20.4%−18.9% to +41.6%
Shelter+3.2%+1.5% to +8.2%

Consumer prices (CPI-U), change in each calendar year's average from the year before

1913 to 2025Ours, from the yearly averages BLS publishes

All10Y

FromTo

Each point is one month's change from the same month a year earlier, or from the month before, worked out from the published indexes as BLS works out its own; October 2025 has no index and leaves a gap. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the change. In "Food, energy, shelter" each row is one measure with a scale of its own, its lowest and highest value printed under its name, and the dashed line in each is zero.

Select a line to follow

12 months to Sep+3.7%
Core, 12 months+2.6%
Over the month+0.6%
In 2025+2.6%

Inspect and compare dates

The latest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The months of the last ten years and every year since 1913 are in the tables under "The numbers behind the chart".

Consumer prices (CPI-U) in September 2026 beside earlier months
Measure	Latest	The month before	A year earlier	Five years earlier	Ten years earlier
Month	Sep 2026	Aug 2026	Sep 2025	Sep 2021	Sep 2016
Index (1982-84=100)	336.940	334.980	324.800	274.310	241.428
Change over 12 months	3.7%	3.4%	3.0%	5.4%	1.5%
Core, over 12 months	2.6%	2.4%	3.0%	4.0%	2.2%

The table scrolls sideways; the first column stays in place.

Observed 14 Oct 2026.

Right now

Consumer prices rose 3.7% in the 12 months to September 2026, the highest since May 2026.

Over the month, seasonally adjusted, prices rose 0.6%. Over 12 months the change was +3.4% in August 2026 and +3.0% in September 2025.

See every month of the last ten years

ChangeOurs

The inflation rate at the start of each period, and the change since then (ours)
Period	Then	Change
One month	3.4%, the rate in August 2026	+0.3 percentage points
Three months	3.5%, the rate in June 2026	+0.2 percentage points
Twelve months	3.0%, the rate in September 2025	+0.7 percentage points
Five years	5.4%, the rate in September 2021	−1.7 percentage points
Ten years	1.5%, the rate in September 2016	+2.2 percentage points

In historyOurs

The inflation rate of 3.7% in September 2026 was higher than in 902 of the 1,351 other months since January 1914, the same in 15 and lower in 434.

Highest since January 1914: 23.7% in June 1920. Lowest since January 1914: −15.8% in June 1921.

AverageOurs

Average since January 1914: 3.28% (ours, a plain mean of the 1,352 months).

Core inflationAll items less food and energy

Prices without food and energy rose 2.6% over 12 months, and rose 0.3% over the month, seasonally adjusted.

By groupOver 12 months, ours

Of the groups on this page, gasoline (all types) changed the most, +34.2%, then energy, +20.4%; used cars and trucks the least, −1.5%.

See every group

By itemOver 12 months, ours

Change in the price of each CPI item over 12 months, largest first

September 2026Ours, from the published indexes, not seasonally adjusted

1 Gasoline (all types) +34.2% −0.5% a year earlier
2 Airline fares +22.4% +3.2% a year earlier
3 Energy (group) +20.4% +2.8% a year earlier
4 Transportation (group) +7.9% +1.7% a year earlier
5 Fuels and utilities +5.8% +5.8% a year earlier
6 Utility (piped) gas service +5.0% +11.7% a year earlier
7 Electricity +4.4% +5.1% a year earlier
8 Other goods and services (group) +4.1% +4.1% a year earlier
9 Food away from home +3.5% +3.7% a year earlier
10 Apparel (group) +3.4% −0.1% a year earlier
11 Housing (group) +3.3% +3.9% a year earlier
11 Owners' equivalent rent of residences +3.3% +3.8% a year earlier
13 Shelter +3.2% +3.6% a year earlier
14 Services less energy services (group) +3.1% +3.5% a year earlier
15 Recreation (group) +2.8% +3.0% a year earlier
15 Rent of primary residence +2.8% +3.4% a year earlier
17 Food (group) +2.5% +3.1% a year earlier
17 Medical care services +2.5% +3.9% a year earlier
19 Education and communication (group) +2.3% +0.4% a year earlier
20 Food at home +1.8% +2.7% a year earlier
21 Household furnishings and operations +1.6% +4.1% a year earlier
22 Medical care (group) +1.5% +3.3% a year earlier
23 Commodities less food and energy commodities (group) +0.7% +1.5% a year earlier
24 New vehicles +0.6% +0.8% a year earlier
25 Used cars and trucks −1.5% +5.1% a year earlier
26 Medical care commodities −3.3% +0.7% a year earlier
27 Motor vehicle insurance −5.0% +3.1% a year earlier

