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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – MAY 2022

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.0 percent in May on a 

seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.3 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 

today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 8.6 percent before seasonal adjustment. 

The increase was broad-based, with the indexes for shelter, gasoline, and food being the largest 

contributors. After declining in April, the energy index rose 3.9 percent over the month with the gasoline 

index rising 4.1 percent and the other major component indexes also increasing. The food index rose 1.2 

percent in May as the food at home index increased 1.4 percent. 

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.6 percent in May, the same increase as in April. 

While almost all major components increased over the month, the largest contributors were the indexes 

for shelter, airline fares, used cars and trucks, and new vehicles. The indexes for medical care, 

household furnishings and operations, recreation, and apparel also increased in May. 

The all items index increased 8.6 percent for the 12 months ending May, the largest 12-month increase 

since the period ending December 1981. The all items less food and energy index rose 6.0 percent over 

the last 12 months. The energy index rose 34.6 percent over the last year, the largest 12-month increase 

since the period ending September 2005. The food index increased 10.1 percent for the 12-months 

ending May, the first increase of 10 percent or more since the period ending March 1981. 

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Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, May 2021 - May 2022

Percent change

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Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, May 2021 - May 2022

Percent change

All items All items less food and energy

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4

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7

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9

May'21 Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May'22

Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average

1 Not seasonally adjusted.
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Food 

The food index increased 1.2 percent in May following a 0.9-percent increase the prior month. The 

index for food at home rose 1.4 percent in May, the fifth consecutive increase of at least 1.0 percent. All 

six major grocery store food group indexes rose in May. The index for dairy and related products rose 

2.9 percent, its largest monthly increase since July 2007. The index for nonalcoholic beverages 

increased 1.7 percent, and the index for other food at home rose 1.6 percent. 

The cereals and bakery products index increased 1.5 percent in May after rising 1.1 percent in April. The 

index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 1.1 percent over the month, with the index for eggs rising 

5.0 percent. The index for fruits and vegetables rose 0.6 percent in May after declining in April. 

The food away from home index rose 0.7 percent in May after rising 0.6 percent in April. The index for 

full service meals rose 0.8 percent over the month. The index for limited service meals increased 0.7 

percent in May after rising 0.3 percent in April. 

The food at home index rose 11.9 percent over the last 12 months, the largest 12-month increase since 

the period ending April 1979. All six major grocery store food group indexes increased over the span, 

with five of the six rising more than 10 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased 

the most, rising 14.2 percent, with the index for eggs increasing 32.2 percent. The remaining groups saw 

increases ranging from 8.2 percent (fruits and vegetables) to 12.6 percent (other food at home). 

The index for food away from home rose 7.4 percent over the last year, the largest 12-month change 

since the period ending November 1981. The index for full service meals rose 9.0 percent over the last 

12 months, and the index for limited service meals rose 7.3 percent over the last year. The index for food 

at employee sites and schools fell 30.5 percent over the last 12 months, reflecting widespread free lunch 

programs. 

Energy

The energy index increased 3.9 percent in May after falling 2.7 percent in April. The gasoline index rose 

4.1 percent in May after declining in April. (Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices rose 7.8 percent 

in May.) The index for natural gas rose 8.0 percent in May, the largest monthly increase since October 

2005. The electricity index also increased in May, rising 1.3 percent. 

The energy index rose 34.6 percent over the past 12 months. The gasoline index increased 48.7 percent 

over the span. The index for fuel oil more than doubled, rising 106.7 percent; this represents the largest 

increase in the history of the series, which dates to 1935. The index for electricity rose 12.0 percent, the 

largest 12-month increase since the period ending August 2006. The index for natural gas increased 30.2 

percent over the last 12 months, the largest such increase since the period ending July 2008. 

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.6 percent in May. The shelter index increased 0.6 

percent in May, the largest monthly increase since March 2004. The rent index rose 0.6 percent over the 

month, the same increase as in April, and the owners’ equivalent rent index also rose 0.6 percent. The 

index for lodging away from home rose 0.9 percent in May after larger increases in recent months. 
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The index for airline fares continued to rise, increasing 12.6 percent in May after rising 18.6 percent the 

prior month. The index for used cars and trucks rose 1.8 percent in May after declining in each of the 3 

prior months. The index for new vehicles rose in May, increasing 1.0 percent after rising 1.1 percent in 

April. 

The medical care index rose 0.4 percent in May. Medical care component indexes were mixed over the 

month. The index for hospital services increased 0.5 percent, while the indexes for physicians’ services 

and for prescription drugs both declined 0.1 percent. 

The index for household furnishings and operations continued to rise, increasing 0.4 percent over the 

month. The recreation index also rose 0.4 percent in May. Both increases were the same increases as in 

April. The index for apparel increased 0.7 percent in May after falling in April. Other indexes that 

increased in May include motor vehicle insurance (+0.5 percent), personal care (+0.4 percent), education 

(+0.3 percent), tobacco (+0.9 percent), and alcoholic beverages (+0.5 percent). 

