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US Consumer Price Index
Month to Month Change
Year to Year Change
Feb-Mar
CPI-U
0.22%
23-Mar
CPI-U
2.33%
CPI-W
0.25%
24-Mar
CPI-W
2.15%
Consumer Price Index
All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Urban Wage Earners & Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Percentage Change
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Annual Average
From Previous Year
Dec. to Dec.
1979
CPI-U
68.3
69.1
69.8
70.6
71.5
72.3
73.1
73.8
74.6
75.2
75.9
76.7
72.6
CPI-W
68.7
69.5
70.3
71.1
71.9
72.8
73.7
74.4
75.1
75.7
76.4
77.2
73.1
1980
CPI-U
77.8
78.9
80.1
81.0
81.8
82.7
82.7
83.3
84.0
84.8
85.5
86.3
82.4
13.5%
12.5%
CPI-W
78.3
79.4
80.5
81.4
82.3
83.2
83.3
83.8
84.6
85.3
86.1
86.9
82.9
13.4%
12.6%
1981
CPI-U
87.0
87.9
88.5
89.1
89.8
90.6
91.6
92.3
93.2
93.4
93.7
94.0
90.9
10.3%
8.9%
CPI-W
87.5
88.5
89.0
89.6
90.3
91.1
92.2
92.8
93.7
93.9
94.1
94.4
91.4
10.3%
8.6%
1982
CPI-U
94.3
94.6
94.5
94.9
95.8
97.0
97.5
97.7
97.9
98.2
98.0
97.6
96.5
6.2%
3.8%
CPI-W
94.7
95.0
94.8
95.2
96.2
97.4
98.0
98.2
98.3
98.6
98.4
98.0
96.9
6.0%
3.8%
1983
CPI-U
97.8
97.9
97.9
98.6
99.2
99.5
99.9
100.2
100.7
101.0
101.2
101.3
99.6
3.2%
3.8%
CPI-W
98.1
98.1
98.4
99.0
99.5
99.8
100.1
100.5
101.0
101.2
101.2
101.2
99.8
3.0%
3.3%
1984
CPI-U
101.9
102.4
102.6
103.1
103.4
103.7
104.1
104.5
105.0
105.3
105.3
105.3
103.9
4.3%
3.9%
CPI-W
101.6
101.8
101.8
102.1
102.5
102.8
103.2
104.2
104.8
104.8
104.7
104.8
103.3
3.5%
3.6%
1985
CPI-U
105.5
106.0
106.4
106.9
107.3
107.6
107.8
108.0
108.3
108.7
109.0
109.3
107.6
3.6%
3.8%
CPI-W
104.9
105.4
105.9
106.3
106.7
107.0
107.1
107.3
107.6
107.9
108.3
108.6
106.9
3.5%
3.6%
1986
CPI-U
109.6
109.3
108.8
108.6
108.9
109.5
109.5
109.7
110.2
110.3
110.4
110.5
109.6
1.9%
1.1%
CPI-W
108.9
108.5
107.9
107.6
107.9
108.4
108.4
108.6
109.1
109.1
109.2
109.3
108.6
1.6%
0.6%
1987
CPI-U
111.2
111.6
112.1
112.7
113.1
113.5
113.8
114.4
115.0
115.3
115.4
115.4
113.6
3.6%
4.4%
CPI-W
110.0
110.5
111.0
111.6
111.9
112.4
112.7
113.3
113.8
114.1
114.3
114.2
112.5
3.6%
4.5%
1988
CPI-U
115.7
116.0
116.5
117.1
117.5
118.0
118.5
119.0
119.8
120.2
120.3
120.5
118.3
4.1%
4.4%
CPI-W
114.5
114.7
115.1
115.7
116.2
116.7
117.2
117.7
118.5
118.9
119.0
119.2
117.0
4.0%
4.4%
1989
CPI-U
121.1
121.6
122.3
123.1
123.8
124.1
124.4
124.6
125.0
125.6
125.9
126.1