Groups, in bold
Items

Each bar is the change in the price of one item over 12 months, largest first, with its rank at the left and a short tick where the change stood a year earlier, its figure under the bar's. A change below zero runs to the left of the zero line.

Observed 14 Oct 2026.

Pay and pricesOurs

Average hourly earnings rose 3.0% in the 12 months to September 2026 and consumer prices 3.7%, a difference of −0.7 percentage points (ours, from BLS's average hourly earnings of all private employees and the CPI-U).

The price level

Price levelCore, each month

The CPI-U price level (1982-84=100), average of each calendar year

1913 to 2025Yearly averages as BLS publishes them, not seasonally adjusted

All10Y

FromTo

Consumer prices without food and energy (core), change over each month, seasonally adjusted

August 2024 to September 2026Ours, from the published seasonally adjusted indexes

Each point is one calendar year's average index as BLS publishes it, or one month's change in prices without food and energy, worked out from the seasonally adjusted indexes. Pointing at the chart shows the year or the month and the value.

Observed 14 Oct 2026.

Consumer prices (CPI-U), change over each month, by year

Percent, seasonally adjusted, ours, from the published indexesWhole year: December to December, not seasonally adjusted, so it is not the sum of the months

Consumer prices (CPI-U), change over each month, by year. Percent, seasonally adjusted, ours, from the published indexes. Whole year: December to December, not seasonally adjusted, so it is not the sum of the months.
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Whole year
2026	+0.2	+0.3	+0.9	+0.6	+0.5	−0.4	+0.1	+0.4	+0.6	–	–	–	–
2025	+0.4	+0.2	0.0	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3	–	–	+0.3	+2.7
2024	+0.3	+0.4	+0.4	+0.2	0.0	0.0	+0.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3	+0.3	+2.9
2023	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+3.4
2022	+0.6	+0.7	+1.1	+0.3	+0.9	+1.3	0.0	+0.1	+0.4	+0.6	+0.3	0.0	+6.5
2021	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+0.6	+0.7	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	+0.5	+1.0	+0.9	+0.7	+7.0
2020	+0.2	0.0	−0.5	−0.8	−0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.4	+1.4
2019	−0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.4	0.0	0.0	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.3	+0.3	+2.3
2018	+0.4	+0.3	0.0	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.2	−0.1	+0.1	+1.9
2017	+0.4	+0.2	0.0	+0.1	−0.1	+0.1	0.0	+0.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+2.1
Average	+0.31	+0.30	+0.29	+0.22	+0.24	+0.29	+0.20	+0.29	+0.36	+0.34	+0.29	+0.28	–

Each chip is one month. The mark in its middle is zero: a fill to the right of it is a rise and a fill to the left a fall. A longer, brighter fill is a larger change, in five steps up to 0.7 and over; the last column has a scale of its own, up to 7.0 and over. Every chip prints its figure and sign.

Observed 14 Oct 2026.

Understanding inflation

Where it stands today

Consumer prices rose 3.7% in the 12 months to September 2026.

What does the Consumer Price Index measure?

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) follows the prices urban households pay for a fixed basket of goods and services, from food and rent to cars and medical care. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes it each month as an index, 100 for the average of 1982 to 1984; the inflation rate usually quoted is the change of that index from the same month a year earlier.

The 12-month change here is worked out from the index not seasonally adjusted, as BLS reports it; the change over one month is worked out from the seasonally adjusted index, so that months of the year can be compared. Core inflation leaves out food and energy, whose prices move the most from month to month. BLS revises the seasonally adjusted indexes of the last five years each February; the index not seasonally adjusted is not revised.