The index for all items less food and energy rose 6.0 percent over the past 12 months. The increase was

broad-based, reflecting advances in almost all major component indexes. The shelter index rose 5.5 

percent over the last year, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending February 1991. The 

index for household furnishings and operations increased 8.9 percent over the last 12 months. The index 

for new vehicles rose 12.6 percent and the index for used cars and trucks increased 16.1 percent over the 

year, while the index for airline fares rose 37.8 percent. 

Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 8.6 percent over the last 12 

months to an index level of 292.296 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 1.1 percent prior 

to seasonal adjustment. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 9.3 

percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 288.022 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index 

rose 1.2 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 8.0 percent over the 

last 12 months. For the month, the index increased 1.0 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please 

note that the indexes for the past 10 to 12 months are subject to revision. 

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The Consumer Price Index for June 2022 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 

at 8:30 a.m. (ET). 
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Technical Note

Brief Explanation of the CPI

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in prices paid by consumers for goods and 

services. The CPI reflects spending patterns for each of two population groups: all urban consumers and 

urban wage earners and clerical workers. The all urban consumer group represents about 93 percent of 

the total U.S. population. It is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan 

areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well 

as urban wage earners and clerical workers. Not included in the CPI are the spending patterns of people 

living in rural nonmetropolitan areas, farming families, people in the Armed Forces, and those in 

institutions, such as prisons and mental hospitals. Consumer inflation for all urban consumers is 

measured by two indexes, namely, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the 

Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U). 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is based on the 

expenditures of households included in the CPI-U definition that meet two requirements: more than onehalf of the household's income must come from clerical or wage occupations, and at least one of the 

household's earners must have been employed for at least 37 weeks during the previous 12 months. The 

CPI-W population represents about 29 percent of the total U.S. population and is a subset of the CPI-U 

population. 

The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, fuels, transportation, doctors’ and dentists’ 

services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected 

each month in 75 urban areas across the country from about 6,000 housing units and approximately 

22,000 retail establishments (department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types 

of stores and service establishments). All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are 

included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 75 locations. 

Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest geographic 

areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal 

visit, telephone call, or web collection by the Bureau’s trained representatives.

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are aggregated using 

weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local 

data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For the CPI-U and CPI-W, separate indexes are 

also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and 

population-size classes, and for 23 selected local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the 

level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base 

period. For the C-CPI-U, data are issued only at the national level. The CPI-U and CPI-W are 

considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to three 

subsequent quarterly revisions. 

The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For most of the CPI-U and the CPI-W, 

the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 

100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000. Alternatively,

that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services

rising from $100 to $107.

Sampling Error in the CPI

The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error because it is based upon a sample of 

retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the 1-
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month, 2-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent change standard errors annually for the CPI-U. These 

standard error estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For 

example, the estimated standard error of the 1-month percent change is 0.03 percent for the U.S. all 

items CPI. This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail prices using the same 

methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95 percent of these estimates will 

be within 0.06 percent of the 1-month percentage change based on all retail prices. For example, for a 1-

month change of 0.2 percent in the all items CPI-U, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent 

change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.14 and 0.26 percent. For the latest data, including 

information on how to use the estimates of standard error, see www.bls.gov/cpi/tables/varianceestimates/home.htm. 

Calculating Index Changes

Movements of the indexes from 1 month to another are usually expressed as percent changes rather than 

changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to 

its base period, while percent changes are not. The following table shows an example of using index 

values to calculate percent changes:

Item A Item B Item C

Year I 112.500 225.000 110.000

Year II 121.500 243.000 128.000

Change in index 

points 9.000 18.000 18.000

Percent change 9.0/112.500 x 100 = 8.0 18.0/225.000 x 100 = 8.0 18.0/110.000 x 100 = 16.4

Use of Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) produces both unadjusted and seasonally adjusted data. Seasonally 

adjusted data are computed using seasonal factors derived by the X-13ARIMA-SEATS seasonal 

adjustment method. These factors are updated each February, and the new factors are used to revise the 

previous 5 years of seasonally adjusted data. The factors are available at 

www.bls.gov/cpi/tables/seasonal-adjustment/seasonal-factors-2022.xlsx. For more information on data 

revision scheduling, please see the Factsheet on Seasonal Adjustment at www.bls.gov/cpi/seasonaladjustment/questions-and-answers.htm and the Timeline of Seasonal Adjustment Methodological 

Changes at www.bls.gov/cpi/seasonal-adjustment/timeline-seasonal-adjustment-methodologychanges.htm. 