124.0
4.8%
4.6%
CPI-W
119.7
120.2
120.8
121.8
122.5
122.8
123.2
123.2
123.6
124.2
124.4
124.6
122.6
4.8%
4.5%
1990
CPI-U
127.4
128.0
128.7
128.9
129.2
129.9
130.4
131.6
132.7
133.5
133.8
133.8
130.7
5.4%
6.1%
CPI-W
125.9
126.4
127.1
127.3
127.5
128.3
128.7
129.9
131.1
131.9
132.2
132.2
129.0
5.2%
6.1%
1991
CPI-U
134.6
134.8
135.0
135.2
135.6
136.0
136.2
136.6
137.2
137.4
137.8
137.9
136.2
4.2%
3.1%
CPI-W
132.8
132.8
133.0
133.3
133.8
134.1
134.3
134.6
135.2
135.4
135.8
135.9
134.3
4.1%
2.8%
1992
CPI-U
138.1
138.6
139.3
139.5
139.7
140.2
140.5
140.9
141.3
141.8
142.0
141.9
140.3
3.0%
2.9%
CPI-W
136.0
136.4
137.0
137.3
137.6
138.1
138.4
138.8
139.1
139.6
139.8
139.8
138.2
2.9%
2.9%
1993
CPI-U
142.6
143.1
143.6
144.0
144.2
144.4
144.4
144.8
145.1
145.7
145.8
145.8
144.5
3.0%
2.7%
CPI-W
140.3
140.7
141.1
141.6
141.9
142.0
142.1
142.4
142.6
143.3
143.4
143.3
142.1
2.8%
2.5%
1994
CPI-U
146.2
146.7
147.2
147.4
147.5
148.0
148.4
149.0
149.4
149.5
149.7
149.7
148.2
2.6%
2.7%
CPI-W
143.6
144.0
144.4
144.7
144.9
145.4
145.8
146.5
146.9
147.0
147.3
147.2
145.6
2.5%
2.7%
1995
CPI-U
150.3
150.9
151.4
151.9
152.2
152.5
152.5
152.9
153.2
153.7
153.6
153.5
152.4
2.8%
2.5%
CPI-W
147.8
148.3
148.7
149.3
149.6
149.9
149.9
150.2
150.6
151.0
150.9
150.9
149.8
2.9%
2.5%
1996
CPI-U
154.4
154.9
155.7
156.3
156.6
156.7
157.0
157.3
157.8
158.3
158.6
158.6
156.9
3.0%
3.3%
CPI-W
151.7
152.2
152.9
153.6
154.0
154.1
154.3
154.5
155.1
155.5
155.9
155.9
154.1
2.9%
3.3%
1997
CPI-U
159.1
159.6
160.0
160.2
160.1
160.3
160.5
160.8
161.2
161.6
161.5
161.3
160.5
2.3%
1.7%
CPI-W
156.3
156.8
157.0
157.2
157.2
157.4
157.5
157.8
158.3
158.5
158.5
158.2
157.6
2.3%
1.5%
1998
CPI-U
161.6
161.9
162.2
162.5
162.8
163.0
163.2
163.4
163.6
164.0
164.0
163.9
163.0
1.6%
1.6%
CPI-W
158.4
158.5
158.7
159.1
159.5
159.7
159.8
160.0
160.2
160.6
160.7
160.7
159.7
1.3%
1.6%
1999
CPI-U
164.3
164.5
165.0
166.2
166.2
166.2
166.7
167.1
167.9
168.2
168.3
168.3
166.6
2.2%
2.7%
CPI-W
161.0
161.1
161.4
162.7
162.8
162.8
163.3
163.8
164.7
165.0
165.1
165.1
163.2
2.2%
2.7%
2000
CPI-U
168.8
169.8
171.2
171.3
171.5
172.4
172.8
172.8
173.7
174.0
174.1
174.0
172.2
3.4%
3.4%
CPI-W
165.6
166.5
167.9
168.0
168.2
169.2
169.4
169.3
170.4
170.6
170.9
170.7
168.9
3.5%
3.4%
2001
CPI-U
175.1
175.8
176.2
176.9
177.7
178.0
177.5
177.5
178.3
177.7
177.4
176.7
177.1
2.8%
1.6%
CPI-W