What 500metrics adds: the changes worked out from the published indexes, the last month the 12-month change was higher or lower, and each year's change.

The numbers behind the chart

What was inflation in each month?The 120 months since Oct 2016, newest first; each year since 1913 is in the next table

Consumer prices (CPI-U) by month, newest first: the index, not seasonally adjusted, and its changes (ours)
Month	Index	12 months	1 month (SA)	Core, 12 months	Core, 1 month (SA)	Food, 12 months	Energy, 12 months	Shelter, 12 months
Sep 2026	336.940	3.7%	0.6%	2.6%	0.3%	2.5%	20.4%	3.2%
Aug 2026	334.980	3.4%	0.4%	2.4%	0.3%	2.7%	16.3%	3.0%
Jul 2026	333.918	3.4%	0.1%	2.5%	0.2%	3.0%	14.7%	3.2%
Jun 2026	333.952	3.5%	-0.4%	2.6%	0.0%	3.0%	15.7%	3.3%
May 2026	335.123	4.2%	0.5%	2.9%	0.2%	3.1%	23.5%	3.4%
Apr 2026	333.020	3.8%	0.6%	2.8%	0.4%	3.2%	17.9%	3.3%
Mar 2026	330.213	3.3%	0.9%	2.6%	0.2%	2.7%	12.5%	3.0%
Feb 2026	326.785	2.4%	0.3%	2.5%	0.2%	3.1%	0.5%	3.0%
Jan 2026	325.252	2.4%	0.2%	2.5%	0.3%	2.9%	-0.1%	3.0%
Dec 2025	324.054	2.7%	0.3%	2.6%	0.2%	3.1%	2.3%	3.2%
Nov 2025	324.122	2.7%	n/a	2.6%	n/a	2.6%	4.2%	3.0%
Oct 2025	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sep 2025	324.800	3.0%	0.3%	3.0%	0.2%	3.1%	2.8%	3.6%
Aug 2025	323.976	2.9%	0.3%	3.1%	0.3%	3.2%	0.2%	3.6%
Jul 2025	323.048	2.7%	0.2%	3.1%	0.3%	2.9%	-1.6%	3.7%
Jun 2025	322.561	2.7%	0.3%	2.9%	0.2%	3.0%	-0.8%	3.8%
May 2025	321.465	2.4%	0.1%	2.8%	0.1%	2.9%	-3.5%	3.9%
Apr 2025	320.795	2.3%	0.2%	2.8%	0.2%	2.8%	-3.7%	4.0%
Mar 2025	319.799	2.4%	0.0%	2.8%	0.1%	3.0%	-3.3%	4.0%
Feb 2025	319.082	2.8%	0.2%	3.1%	0.3%	2.6%	-0.2%	4.2%
Jan 2025	317.671	3.0%	0.4%	3.3%	0.4%	2.5%	1.0%	4.4%
Dec 2024	315.605	2.9%	0.3%	3.2%	0.2%	2.5%	-0.5%	4.6%
Nov 2024	315.493	2.7%	0.3%	3.3%	0.3%	2.4%	-3.2%	4.7%
Oct 2024	315.664	2.6%	0.3%	3.3%	0.3%	2.1%	-4.9%	4.9%