For analyzing short-term price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred 

since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same 

magnitude every year—such as price movements resulting from weather events, production cycles, 

model changeovers, holidays, and sales. This allows data users to focus on changes that are not typical 

for the time of year. The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices 

they actually pay. Unadjusted data are also used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective 

bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the 

Consumer Price Index before adjustment for seasonal variation. BLS advises against the use of 

seasonally adjusted data in escalation agreements because seasonally adjusted series are revised 

annually. 
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Intervention Analysis 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses intervention analysis seasonal adjustment (IASA) for some CPI 

series. Sometimes extreme values or sharp movements can distort the underlying seasonal pattern of 

price change. Intervention analysis seasonal adjustment is a process by which the distortions caused by 

such unusual events are estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. 

The resulting seasonal factors, which more accurately represent the seasonal pattern, are then applied to 

the unadjusted data. 

For example, this procedure was used for the motor fuel series to offset the effects of the 2009 return to 

normal pricing after the worldwide economic downturn in 2008. Retaining this outlier data during 

seasonal factor calculation would distort the computation of the seasonal portion of the time series data 

for motor fuel, so it was estimated and removed from the data prior to seasonal adjustment. Following 

that, seasonal factors were calculated based on this “prior adjusted” data. These seasonal factors 

represent a clearer picture of the seasonal pattern in the data. The last step is for motor fuel seasonal 

factors to be applied to the unadjusted data. 

For the seasonal factors introduced for January 2022, BLS adjusted 72 series using intervention analysis 

seasonal adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity, and vehicles. 

Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Indexes

Seasonally adjusted data, including the U.S. city average all items index levels, are subject to revision 

for up to 5 years after their original release. Every year, economists in the CPI calculate new seasonal 

factors for seasonally adjusted series and apply them to the last 5 years of data. Seasonally adjusted 

indexes beyond the last 5 years of data are considered to be final and not subject to revision. For January 

2022, revised seasonal factors and seasonally adjusted indexes for 2017 to 2021 were calculated and 

published. For series which are directly adjusted using the Census X-13ARIMA-SEATS seasonal 

adjustment software, the seasonal factors for 2021 will be applied to data for 2022 to produce the 

seasonally adjusted 2022 indexes. Series which are indirectly seasonally adjusted by summing 

seasonally adjusted component series have seasonal factors which are derived and are therefore not 

available in advance.

Determining Seasonal Status 

Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. Using 

these criteria, BLS economists determine whether a series should change its status from "not seasonally 

adjusted" to "seasonally adjusted", or vice versa. If any of the 81 components of the U.S. city average all 

items index change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, 

not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, 

but the seasonally adjusted indexes before that period will not be changed. For 2022, 22 of the 81 

components of the U.S. city average all items index are seasonally adjusted.

Contact Information 

For additional information about the CPI visit www.bls.gov/cpi or contact the CPI Information and 

Analysis Section at 202-691-7000 or cpi_info@bls.gov. 

For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI visit www.bls.gov/cpi/seasonaladjustment/home.htm or contact the CPI seasonal adjustment section at 202-691-6968 or 

cpiseas@bls.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access 

telecommunications relay services. 
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent

change

Seasonally adjusted percent

change

May

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

May

2021-

May

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Feb.

2022-

Mar.

2022

Mar.

2022-

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

All items............................................. 100.000 269.195 289.109 292.296 8.6 1.1 1.2 0.3 1.0

Food.............................................. 13.421 274.212 298.711 302.038 10.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2

Food at home................................. 8.304 255.516 282.161 285.953 11.9 1.3 1.5 1.0 1.4

Cereals and bakery products............ 1.052 286.649 314.787 319.930 11.6 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............ 1.899 275.776 310.399 314.929 14.2 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.1

Dairy and related products............... 0.773 230.380 251.030 257.678 11.8 2.6 1.2 2.5 2.9

Fruits and vegetables..................... 1.432 315.748 339.385 341.594 8.2 0.7 1.5 -0.3 0.6

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage

materials.................................. 0.950 177.814 197.138 199.166 12.0 1.0 1.2 2.0 1.7

Other food at home........................ 2.198 219.664 244.282 247.300 12.6 1.2 2.0 0.7 1.6

Food away from home1

...................... 5.117 303.481 323.559 325.952 7.4 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.7

Energy............................................ 8.255 235.339 298.469 316.761 34.6 6.1 11.0 -2.7 3.9

Energy commodities......................... 4.862 267.532 372.220 402.040 50.3 8.0 18.1 -5.4 4.5

Fuel oil1..................................... 0.165 272.990 482.516 564.147 106.7 16.9 22.3 2.7 16.9

Motor fuel................................... 4.619 264.135 365.314 393.950 49.1 7.8 18.3 -5.8 4.1

Gasoline (all types)..................... 4.519 263.170 362.802 391.262 48.7 7.8 18.3 -6.1 4.1