171.7
172.4
172.6
173.5
174.4
174.6
173.8
173.8
174.8
174.0
173.7
172.9
173.5
2.7%
1.3%
2002
CPI-U
177.1
177.8
178.8
179.8
179.8
179.9
180.1
180.7
181.0
181.3
181.3
180.9
179.9
1.6%
2.4%
CPI-W
173.2
173.7
174.7
175.8
175.8
175.9
176.1
176.6
177.0
177.3
177.4
177.0
175.9
1.4%
2.4%
2003
CPI-U
181.7
183.1
184.2
183.8
183.5
183.7
183.9
184.6
185.2
185.0
184.5
184.3
184.0
2.3%
1.9%
CPI-W
177.7
179.2
180.3
179.8
179.4
179.6
179.6
180.3
181.0
180.7
180.2
179.9
179.8
2.2%
1.6%
2004
CPI-U
185.2
186.2
187.4
188.0
189.1
189.7
189.4
189.5
189.9
190.9
191.0
190.3
188.9
2.7%
3.3%
CPI-W
180.9
181.9
182.9
183.5
184.7
185.3
184.9
185.0
185.4
186.5
186.8
186.0
184.5
2.6%
3.4%
2005
CPI-U
190.7
191.8
193.3
194.6
194.4
194.5
195.4
196.4
198.8
199.2
197.6
196.8
195.3
3.4%
3.4%
CPI-W
186.3
187.3
188.6
190.2
190.0
190.1
191.0
192.1
195.0
195.2
193.4
192.5
191.0
3.5%
3.5%
2006
CPI-U
198.3
198.7
199.8
201.5
202.5
202.9
203.5
203.9
202.9
201.8
201.5
201.8
201.6
3.2%
2.5%
CPI-W
194.0
194.2
195.3
197.2
198.2
198.6
199.2
199.6
198.4
197.0
196.8
197.2
197.1
3.2%
2.4%
2007
CPI-U
202.4
203.5
205.4
206.7
207.9
208.4
208.3
207.9
208.5
208.9
210.2
210.0
207.3
2.8%
4.1%
CPI-W
197.6
198.5
200.6
202.1
203.7
203.9
203.7
203.2
203.9
204.3
205.9
205.8
202.8
2.9%
4.3%
2008
CPI-U
211.1
211.7
213.5
214.8
216.6
218.8
220.0
219.1
218.8
216.6
212.4
210.2
215.3
3.8%
0.1%
CPI-W
206.7
207.3
209.1
210.7
212.8
215.2
216.3
215.2
214.9
212.2
207.3
204.8
211.1
4.1%
-0.5%
2009
CPI-U
211.1
212.2
212.7
213.2
213.9
215.7
215.4
215.8
216.0
216.2
216.3
215.9
214.5
-0.4%
2.7%
CPI-W
205.7
206.7
207.2
207.9
208.8
211.0
210.5
211.2
211.3
211.5
212.0
211.7
209.6
-0.7%
3.4%
2010
CPI-U
216.7
216.7
217.6
218.0
218.2
218.0
218.0
218.3
218.4
218.7
218.8
219.2
218.1
1.6%
1.5%
CPI-W
212.6
212.5
213.5
214.0
214.1
213.8
213.9
214.2
214.3
214.6
214.8
215.3
214.0
2.1%
1.7%
2011
CPI-U
220.2
221.3
223.5
224.9
226.0
225.7
225.9
226.5
226.9
226.4
226.2
225.7
224.9
3.2%
3.0%
CPI-W
216.4
217.5
220.0
221.7
223.0
222.5
222.7
223.3
223.7
223.0
222.8
222.2
221.6
3.6%
3.2%
2012
CPI-U
226.7
227.7
229.4
230.1
229.8
229.5
229.1
230.4
231.4
231.3
230.2
229.6
229.6
2.1%
1.7%
CPI-W
223.2
224.3
226.3
227.0
226.6
226.0
225.6
227.1
228.2
228.0
226.6
225.9
226.2
2.1%
1.7%
2013
CPI-U
230.3
232.2
232.8
232.5
232.9
233.5
233.6
233.9
234.1
233.5
233.1
233.0
233.0
1.5%
1.5%
CPI-W
226.5
228.7
229.3