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Consumer prices (CPI-U) by month, newest first: the index, not seasonally adjusted, and its changes (ours) (continued)
Month	Index	12 months	1 month (SA)	Core, 12 months	Core, 1 month (SA)	Food, 12 months	Energy, 12 months	Shelter, 12 months
Sep 2024	315.301	2.4%	0.2%	3.3%	0.3%	2.3%	-6.8%	4.9%
Aug 2024	314.796	2.5%	0.2%	3.2%	0.3%	2.1%	-4.0%	5.2%
Jul 2024	314.540	2.9%	0.2%	3.2%	0.2%	2.2%	1.1%	5.1%
Jun 2024	314.175	3.0%	0.0%	3.3%	0.1%	2.2%	1.0%	5.2%
May 2024	314.069	3.3%	0.0%	3.4%	0.1%	2.1%	3.7%	5.4%
Apr 2024	313.548	3.4%	0.2%	3.6%	0.3%	2.2%	2.6%	5.5%
Mar 2024	312.332	3.5%	0.4%	3.8%	0.4%	2.2%	2.1%	5.7%
Feb 2024	310.326	3.2%	0.4%	3.8%	0.4%	2.2%	-1.9%	5.7%
Jan 2024	308.417	3.1%	0.3%	3.9%	0.4%	2.6%	-4.6%	6.0%
Dec 2023	306.746	3.4%	0.2%	3.9%	0.3%	2.7%	-2.0%	6.2%
Nov 2023	307.051	3.1%	0.1%	4.0%	0.3%	2.9%	-5.4%	6.5%
Oct 2023	307.671	3.2%	0.1%	4.0%	0.3%	3.3%	-4.5%	6.7%
Sep 2023	307.789	3.7%	0.4%	4.1%	0.3%	3.7%	-0.5%	7.2%
Aug 2023	307.026	3.7%	0.5%	4.3%	0.2%	4.3%	-3.6%	7.3%
Jul 2023	305.691	3.2%	0.2%	4.7%	0.2%	4.9%	-12.5%	7.7%
Jun 2023	305.109	3.0%	0.2%	4.8%	0.2%	5.7%	-16.7%	7.8%
May 2023	304.127	4.0%	0.2%	5.3%	0.4%	6.7%	-11.7%	8.0%
Apr 2023	303.363	4.9%	0.3%	5.5%	0.5%	7.7%	-5.1%	8.1%
Mar 2023	301.836	5.0%	0.1%	5.6%	0.3%	8.5%	-6.4%	8.2%
Feb 2023	300.840	6.0%	0.3%	5.5%	0.5%	9.5%	5.2%	8.1%
Jan 2023	299.170	6.4%	0.5%	5.6%	0.4%	10.1%	8.7%	7.9%
Dec 2022	296.797	6.5%	0.0%	5.7%	0.4%	10.4%	7.3%	7.5%
Nov 2022	297.711	7.1%	0.3%	6.0%	0.3%	10.6%	13.1%	7.1%
Oct 2022	298.012	7.7%	0.6%	6.3%	0.4%	10.9%	17.6%	6.9%
Sep 2022	296.808	8.2%	0.4%	6.6%	0.6%	11.2%	19.8%	6.6%
Aug 2022	296.171	8.3%	0.1%	6.3%	0.5%	11.4%	23.8%	6.2%
Jul 2022	296.276	8.5%	0.0%	5.9%	0.4%	10.9%	32.9%	5.7%
Jun 2022	296.311	9.1%	1.3%	5.9%	0.7%	10.4%	41.6%	5.6%