Energy services............................... 3.393 214.335 240.865 249.129 16.2 3.4 1.8 1.3 3.0

Electricity.................................... 2.521 220.948 242.778 247.461 12.0 1.9 2.2 0.7 1.3

Utility (piped) gas service................. 0.873 191.083 230.916 248.854 30.2 7.8 0.6 3.1 8.0

All items less food and energy................ 78.324 275.893 290.846 292.506 6.0 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.6

Commodities less food and energy

commodities................................ 21.403 152.217 164.520 165.140 8.5 0.4 -0.4 0.2 0.7

Apparel...................................... 2.489 120.951 127.126 126.970 5.0 -0.1 0.6 -0.8 0.7

New vehicles............................... 4.031 152.143 169.699 171.350 12.6 1.0 0.2 1.1 1.0

Used cars and trucks...................... 3.992 179.532 206.981 208.373 16.1 0.7 -3.8 -0.4 1.8

Medical care commodities1

............... 1.492 377.191 385.307 386.273 2.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3

Alcoholic beverages....................... 0.877 261.711 271.376 272.293 4.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.5

Tobacco and smoking products1

. . . . . . .. 0.515 1,240.082 1,327.276 1,338.572 7.9 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.9

Services less energy services.............. 56.921 352.721 368.565 370.937 5.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6

Shelter....................................... 32.437 332.454 348.389 350.580 5.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6

Rent of primary residence............. 7.275 347.016 362.951 365.116 5.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6

Owners’ equivalent rent of

residences2

............................ 23.782 341.095 356.439 358.469 5.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6

Medical care services..................... 6.869 571.255 591.940 594.243 4.0 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4

Physicians’ services1

................... 1.842 405.744 410.830 410.249 1.1 -0.1 0.5 0.2 -0.1

Hospital services3....................... 2.165 361.285 374.501 375.273 3.9 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.5

Transportation services................... 5.829 331.188 351.985 357.437 7.9 1.5 2.0 3.1 1.3

Motor vehicle maintenance and

repair1.................................. 1.022 314.164 331.735 333.258 6.1 0.5 -0.3 0.5 0.5

Motor vehicle insurance................ 2.397 569.010 592.317 594.437 4.5 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.5

Airline fares.............................. 0.659 250.209 297.143 344.853 37.8 16.1 10.7 18.6 12.6

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

2

Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

3

Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, May 2022

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

May

2021-

May

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Feb.

2022-

Mar.

2022

Mar.

2022-

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

All items................................................................. 100.000 8.6 1.1 1.2 0.3 1.0

Food.................................................................. 13.421 10.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2

Food at home..................................................... 8.304 11.9 1.3 1.5 1.0 1.4

Cereals and bakery products................................. 1.052 11.6 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.5

Cereals and cereal products............................... 0.339 12.8 1.9 2.1 1.5 1.2

Flour and prepared flour mixes......................... 0.053 13.7 2.1 2.2 -0.9 1.0

Breakfast cereal1

......................................... 0.144 12.2 1.3 2.4 2.4 1.3

Rice, pasta, cornmeal.................................... 0.142 12.8 2.5 2.8 1.3 2.1

Rice1, 2, 3................................................ 12.4 2.6 3.2 0.7 2.6

Bakery products1

......................................... 0.713 11.1 1.5 1.4 1.0 1.5

Bread1, 2................................................. 0.200 8.7 0.5 0.8 2.0 0.5

White bread1, 3...................................... 8.1 0.6 0.6 2.0 0.6

Bread other than white1, 3.......................... 9.2 0.4 0.8 1.9 0.4

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins2

......................... 0.108 9.7 -0.2 2.5 -0.2 0.2

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies1

...................... 0.174 11.8 3.1 1.0 0.9 3.1

Cookies1, 3

........................................... 12.6 4.0 0.5 0.3 4.0

Fresh cakes and cupcakes1, 3..................... 10.6 1.8 1.6 1.0 1.8

Other bakery products................................ 0.231 13.4 2.0 2.0 0.4 1.6

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts1, 3

.... 10.6 1.1 -1.7 0.7 1.1

Crackers, bread, and cracker products3

. . . . . . . .. 14.6 1.9 2.7 0.0 1.0

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies,

tarts, turnovers1, 3

................................ 14.6 1.7 2.2 1.9 1.7

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs................................ 1.899 14.2 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.1

Meats, poultry, and fish.................................... 1.776 13.1 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.9

Meats...................................................... 1.133 12.3 0.4 0.8 0.4 -0.1

Beef and veal.......................................... 0.527 10.2 0.0 0.3 -0.9 -0.7