228.9
229.4
230.0
230.1
230.4
230.5
229.7
229.1
229.2
229.3
1.4%
1.5%
2014
CPI-U
233.9
234.8
236.3
237.1
237.9
238.3
238.3
237.9
238.0
237.4
236.2
234.8
236.7
1.6%
0.8%
CPI-W
230.0
230.9
232.6
233.4
234.2
234.7
234.5
234.0
234.2
233.2
231.6
229.9
232.8
1.5%
0.3%
2015
CPI-U
233.7
234.7
236.1
236.6
237.8
238.6
238.7
238.3
237.9
237.8
237.3
236.5
237.0
0.1%
0.7%
CPI-W
288.3
229.4
231.1
231.5
232.9
233.8
233.8
233.4
232.7
232.4
231.7
230.8
231.8
-0.4%
0.4%
2016
CPI-U
236.9
237.1
238.1
239.3
240.2
241.0
240.6
240.8
241.4
241.7
241.4
241.4
240.0
1.3%
2.1%
CPI-W
231.1
231.0
232.2
233.4
234.4
235.3
234.8
234.9
235.5
235.7
235.2
235.4
234.1
1.0%
2.0%
2017
CPI-U
242.8
243.6
243.8
244.5
244.7
245.0
244.8
245.5
246.8
246.7
246.7
246.5
245.1
2.1%
2.1%
CPI-W
236.9
237.5
237.7
238.4
238.6
238.8
238.6
239.4
240.9
240.6
240.7
240.5
239.1
2.1%
2.2%
2018
CPI-U
247.9
249.0
249.6
250.5
251.6
252.0
252.0
252.1
252.4
252.9
252.0
251.2
251.1
2.4%
2.2%
CPI-W
241.9
243.0
243.5
244.6
245.8
246.2
246.2
246.3
246.6
247.0
245.9
244.8
245.1
2.5%
2.2%
2019
CPI-U
251.7
252.8
254.2
255.5
256.1
256.1
256.6
256.6
256.8
257.3
257.2
257.0
255.7
1.8%
2.23%
CPI-W
245.1
246.2
247.8
249.3
249.9
249.7
250.2
250.1
250.3
250.9
250.6
250.5
249.2
1.7%
2.26%
2020
CPI-U
258.0
258.7
258.1
256.4
256.4
257.8
259.1
259.9
260.3
260.4
260.2
260.5
258.8
1.2%
1.34%
CPI-W
251.4
251.9
251.4
249.5
249.5
251.1
252.6
253.6
253.9
254.1
253.8
254.1
252.2
1.2%
1.43%
2021
CPI-U
261.6
263.0
264.9
267.1
269.2
271.7
273.0
273.6
274.3
276.6
277.9
278.8
271.0
4.7%
6.57%
CPI-W
255.3
256.8
258.9
261.2
263.6
266.4
267.8
268.4
269.1
271.6
273.0
273.9
265.5
5.3%
7.24%
2022
CPI-U
281.1
283.7
287.5
289.1
292.3
296.3
296.3
296.2
296.8
298.0
297.7
296.8
292.7
8.0%
6.06%
CPI-W
276.3
278.9
283.2
284.6
288.0
292.5
292.2
291.6
291.9
293.0
292.5
291.1
288.0
8.5%
5.88%
2023
CPI-U
299.2
300.8
301.8
303.4
304.1
305.1
305.7
307.0
307.8
307.7
307.1
306.7
304.7
4.1%
3.24%
CPI-W
293.6
295.1
296.0
297.7
298.4
299.4
299.9
301.6
302.3
302.1
301.2
300.7
299.0
3.8%
3.22%
2024
CPI-U
308.4
310.3
312.3
313.5
314.1
314.2
314.5
314.8
315.3
315.7
315.5
315.6
313.7
2.9%
2.81%
CPI-W
302.2
304.3
306.5
307.8
308.2
308.1
308.5
308.6
309.0
309.4
309.0
309.1
307.6
2.9%
2.70%
2025
CPI-U
317.7
319.1
319.8
318.9
1.6%
CPI-W
311.2
312.5
313.3
312.3
1.5%
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