May 2022	292.296	8.6%	0.9%	6.0%	0.5%	10.1%	34.6%	5.5%
Apr 2022	289.109	8.3%	0.3%	6.2%	0.5%	9.4%	30.3%	5.1%
Mar 2022	287.504	8.5%	1.1%	6.5%	0.3%	8.8%	32.0%	5.0%
Feb 2022	283.716	7.9%	0.7%	6.4%	0.5%	7.9%	25.6%	4.7%
Jan 2022	281.148	7.5%	0.6%	6.0%	0.6%	7.0%	27.0%	4.4%
Dec 2021	278.802	7.0%	0.7%	5.5%	0.6%	6.3%	29.3%	4.1%
Nov 2021	277.948	6.8%	0.9%	4.9%	0.6%	6.1%	33.3%	3.8%
Oct 2021	276.589	6.2%	1.0%	4.6%	0.7%	5.3%	30.0%	3.5%
Sep 2021	274.310	5.4%	0.5%	4.0%	0.3%	4.6%	24.8%	3.2%
Aug 2021	273.567	5.3%	0.3%	4.0%	0.1%	3.7%	25.0%	2.8%
Jul 2021	273.003	5.4%	0.5%	4.3%	0.4%	3.4%	23.8%	2.8%
Jun 2021	271.696	5.4%	0.8%	4.5%	0.8%	2.4%	24.5%	2.6%
May 2021	269.195	5.0%	0.7%	3.8%	0.7%	2.2%	28.5%	2.2%
Apr 2021	267.054	4.2%	0.6%	3.0%	0.8%	2.4%	25.1%	2.1%
Mar 2021	264.877	2.6%	0.5%	1.6%	0.2%	3.5%	13.2%	1.7%
Feb 2021	263.014	1.7%	0.3%	1.3%	0.2%	3.6%	2.4%	1.5%
Jan 2021	261.582	1.4%	0.2%	1.4%	0.0%	3.8%	-3.6%	1.6%
Dec 2020	260.474	1.4%	0.4%	1.6%	0.1%	3.9%	-7.0%	1.8%
Nov 2020	260.229	1.2%	0.2%	1.6%	0.3%	3.7%	-9.4%	1.9%
Oct 2020	260.388	1.2%	0.1%	1.6%	0.1%	3.9%	-9.2%	2.0%
Sep 2020	260.280	1.4%	0.3%	1.7%	0.2%	3.9%	-7.7%	2.0%
Aug 2020	259.918	1.3%	0.4%	1.7%	0.4%	4.1%	-9.0%	2.3%
Jul 2020	259.101	1.0%	0.5%	1.6%	0.6%	4.1%	-11.2%	2.3%
Jun 2020	257.797	0.6%	0.5%	1.2%	0.2%	4.5%	-12.6%	2.4%
May 2020	256.394	0.1%	-0.1%	1.2%	-0.1%	4.0%	-18.9%	2.5%
Apr 2020	256.389	0.3%	-0.8%	1.4%	-0.5%	3.5%	-17.7%	2.6%
Mar 2020	258.115	1.5%	-0.5%	2.1%	-0.1%	1.9%	-5.7%	3.0%
Feb 2020	258.678	2.3%	0.0%	2.4%	0.2%	1.8%	2.8%	3.3%
Jan 2020	257.971	2.5%	0.2%	2.3%	0.3%	1.8%	6.2%	3.3%
Dec 2019	256.974	2.3%	0.3%	2.3%	0.2%	1.8%	3.4%	3.2%
Nov 2019	257.208	2.1%	0.3%	2.3%	0.2%	2.0%	-0.6%	3.3%
Oct 2019	257.346	1.8%	0.3%	2.3%	0.2%	2.1%	-4.2%	3.3%
Sep 2019	256.759	1.7%	0.2%	2.4%	0.2%	1.8%	-4.8%	3.5%
Aug 2019	256.558	1.7%	0.1%	2.4%	0.2%	1.7%	-4.4%	3.4%