Uncooked ground beef1

............................ 0.194 13.6 -0.7 2.1 1.3 -0.7

Uncooked beef roasts1, 2........................... 0.079 11.0 1.0 0.9 -0.7 1.0

Uncooked beef steaks2............................. 0.203 6.6 0.6 -0.7 -2.1 -1.4

Uncooked other beef and veal1, 2................. 0.052 12.1 -1.2 0.2 -0.6 -1.2

Pork...................................................... 0.362 13.3 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.0

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related

products2.......................................... 0.162 15.6 0.9 0.9 2.1 0.3

Bacon and related products3

.................... 15.3 -0.4 1.0 2.5 -0.9

Breakfast sausage and related products2, 3

... 16.0 3.0 0.5 1.5 2.7

Ham................................................... 0.063 11.1 2.1 -1.2 -1.8 0.2

Ham, excluding canned3

........................ 10.8 2.3 -1.5 -1.8 0.2

Pork chops1

.......................................... 0.053 11.0 -1.7 2.0 1.9 -1.7

Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs2... 0.084 12.6 1.3 1.5 0.6 -0.1

Other meats............................................ 0.244 15.3 0.5 1.7 2.7 1.2

Frankfurters3

......................................... 10.4 -1.5 2.4 1.9 2.0

Lunchmeats1, 2, 3.................................... 16.8 1.5 1.2 2.6 1.5

Poultry1.................................................. 0.355 16.6 3.0 1.5 3.0 3.0

Chicken1, 2........................................... 0.289 17.4 2.7 1.5 3.4 2.7

Fresh whole chicken1, 3.......................... 14.7 2.1 1.8 4.0 2.1

Fresh and frozen chicken parts1, 3

............. 19.3 3.0 1.4 3.5 3.0

Other uncooked poultry including turkey2........ 0.066 13.1 4.4 1.9 0.8 2.9

Fish and seafood...................................... 0.288 12.2 2.3 0.8 0.0 1.9

Fresh fish and seafood1, 2......................... 0.148 13.1 2.2 1.5 0.9 2.2

Processed fish and seafood2

...................... 0.141 11.2 2.3 1.3 -0.7 1.4

Shelf stable fish and seafood3

.................. 6.0 2.0 3.0 -2.5 1.3

Frozen fish and seafood3

........................ 14.0 3.1 1.2 -0.7 2.0

Eggs1

....................................................... 0.123 32.2 5.0 1.9 10.3 5.0

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, May 2022 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

May

2021-

May

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Feb.

2022-

Mar.

2022

Mar.

2022-

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Dairy and related products................................... 0.773 11.8 2.6 1.2 2.5 2.9

Milk2

........................................................... 0.203 15.9 2.8 1.3 3.1 2.8

Fresh whole milk3........................................ 16.9 3.4 1.6 3.1 3.9

Fresh milk other than whole2, 3......................... 15.8 2.7 1.1 3.4 2.6

Cheese and related products1............................. 0.254 8.7 2.0 1.1 2.1 2.0

Ice cream and related products........................... 0.112 9.6 2.5 -0.2 1.7 4.3

Other dairy and related products1, 2...................... 0.204 12.9 3.4 2.3 2.3 3.4

Fruits and vegetables......................................... 1.432 8.2 0.7 1.5 -0.3 0.6

Fresh fruits and vegetables................................ 1.099 7.6 0.3 1.3 -0.3 0.4

Fresh fruits................................................ 0.601 8.5 0.0 0.1 -0.5 0.2

Apples................................................... 0.078 6.2 0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.1

Bananas1

............................................... 0.079 5.6 1.3 1.1 -0.6 1.3

Citrus fruits2............................................ 0.176 16.1 0.7 3.2 -0.6 -1.5

Oranges, including tangerines3.................... 14.6 2.1 3.0 -0.7 -1.8

Other fresh fruits2...................................... 0.268 5.3 -0.8 -0.8 -1.4 1.0

Fresh vegetables......................................... 0.498 6.4 0.6 2.6 0.0 0.6

Potatoes................................................. 0.078 8.6 2.2 3.2 2.0 -0.1

Lettuce1

................................................. 0.060 11.4 -1.8 3.0 0.3 -1.8

Tomatoes............................................... 0.079 2.0 -0.2 1.4 0.3 2.9

Other fresh vegetables................................ 0.280 6.0 0.9 2.4 0.0 0.3

Processed fruits and vegetables2

...................... 0.332 10.2 1.9 2.4 -0.5 1.4

Canned fruits and vegetables2

....................... 0.170 12.1 2.7 3.8 -0.3 1.9

Canned fruits2, 3

..................................... 12.3 3.8 2.4 -0.8 3.7

Canned vegetables2, 3.............................. 11.7 2.0 4.2 -0.1 1.0

Frozen fruits and vegetables2........................ 0.099 9.1 1.2 0.0 0.1 1.5

Frozen vegetables3................................. 8.4 2.0 0.9 -0.1 1.8

Other processed fruits and vegetables including

dried2

................................................. 0.064 7.3 0.8 1.9 -0.2 0.1

Dried beans, peas, and lentils1, 2, 3............... 10.5 0.2 4.4 -0.2 0.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . .. 0.950 12.0 1.0 1.2 2.0 1.7

