Consumer Price Index, Phoenix area — February 2026

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale advanced 0.4 percent for the two months ending in February 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent during the two-month period. The food index increased 1.9 percent, and the energy index rose 0.9 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Phoenix area all items CPI-U increased 1.7 percent for the 12 months ending in February. The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.7 percent over the year. Food prices rose 3.3 percent. Energy prices declined 0.1 percent.

Food

Food prices advanced 1.9 percent for the two months ending in February.

Food prices rose 3.3 percent over the year.

Energy

The energy index rose 0.9 percent for the two months ending in February. Gasoline prices increased 1.7 percent.

Energy prices declined 0.1 percent over the year. Gasoline prices decreased 5.3 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent during the two-month period. Among the index's components, prices were higher for recreation (+4.0 percent) and medical care (+0.8 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for other goods and services (-3.9 percent) and shelter (-0.3 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.7 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included medical care (+6.9 percent) and recreation (+4.8 percent).

The April 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Phoenix area is scheduled to be released on May 12, 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 Phoenix 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area covered in this release consists of Maricopa and Pinal Counties in the State of Arizona.

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Table 1. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, CPI-U by expenditure category for February 2026, not seasonally adjusted (December 2001=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026
All Items		186.730	-	187.481	1.7	0.4	-
Food and beverages		193.040	-	196.564	3.1	1.8	-
Food		196.909	-	200.680	3.3	1.9	-
Food at home		190.345	190.859	-	-	-	-
Cereals and bakery products		-	-	-	-	-	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		-	-	-	-	-	-
Dairy and related products		148.554	150.855	154.570	1.9	4.0	2.5
Fruits and vegetables		162.659	160.650	-	-	-	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		144.358	143.905	164.281	18.1	13.8	14.2
Other food at home		187.899	187.072	-	-	-	-
Food away from home		210.610	-	213.288	2.3	1.3	-
Alcoholic beverages		152.720	-	152.683	-0.3	0.0	-
Housing		208.528	-	208.593	0.6	0.0	-
Shelter		225.045	223.003	224.381	0.3	-0.3	0.6
Rent of primary residence		236.909	235.329	234.709	-1.4	-0.9	-0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences		225.650	224.334	223.634	0.2	-0.9	-0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence		225.650	224.334	223.634	0.2	-0.9	-0.3
Household furnishings and operations		117.717	-	-	-	-	-
Apparel		-	-	166.653	9.2	-	-
Transportation		151.031	-	150.406	-1.1	-0.4	-
Private transportation		154.384	-	154.443	-0.9	0.0	-
New and used motor vehicles		112.354	-	111.829	-0.4	-0.5	-
New vehicles		111.127	-	111.463	0.3	0.3	-
Used cars and trucks		115.307	-	111.372	0.5	-3.4	-
Motor fuel		277.046	261.255	280.951	-5.2	1.4	7.5
Gasoline (all types)		276.623	260.862	281.278	-5.3	1.7	7.8
Unleaded regular(1)		275.500	259.342	280.749	-5.7	1.9	8.3
Unleaded midgrade(1)		294.892	278.347	297.989	-4.3	1.1	7.1
Unleaded premium(1)		284.547	270.070	287.148	-3.9	0.9	6.3
Medical Care		266.603	-	268.852	6.9	0.8	-
Recreation		133.251	-	138.639	4.8	4.0	-
Education and communication		119.253	-	119.456	3.2	0.2	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care		-	-	239.481	3.2	-	-
Other goods and services		187.546	-	180.296	2.5	-3.9	-
Footnotes (1) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Data not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, CPI-U by special aggregate index for February 2026, not seasonally adjusted (December 2001=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026
All items		186.730	-	187.481	1.7	0.4	-
Food		196.909	-	200.680	3.3	1.9	-
Energy		243.190	235.815	245.367	-0.1	0.9	4.1
All items less food and energy		181.104	-	181.400	1.7	0.2	-
All items less energy		183.286	-	183.966	1.9	0.4	-
All items less medical care		182.182	-	182.834	1.3	0.4	-
All items less shelter		167.172	-	168.474	2.5	0.8	-
Commodities		146.533	-	148.316	1.0	1.2	-
Commodities less food		125.175	-	126.263	-0.1	0.9	-
Commodities less food & beverages		124.009	-	125.114	-0.1	0.9	-
Durables		84.902	-	85.432	-0.5	0.6	-
Nondurables		185.125	-	187.995	2.0	1.6	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		174.632	-	176.762	0.5	1.2	-
Nondurables less food		172.880	-	174.875	0.5	1.2	-
Services		215.375	-	215.359	2.2	0.0	-
Services less rent of shelter		200.902	-	201.561	4.6	0.3	-
Services less medical care services		209.766	-	209.487	1.4	-0.1	-
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.