Jul 2019	256.571	1.8%	0.2%	2.2%	0.2%	1.8%	-2.0%	3.5%
Jun 2019	256.143	1.6%	0.0%	2.1%	0.2%	1.9%	-3.4%	3.5%
May 2019	256.092	1.8%	0.0%	2.0%	0.1%	2.0%	-0.5%	3.3%
Apr 2019	255.548	2.0%	0.4%	2.1%	0.2%	1.8%	1.7%	3.4%
Mar 2019	254.202	1.9%	0.4%	2.0%	0.1%	2.1%	-0.4%	3.4%
Feb 2019	252.776	1.5%	0.3%	2.1%	0.2%	2.0%	-5.0%	3.4%
Jan 2019	251.712	1.6%	-0.1%	2.2%	0.3%	1.6%	-4.8%	3.2%
Dec 2018	251.233	1.9%	0.1%	2.2%	0.2%	1.6%	-0.3%	3.2%
Nov 2018	252.038	2.2%	-0.1%	2.2%	0.2%	1.4%	3.1%	3.2%
Oct 2018	252.885	2.5%	0.2%	2.1%	0.2%	1.2%	8.9%	3.2%
Sep 2018	252.439	2.3%	0.2%	2.2%	0.2%	1.4%	4.8%	3.3%
Aug 2018	252.146	2.7%	0.2%	2.2%	0.1%	1.4%	10.2%	3.4%
Jul 2018	252.006	2.9%	0.1%	2.4%	0.1%	1.4%	12.1%	3.5%
Jun 2018	251.989	2.9%	0.1%	2.3%	0.1%	1.4%	12.0%	3.4%
May 2018	251.588	2.8%	0.2%	2.2%	0.2%	1.2%	11.7%	3.5%
Apr 2018	250.546	2.5%	0.3%	2.1%	0.1%	1.4%	7.9%	3.4%
Mar 2018	249.554	2.4%	0.0%	2.1%	0.2%	1.3%	7.0%	3.3%
Feb 2018	248.991	2.2%	0.3%	1.8%	0.2%	1.4%	7.7%	3.1%
Jan 2018	247.867	2.1%	0.4%	1.8%	0.3%	1.7%	5.5%	3.2%
Dec 2017	246.524	2.1%	0.2%	1.8%	0.2%	1.6%	6.9%	3.2%
Nov 2017	246.669	2.2%	0.3%	1.7%	0.1%	1.4%	9.4%	3.2%
Oct 2017	246.663	2.0%	0.1%	1.8%	0.3%	1.3%	6.4%	3.2%
Sep 2017	246.819	2.2%	0.5%	1.7%	0.1%	1.2%	10.1%	3.2%
Aug 2017	245.519	1.9%	0.4%	1.7%	0.2%	1.1%	6.4%	3.3%
Jul 2017	244.786	1.7%	0.0%	1.7%	0.1%	1.1%	3.4%	3.2%
Jun 2017	244.955	1.6%	0.1%	1.7%	0.1%	0.9%	2.3%	3.3%
May 2017	244.733	1.9%	-0.1%	1.7%	0.1%	0.9%	5.4%	3.3%
Apr 2017	244.524	2.2%	0.1%	1.9%	0.1%	0.5%	9.3%	3.5%
Mar 2017	243.801	2.4%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%	0.5%	10.9%	3.5%
Feb 2017	243.603	2.7%	0.2%	2.2%	0.2%	0.0%	15.2%	3.5%
Jan 2017	242.839	2.5%	0.4%	2.3%	0.2%	-0.2%	10.8%	3.5%
Dec 2016	241.432	2.1%	0.3%	2.2%	0.2%	-0.2%	5.4%	3.6%
Nov 2016	241.353	1.7%	0.1%	2.1%	0.1%	-0.4%	1.1%	3.6%
Oct 2016	241.729	1.6%	0.2%	2.1%	0.1%	-0.4%	0.1%	3.5%