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks2

........................... 0.669 11.8 0.8 1.4 1.9 1.8

Carbonated drinks........................................ 0.278 13.2 1.5 1.4 1.8 2.5

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks1, 2.......... 0.007 5.7 1.5 -0.1 0.5 1.5

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks2......... 0.384 10.9 0.3 1.2 2.4 1.0

Beverage materials including coffee and tea2........... 0.281 12.4 1.6 0.9 2.2 1.6

Coffee...................................................... 0.182 15.3 2.4 0.2 2.4 2.1

Roasted coffee3

........................................ 15.6 2.4 0.4 2.6 1.8

Instant coffee1, 3

........................................ 12.9 1.7 -0.3 3.7 1.7

Other beverage materials including tea1, 2............ 0.100 7.2 0.1 1.4 1.9 0.1

Other food at home............................................ 2.198 12.6 1.2 2.0 0.7 1.6

Sugar and sweets1.......................................... 0.278 8.1 0.6 1.3 -0.2 0.6

Sugar and sugar substitutes............................ 0.040 9.3 2.7 1.6 -0.8 2.3

Candy and chewing gum1, 2............................. 0.176 6.2 -0.2 0.9 -0.8 -0.2

Other sweets2

............................................. 0.061 12.7 1.6 2.2 1.6 2.3

Fats and oils................................................. 0.242 16.9 2.4 2.9 1.2 2.2

Butter and margarine2................................... 0.075 20.2 3.2 5.8 4.7 1.9

Butter3

................................................... 15.9 2.8 6.0 3.7 0.6

Margarine1, 3

............................................ 25.0 3.2 3.2 7.1 3.2

Salad dressing2

........................................... 0.056 12.4 0.7 3.5 0.7 0.5

Other fats and oils including peanut butter2

. . . . . . . . .. 0.110 16.8 2.8 0.2 -0.8 3.2

Peanut butter1, 2, 3..................................... 12.1 3.3 -1.5 -0.3 3.3

Other foods................................................ 1.678 12.8 1.2 2.0 0.8 1.7

Soups.................................................... 0.101 13.9 1.7 0.7 2.3 0.4

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods........... 0.272 15.0 0.6 2.8 -0.1 0.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, May 2022 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

May

2021-

May

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Feb.

2022-

Mar.

2022

Mar.

2022-

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Snacks1................................................. 0.362 13.6 1.7 1.7 0.7 1.7

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces........... 0.322 10.1 1.4 2.8 0.4 1.6

Salt and other seasonings and spices2, 3

........ 11.3 1.7 4.8 0.5 1.5

Olives, pickles, relishes1, 2, 3....................... 11.9 0.3 3.2 -0.1 0.3

Sauces and gravies2, 3............................. 11.3 1.5 1.4 1.6 2.0

Other condiments3.................................. 7.0 1.9 0.1 -1.8 2.4

Baby food1, 2........................................... 0.044 12.9 0.0 1.6 3.0 0.0

Other miscellaneous foods2.......................... 0.576 12.6 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.9

Prepared salads3, 4................................. 11.5 1.5 0.1 1.7 3.6

Food away from home1.......................................... 5.117 7.4 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.7

Full service meals and snacks1, 2........................... 2.392 9.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8

Limited service meals and snacks1, 2....................... 2.484 7.3 0.7 -0.2 0.3 0.7

Food at employee sites and schools1, 2.................... 0.035 -30.5 0.4 1.5 0.1 0.4

Food at elementary and secondary schools1, 3, 5....... -43.5 0.3 1.2 0.1 0.3

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors1, 2. . .. 0.036 8.0 2.0 -0.2 1.5 2.0

Other food away from home1, 2.............................. 0.170 5.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.5

Energy................................................................ 8.255 34.6 6.1 11.0 -2.7 3.9

Energy commodities............................................. 4.862 50.3 8.0 18.1 -5.4 4.5

Fuel oil and other fuels........................................ 0.242 75.9 11.3 15.7 3.7 13.1

Fuel oil1

....................................................... 0.165 106.7 16.9 22.3 2.7 16.9

Propane, kerosene, and firewood6

........................ 0.078 28.0 -0.6 3.4 1.4 1.5

Motor fuel....................................................... 4.619 49.1 7.8 18.3 -5.8 4.1

Gasoline (all types)......................................... 4.519 48.7 7.8 18.3 -6.1 4.1

Gasoline, unleaded regular3

............................ 49.5 8.2 19.3 -6.4 4.6

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade3, 7....................... 45.9 6.7 17.4 -4.0 3.1

