Consumer Price Index, San Francisco Area — August 2025

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward increased 0.4 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 0.5 percent during the two-month period. The food index rose 0.6 percent, while the energy index decreased 2.0 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 increased 2.5 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.4 percent over the year. The food index rose 3.5 percent. The energy index advanced 0.7 percent.

Food

The food index rose 0.6 percent for the two months ending in August. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.5 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.7 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 3.5 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 4.3 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index rose 2.7 percent.

Energy

The energy index decreased 2.0 percent for the two months ending in August. Gasoline prices decreased 3.9 percent.

The energy index advanced 0.7 percent over the year. Gasoline prices declined 1.8 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.5 percent during the two-month period. Among the index's components, prices were higher for apparel (+6.2 percent) and shelter (+0.2 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for recreation (-1.6 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.4 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for household furnishings and operations (+5.3 percent) and shelter (+1.7 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-11.0 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	0.2	1.5
August	0.5	3.7	-0.5	5.7	0.0	3.4	-0.5	2.7	0.4	2.5
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 October 2025 Consumer Price Index for the San Francisco 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 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.

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Table 1. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, 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		356.460	-	357.992	2.5	0.4	-
All items (1967=100)		1,095.856	-	1,100.567
Food and beverages		379.872	-	382.336	3.6	0.6	-
Food		382.613	-	384.948	3.5	0.6	-
Food at home		342.728	346.462	344.486	4.3	0.5	-0.6
Cereals and bakery products		336.282	337.678	339.418	1.4	0.9	0.5
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		376.522	354.551	377.529	5.4	0.3	6.5
Dairy and related products		333.059	335.764	341.343	3.5	2.5	1.7
Fruits and vegetables		435.149	448.171	452.231	7.7	3.9	0.9
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		229.833	236.394	238.899	-1.8	3.9	1.1
Other food at home		314.300	328.251	304.673	5.4	-3.1	-7.2
Food away from home		433.979	-	437.075	2.7	0.7	-
Alcoholic beverages		348.667	-	353.676	5.6	1.4	-
Housing		411.258	-	412.244	2.3	0.2	-
Shelter		454.928	456.369	455.621	1.7	0.2	-0.2
Rent of primary residence		519.449	518.556	520.140	2.2	0.1	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		490.548	491.722	491.324	2.2	0.2	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		490.548	491.722	491.324	2.2	0.2	-0.1
Household furnishings and operations		179.445	-	180.390	5.3	0.5	-
Apparel		125.177	-	132.878	-11.0	6.2	-
Transportation		267.915	-	268.267	4.0	0.1	-
Private transportation		268.953	-	267.000	2.8	-0.7	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		120.867	-	120.733	0.9	-0.1	-
New vehicles(1)		192.636	-	192.813	0.5	0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		339.991	-	345.882	6.7	1.7	-
Motor fuel		346.571	333.679	333.317	-1.7	-3.8	-0.1
Gasoline (all types)		344.324	330.822	330.907	-1.8	-3.9	0.0
Unleaded regular(4)		343.794	329.904	329.995	-1.9	-4.0	0.0
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		321.998	309.681	309.728	-1.9	-3.8	0.0
Unleaded premium(4)		328.456	316.988	317.053	-1.5	-3.5	0.0
Medical Care		606.734	-	612.063	3.4	0.9	-
Recreation(3)		151.794	-	149.400	0.4	-1.6	-
Education and communication(3)		168.517	-	169.017	3.4	0.3	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		2,067.615	-	2,107.703	4.5	1.9	-
Other goods and services		638.665	-	646.564	2.5	1.2	-
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. Data not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, 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		356.460	-	357.992	2.5	0.4	-
Food		382.613	-	384.948	3.5	0.6	-
Energy		455.649	447.071	446.568	0.7	-2.0	-0.1
All items less food and energy		353.076	-	354.968	2.4	0.5	-
All items less energy		356.214	-	358.160	2.6	0.5	-
All items less medical care		346.075	-	347.457	2.4	0.4	-
All items less shelter		318.472	-	320.446	3.0	0.6	-
Commodities		238.978	-	240.226	1.6	0.5	-
Commodities less food		174.957	-	175.759	0.0	0.5	-
Commodities less food & beverages		167.134	-	167.843	-0.3	0.4	-
Durables		116.580	-	116.573	3.7	0.0	-
Nondurables		301.973	-	304.217	1.0	0.7	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		220.971	-	222.952	-3.2	0.9	-
Nondurables less food		230.965	-	233.124	-2.5	0.9	-
Services		455.523	-	457.280	2.8	0.4	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		484.637	-	488.164	4.4	0.7	-
Services less medical care services		444.262	-	445.655	2.7	0.3	-
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.