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What was inflation in each year?113 calendar years, newest first

Consumer prices (CPI-U) by calendar year, newest first: the yearly average index BLS publishes and its changes (ours)
Year	Average index	Change in the average	December to December
2025	321.943	2.6%	2.7%
2024	313.689	2.9%	2.9%
2023	304.702	4.1%	3.4%
2022	292.655	8.0%	6.5%
2021	270.970	4.7%	7.0%
2020	258.811	1.2%	1.4%
2019	255.657	1.8%	2.3%
2018	251.107	2.4%	1.9%
2017	245.120	2.1%	2.1%
2016	240.007	1.3%	2.1%

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Consumer prices (CPI-U) by calendar year, newest first: the yearly average index BLS publishes and its changes (ours) (continued)
Year	Average index	Change in the average	December to December
2015	237.017	0.1%	0.7%
2014	236.736	1.6%	0.8%
2013	232.957	1.5%	1.5%
2012	229.594	2.1%	1.7%
2011	224.939	3.2%	3.0%
2010	218.056	1.6%	1.5%
2009	214.537	-0.4%	2.7%
2008	215.303	3.8%	0.1%
2007	207.342	2.8%	4.1%
2006	201.6	3.2%	2.5%
2005	195.3	3.4%	3.4%
2004	188.9	2.7%	3.3%
2003	184.0	2.3%	1.9%
2002	179.9	1.6%	2.4%
2001	177.1	2.8%	1.6%
2000	172.2	3.4%	3.4%
1999	166.6	2.2%	2.7%
1998	163.0	1.6%	1.6%
1997	160.5	2.3%	1.7%
1996	156.9	3.0%	3.3%
1995	152.4	2.8%	2.5%
1994	148.2	2.6%	2.7%
1993	144.5	3.0%	2.7%
1992	140.3	3.0%	2.9%
1991	136.2	4.2%	3.1%
1990	130.7	5.4%	6.1%
1989	124.0	4.8%	4.6%
1988	118.3	4.1%	4.4%
1987	113.6	3.6%	4.4%
1986	109.6	1.9%	1.1%
1985	107.6	3.6%	3.8%
1984	103.9	4.3%	3.9%
1983	99.6	3.2%	3.8%
1982	96.5	6.2%	3.8%
1981	90.9	10.3%	8.9%
1980	82.4	13.5%	12.5%
1979	72.6	11.3%	13.3%
1978	65.2	7.6%	9.0%
1977	60.6	6.5%	6.7%
1976	56.9	5.8%	4.9%
1975	53.8	9.1%	6.9%
1974	49.3	11.0%	12.3%
1973	44.4	6.2%	8.7%
1972	41.8	3.2%	3.4%
1971	40.5	4.4%	3.3%
1970	38.8	5.7%	5.6%
1969	36.7	5.5%	6.2%
1968	34.8	4.2%	4.7%
1967	33.4	3.1%	3.0%
1966	32.4	2.9%	3.5%
1965	31.5	1.6%	1.9%
1964	31.0	1.3%	1.0%
1963	30.6	1.3%	1.6%
1962	30.2	1.0%	1.3%
1961	29.9	1.0%	0.7%
1960	29.6	1.7%	1.4%
1959	29.1	0.7%	1.7%
1958	28.9	2.8%	1.8%
1957	28.1	3.3%	2.9%
1956	27.2	1.5%	3.0%
1955	26.8	-0.4%	0.4%
1954	26.9	0.7%	-0.7%
1953	26.7	0.8%	0.7%
1952	26.5	1.9%	0.8%
1951	26.0	7.9%	6.0%
1950	24.1	1.3%	5.9%
1949	23.8	-1.2%	-2.1%
1948	24.1	8.1%	3.0%
1947	22.3	14.4%	8.8%
1946	19.5	8.3%	18.1%
1945	18.0	2.3%	2.2%
1944	17.6	1.7%	2.3%
1943	17.3	6.1%	3.0%
1942	16.3	10.9%	9.0%
1941	14.7	5.0%	9.9%
1940	14.0	0.7%	0.7%
1939	13.9	-1.4%	0.0%
1938	14.1	-2.1%	-2.8%
1937	14.4	3.6%	2.9%
1936	13.9	1.5%	1.4%
1935	13.7	2.2%	3.0%
1934	13.4	3.1%	1.5%
1933	13.0	-5.1%	0.8%
1932	13.7	-9.9%	-10.3%
1931	15.2	-9.0%	-9.3%
1930	16.7	-2.3%	-6.4%
1929	17.1	0.0%	0.6%
1928	17.1	-1.7%	-1.2%
1927	17.4	-1.7%	-2.3%
1926	17.7	1.1%	-1.1%
1925	17.5	2.3%	3.5%
1924	17.1	0.0%	0.0%
1923	17.1	1.8%	2.4%
1922	16.8	-6.1%	-2.3%
1921	17.9	-10.5%	-10.8%
1920	20.0	15.6%	2.6%
1919	17.3	14.6%	14.5%
1918	15.1	18.0%	20.4%
1917	12.8	17.4%	18.1%
1916	10.9	7.9%	12.6%
1915	10.1	1.0%	2.0%
1914	10.0	1.0%	1.0%
1913	9.9	n/a	n/a

How did each item's price change?27 items in September 2026, the largest 12-month change first; groups in bold

