Consumer Price Index, Seattle area — December 2025

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue increased 3.1 percent for the 12 months ending in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted the index for all items less food and energy rose 2.7 percent over the year. The food index increased 4.4 percent, and the energy index rose 7.2 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.

Food

The food index rose 4.4 percent over the year. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 1.5 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 7.6 percent.

Energy

Energy prices increased 7.2 percent from December 2024 to December 2025. Over the year, gasoline prices rose 2.9 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.7 percent over the year. Among the index's components, prices were higher for medical care (+5.3 percent) and shelter (+1.7 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	-	3.1
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

The February 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Seattle area is scheduled to be released on March 11, 2026.

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 December 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025
All Items		-	-	365.447	3.1	-	-
All items (1967=100)		-	-	1,114.026
Food and beverages		-	-	383.913	4.1	-	-
Food		-	-	386.827	4.4	-	-
Food at home		-	316.464	332.893	1.5	-	5.2
Cereals and bakery products		-	404.940	395.074	-0.9	-	-2.4
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		-	306.363	309.025	4.1	-	0.9
Dairy and related products		-	272.463	298.641	0.0	-	9.6
Fruits and vegetables		-	475.596	516.499	1.5	-	8.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		-	432.573	463.989	13.2	-	7.3
Other food at home		-	230.988	248.323	-2.0	-	7.5
Food away from home		-	-	472.715	7.6	-	-
Alcoholic beverages		-	-	339.114	0.3	-	-
Housing		-	-	443.319	2.9	-	-
Shelter		-	505.438	506.941	1.7	-	0.3
Rent of primary residence		-	511.828	513.905	1.9	-	0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		-	539.974	540.790	2.1	-	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		-	539.974	540.790	2.1	-	0.2
Household furnishings and operations		-	-	237.873	5.7	-	-
Apparel		-	-	130.097	5.9	-	-
Transportation		-	-	303.773	1.4	-	-
Private transportation		-	-	318.959	1.6	-	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		-	-	124.562	-0.6	-	-
New vehicles(1)		226.817	-	225.827	0.5	-0.4	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		426.091	-	415.864	2.2	-2.4	-
Motor fuel		-	487.971	466.660	2.7	-	-4.4
Gasoline (all types)		519.642	498.577	476.686	2.9	-8.3	-4.4
Unleaded regular(4)		560.602	537.347	513.295	2.9	-8.4	-4.5
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		414.710	398.796	381.071	2.5	-8.1	-4.4
Unleaded premium(4)		489.295	471.087	451.896	3.2	-7.6	-4.1
Medical Care		-	-	499.676	5.3	-	-
Recreation(3)		-	-	127.861	4.3	-	-
Education and communication(3)		-	-	148.288	1.5	-	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		-	-	1,999.264	3.7	-	-
Other goods and services		-	-	551.623	3.0	-	-
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. Note: October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

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

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025
All items		-	-	365.447	3.1	-	-
Food		-	-	386.827	4.4	-	-
Energy		-	432.601	420.194	7.2	-	-2.9
All items less food and energy		-	-	363.050	2.7	-	-
All items less energy		-	-	366.487	2.9	-	-
All items less medical care		-	-	359.716	3.0	-	-
All items less shelter		-	-	310.222	4.0	-	-
Commodities		-	-	247.642	3.6	-	-
Commodities less food		-	-	192.717	3.0	-	-
Commodities less food & beverages		-	-	187.200	3.1	-	-
Durables		-	-	150.073	3.3	-	-
Nondurables		-	-	301.105	3.7	-	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		-	-	225.843	3.0	-	-
Nondurables less food		-	-	235.068	2.8	-	-
Services		-	-	474.810	2.9	-	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		-	-	446.761	4.4	-	-
Services less medical care services		-	-	467.282	2.5	-	-
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. Note: October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.