Gasoline, unleaded premium3

.......................... 42.9 5.8 17.0 -3.5 2.5

Other motor fuels1, 2........................................ 0.100 73.4 7.6 22.9 6.9 7.6

Energy services................................................... 3.393 16.2 3.4 1.8 1.3 3.0

Electricity........................................................ 2.521 12.0 1.9 2.2 0.7 1.3

Utility (piped) gas service..................................... 0.873 30.2 7.8 0.6 3.1 8.0

All items less food and energy.................................... 78.324 6.0 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.6

Commodities less food and energy commodities............ 21.403 8.5 0.4 -0.4 0.2 0.7

Household furnishings and supplies8

....................... 3.969 9.7 0.1 1.0 0.5 0.1

Window and floor coverings and other linens1, 2........ 0.296 7.2 -0.4 0.8 0.8 -0.4

Floor coverings1, 2........................................ 0.066 10.9 2.2 -1.6 0.8 2.2

Window coverings1, 2..................................... 0.060 18.9 -2.0 5.4 4.7 -2.0

Other linens1, 2............................................ 0.169 1.8 -0.9 0.3 -0.5 -0.9

Furniture and bedding1

..................................... 0.979 12.7 -0.2 0.6 1.5 -0.2

Bedroom furniture1

....................................... 0.322 10.9 -1.6 0.4 1.7 -1.6

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture1, 2. .. 0.469 13.3 0.7 0.3 1.1 0.7

Other furniture2........................................... 0.180 13.7 -0.1 1.5 2.0 0.3

Appliances2

.................................................. 0.257 6.4 -0.9 1.5 -0.5 -0.7

Major appliances2

........................................ 0.087 9.5 -2.4 2.8 -0.8 -2.0

Laundry equipment1, 3

................................. 2.7 -0.1 0.5 -3.1 -0.1

Other appliances1, 2...................................... 0.167 4.8 -0.1 0.5 -0.1 -0.1

Other household equipment and furnishings2........... 0.575 5.8 -2.0 2.4 -1.6 -1.7

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items1

.................. 0.349 6.4 -3.7 1.9 -1.1 -3.7

Indoor plants and flowers9

.............................. 0.099 4.8 1.1 1.1 -1.7 0.1

Dishes and flatware1, 2................................... 0.051 6.1 0.6 3.1 -0.3 0.6

Nonelectric cookware and tableware1, 2............... 0.076 5.1 0.3 1.8 0.3 0.3

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies2

. . .. 0.931 11.0 1.2 0.6 0.6 1.1

Tools, hardware and supplies1, 2....................... 0.244 10.8 0.6 1.5 1.2 0.6

Outdoor equipment and supplies2

...................... 0.462 11.1 1.4 0.6 0.1 1.1

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, May 2022 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

May

2021-

May

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Feb.

2022-

Mar.

2022

Mar.

2022-

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Housekeeping supplies1.................................... 0.933 9.2 1.0 0.6 1.3 1.0

Household cleaning products1, 2........................ 0.346 9.9 0.3 1.2 1.7 0.3

Household paper products1, 2........................... 0.214 7.3 -0.1 1.3 0.5 -0.1

Miscellaneous household products1, 2................. 0.373 9.7 2.4 -0.3 1.3 2.4

Apparel.......................................................... 2.489 5.0 -0.1 0.6 -0.8 0.7

Men’s and boys’ apparel................................... 0.632 7.3 0.0 1.1 0.3 0.2

Men’s apparel............................................. 0.487 7.8 0.1 1.1 0.3 0.2

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear............ 0.078 22.3 1.9 0.7 6.6 1.5

Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories1

......................................... 0.161 6.0 0.2 0.3 -1.3 0.2

Men’s shirts and sweaters2

........................... 0.119 11.2 -0.6 -0.7 -0.9 1.8

Men’s pants and shorts............................... 0.123 -1.6 -0.4 3.6 -1.9 -1.2

Boys’ apparel............................................. 0.145 5.9 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0.2

Women’s and girls’ apparel................................ 0.981 4.1 -1.0 0.4 -0.9 0.6

Women’s apparel......................................... 0.821 4.9 -0.7 0.0 -1.0 0.7

Women’s outerwear................................... 0.059 8.0 1.0 -1.3 0.4 2.0

Women’s dresses...................................... 0.092 8.8 -2.2 -1.0 0.7 2.2

Women’s suits and separates2

....................... 0.396 3.8 -1.6 0.5 -2.3 -0.6

Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories2......................................... 0.267 4.7 0.7 -2.4 -0.9 0.6

Girls’ apparel.............................................. 0.160 0.5 -2.5 2.2 -0.5 0.2

Footwear..................................................... 0.604 4.5 0.4 0.1 -1.3 0.9