CPI-U items in September 2026: the index, not seasonally adjusted, its changes and its rank by the 12-month change (ours)
Item	Index	1 month (SA)	12 months	Rank	A year earlier
Gasoline (all types)	383.182	9.1%	34.2%	1	-0.5%
Airline fares	315.948	1.2%	22.4%	2	3.2%
Energy (group)	341.573	5.2%	20.4%	3	2.8%
Transportation (group)	295.862	2.5%	7.9%	4	1.7%
Fuels and utilities	354.210	0.5%	5.8%	5	5.8%
Utility (piped) gas service	264.250	-0.3%	5.0%	6	11.7%
Electricity	309.852	0.2%	4.4%	7	5.1%
Other goods and services (group)	610.165	0.4%	4.1%	8	4.1%
Food away from home	398.783	0.2%	3.5%	9	3.7%
Apparel (group)	140.043	0.3%	3.4%	10	-0.1%
Housing (group)	361.392	0.4%	3.3%	11	3.9%
Owners' equivalent rent of residences	445.381	0.3%	3.3%	11	3.8%
Shelter	432.092	0.4%	3.2%	13	3.6%
Services less energy services (group)	448.545	0.4%	3.1%	14	3.5%
Recreation (group)	145.854	0.5%	2.8%	15	3.0%
Rent of primary residence	450.402	0.2%	2.8%	15	3.4%
Food (group)	350.905	0.0%	2.5%	17	3.1%
Medical care services	655.370	0.3%	2.5%	17	3.9%
Education and communication (group)	150.903	0.2%	2.3%	19	0.4%
Food at home	321.758	-0.1%	1.8%	20	2.7%
Household furnishings and operations	156.418	0.0%	1.6%	21	4.1%
Medical care (group)	593.651	0.1%	1.5%	22	3.3%
Commodities less food and energy commodities (group)	169.319	0.3%	0.7%	23	1.5%
New vehicles	179.859	0.2%	0.6%	24	0.8%
Used cars and trucks	184.395	0.7%	-1.5%	25	5.1%
Medical care commodities	402.832	-0.7%	-3.3%	26	0.7%
Motor vehicle insurance	846.102	0.1%	-5.0%	27	3.1%

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How did the prices of each group change?11 groups, each in its newest month

CPI-U groups: the index, not seasonally adjusted, and its changes (ours)
Group	Month	Index	12 months	1 month (SA)
Food	Sep 2026	350.905	2.5%	0.0%
Food at home	Sep 2026	321.758	1.8%	-0.1%
Food away from home	Sep 2026	398.783	3.5%	0.2%
Energy	Sep 2026	341.573	20.4%	5.2%
Gasoline (all types)	Sep 2026	383.182	34.2%	9.1%
Shelter	Sep 2026	432.092	3.2%	0.4%
Rent of primary residence	Sep 2026	450.402	2.8%	0.2%
New vehicles	Sep 2026	179.859	0.6%	0.2%
Used cars and trucks	Sep 2026	184.395	-1.5%	0.7%
Medical care	Sep 2026	593.651	1.5%	0.1%
Apparel	Sep 2026	140.043	3.4%	0.3%

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

The CPI-U covers the spending of urban households, about nine in ten people in the US; it is not a cost-of-living index.
The changes here are worked out from indexes rounded to three decimals, as BLS works out its own; a change BLS publishes can differ in its last digit where it works from more.
BLS published no index for October 2025, so the months that compare with it have no change.
The seasonally adjusted indexes of the last five years are revised each February; this page shows them as published now.

Observed 14 Oct 2026. Checked 14 Oct 2026, 13:57 UTC.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items, series CUUR0000SA0, through September 2026, published 14 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What is the US inflation rate?", https://500metrics.com/inflation-rate.

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Consumer prices (CPI-U), change from a year earlier, each month

Consumer prices (CPI-U), change over each month, seasonally adjusted

Consumer prices (CPI-U), change from a year earlier, all items, core, food, energy and shelter, each month

Consumer prices (CPI-U), change in each calendar year's average from the year before

Right now

ChangeOurs

In historyOurs

AverageOurs

Core inflationAll items less food and energy

By groupOver 12 months, ours

By itemOver 12 months, ours

Change in the price of each CPI item over 12 months, largest first

Pay and pricesOurs

The price level

The CPI-U price level (1982-84=100), average of each calendar year

Consumer prices without food and energy (core), change over each month, seasonally adjusted

Consumer prices (CPI-U), change over each month, by year

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