Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — August 2025

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue increased 0.2 percent for the two months ending in August 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent during the two-month period. The food index decreased 0.4 percent, while the energy index rose 0.2 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Seattle area all items CPI-U increased 2.8 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.6 percent over the year. The food index rose 3.5 percent. The energy index advanced 7.3 percent.

Food

The food index decreased 0.4 percent for the two months ending in August. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) decreased 1.7 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 1.0 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 3.5 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 2.7 percent, with higher prices in all six major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index rose 4.2 percent.

Energy

The energy index rose 0.2 percent for the two months ending in August. Gasoline prices decreased 0.6 percent.

The energy index advanced 7.3 percent over the year. Gasoline prices increased 4.2 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent during the two-month period. Among the index's components, prices were higher for apparel (+14.7 percent) and household furnishings and operations (+2.4 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for shelter (-0.7 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.6 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for household furnishings and operations (+7.6 percent) and shelter (+1.1 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-1.0 percent).

Table A. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 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	1.2	1.7	1.7	8.1	1.4	8.0	1.2	4.3	1.1	2.5
April	1.1	3.4	2.1	9.1	1.0	6.9	1.2	4.4	0.4	1.7
June	2.2	5.5	3.2	10.1	1.0	4.6	0.4	3.8	1.4	2.7
August	1.1	5.2	0.0	9.0	0.8	5.4	0.1	3.1	0.2	2.8
October	1.1	6.5	1.0	8.9	0.4	4.8	0.3	3.0
December	0.6	7.6	0.1	8.4	-0.3	4.4	-0.5	2.7

The October 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Seattle area is scheduled to be released on November 13, 2025.

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 Seattle 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. metropolitan area covered in this release is comprised of King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties in the State of Washington.

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

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Table 1. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, CPI-U by expenditure category for August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All Items		364.344	-	365.211	2.8	0.2	-
All items (1967=100)		1,110.661	-	1,113.306
Food and beverages		375.931	-	374.401	3.3	-0.4	-
Food		378.697	-	377.107	3.5	-0.4	-
Food at home		335.247	327.431	329.431	2.7	-1.7	0.6
Cereals and bakery products		397.352	400.368	404.530	2.9	1.8	1.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		302.984	306.530	298.886	4.4	-1.4	-2.5
Dairy and related products		-	-	296.938	2.3	-	-
Fruits and vegetables		484.445	481.568	505.344	2.6	4.3	4.9
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		451.356	418.839	401.344	0.2	-11.1	-4.2
Other food at home		265.033	251.672	256.958	1.9	-3.0	2.1
Food away from home		449.023	-	453.623	4.2	1.0	-
Alcoholic beverages		333.335	-	332.684	-0.6	-0.2	-
Housing		444.894	-	443.973	2.5	-0.2	-
Shelter		507.745	508.475	504.402	1.1	-0.7	-0.8
Rent of primary residence		506.403	508.463	509.211	1.8	0.6	0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		534.920	535.479	537.101	2.4	0.4	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		534.920	535.479	537.101	2.4	0.4	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		239.168	-	244.923	7.6	2.4	-
Apparel		126.946	-	145.666	6.9	14.7	-
Transportation		313.185	-	311.220	5.1	-0.6	-
Private transportation		325.087	-	326.495	3.2	0.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		126.717	-	127.794	2.4	0.8	-
New vehicles(1)		225.961	-	226.460	0.7	0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		424.009	-	431.688	7.9	1.8	-
Motor fuel		502.509	500.880	499.719	4.0	-0.6	-0.2
Gasoline (all types)		513.830	512.114	510.580	4.2	-0.6	-0.3
Unleaded regular(4)		554.603	552.652	550.645	4.1	-0.7	-0.4
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		410.358	408.585	407.797	3.9	-0.6	-0.2
Unleaded premium(4)		482.933	481.667	481.316	4.4	-0.3	-0.1
Medical Care		495.064	-	497.213	3.3	0.4	-
Recreation(3)		119.910	-	121.088	-1.0	1.0	-
Education and communication(3)		148.957	-	149.962	-	0.7	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		1,931.185	-	1,990.230	-	3.1	-
Other goods and services		-	-	549.752	2.3	-	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a November 1977=100 base. (2) Index is on a November 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. Data not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All items		364.344	-	365.211	2.8	0.2	-
Food		378.697	-	377.107	3.5	-0.4	-
Energy		442.635	441.994	443.400	7.3	0.2	0.3
All items less food and energy		362.080	-	363.426	2.6	0.4	-
All items less energy		364.382	-	365.262	2.6	0.2	-
All items less medical care		358.798	-	359.600	2.8	0.2	-
All items less shelter		308.434	-	310.828	3.9	0.8	-
Commodities		246.827	-	249.866	2.9	1.2	-
Commodities less food		194.893	-	199.854	3.4	2.5	-
Commodities less food & beverages		189.593	-	194.684	3.6	2.7	-
Durables		152.772	-	153.524	2.7	0.5	-
Nondurables		298.149	-	302.514	3.3	1.5	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		227.768	-	238.017	4.2	4.5	-
Nondurables less food		236.545	-	246.240	3.8	4.1	-
Services		473.446	-	472.002	2.6	-0.3	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		442.791	-	443.595	4.9	0.2	-
Services less medical care services		466.436	-	464.731	2.5	-0.4	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a November 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.