Men’s footwear1.......................................... 0.203 2.8 0.4 0.4 -1.1 0.4

Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................ 0.116 5.0 1.6 -1.5 -1.4 3.2

Women’s footwear........................................ 0.285 5.6 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel.............................. 0.115 10.2 2.2 -1.5 -0.7 2.0

Jewelry and watches6

...................................... 0.158 -0.6 1.1 2.8 -1.8 0.9

Watches1, 6................................................ 0.030 0.5 -0.7 -1.5 1.1 -0.7

Jewelry6

.................................................... 0.127 -1.2 1.5 4.4 -1.3 0.8

Transportation commodities less motor fuel8

.............. 8.536 14.1 0.9 -1.7 0.4 1.4

New vehicles................................................. 4.031 12.6 1.0 0.2 1.1 1.0

New cars3................................................. 13.7 1.2 0.3 1.7 1.1

New trucks3, 10............................................ 12.2 0.9 0.2 0.9 1.0

Used cars and trucks....................................... 3.992 16.1 0.7 -3.8 -0.4 1.8

Motor vehicle parts and equipment1...................... 0.426 15.3 1.5 -0.2 1.2 1.5

Tires1....................................................... 0.271 15.7 1.1 -0.1 0.9 1.1

Vehicle accessories other than tires1, 2................ 0.155 14.5 2.3 -0.3 1.6 2.3

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires1, 3

... 12.0 2.6 -0.1 0.9 2.6

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids1, 3

...................... 17.1 1.3 -1.2 3.7 1.3

Medical care commodities1

................................... 1.492 2.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3

Medicinal drugs1, 8.......................................... 1.392 2.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1

Prescription drugs1....................................... 1.021 1.9 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.1

Nonprescription drugs1, 8................................ 0.371 3.2 0.9 1.3 0.0 0.9

Medical equipment and supplies1, 8...................... 0.100 4.7 2.0 -0.2 0.3 2.0

Recreation commodities8

..................................... 1.901 3.8 0.1 -0.1 0.5 0.1

Video and audio products8

................................. 0.290 -5.2 -0.9 -1.8 -0.7 -1.4

Televisions................................................ 0.134 -9.5 -1.9 -2.4 -2.2 -3.0

Other video equipment2

................................. 0.026 -4.3 0.7 -1.3 -0.7 0.4

Audio equipment1

........................................ 0.072 -0.7 0.1 -2.3 1.0 0.1

Recorded music and music subscriptions1, 2......... 0.052 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2 0.6 -0.7

Pets and pet products1

..................................... 0.553 8.3 1.0 1.7 0.8 1.0

Pet food1, 2, 3

.............................................. 9.1 1.6 2.3 1.2 1.6

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories1, 2, 3

. . .. 7.1 0.1 0.6 -0.1 0.1

Sporting goods1

............................................. 0.562 5.7 -0.2 -0.6 0.9 -0.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, May 2022 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

May

2021-

May

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Feb.

2022-

Mar.

2022

Mar.

2022-

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Sports vehicles including bicycles1..................... 0.321 4.7 -0.2 -0.9 0.7 -0.2

Sports equipment1

........................................ 0.230 7.1 -0.2 -0.1 1.2 -0.2

Photographic equipment and supplies................... 0.020 3.7 1.7 -0.2 -1.4 2.7

Photographic equipment2, 3............................. 2.9 1.3 -0.2 -1.2 2.7

Recreational reading materials1........................... 0.097 2.7 0.0 -2.9 2.0 0.0

Newspapers and magazines1, 2........................ 0.056 4.8 0.2 -3.9 2.7 0.2

Recreational books1, 2................................... 0.040 -0.2 -0.4 -1.5 1.0 -0.4

Other recreational goods2.................................. 0.380 1.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2

Toys........................................................ 0.294 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

Toys, games, hobbies and playground

equipment2

, 3

......................................... 2.9 -1.0 -1.2 0.4 -0.6

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies1, 2............. 0.028 2.3 1.6 2.3 4.6 1.6

Music instruments and accessories1, 2................ 0.042 4.6 -0.4 0.8 -0.4 -0.4

Education and communication commodities8

.............. 0.794 -6.0 -1.7 -0.6 -2.6 -1.7

Educational books and supplies1

......................... 0.086 3.7 2.2 0.5 -0.1 2.2

College textbooks1, 3, 11.................................. 5.1 2.5 0.7 0.4 2.5

Information technology commodities8.................... 0.708 -7.1 -2.2 -0.7 -2.9 -2.2

Computers, peripherals, and smart home

assistants1

, 4............................................ 0.348 -1.8 -1.4 0.9 -2.1 -1.4

Computer software and accessories1, 2............... 0.019 -3.9 1.3 -1.0 -1.4 1.3

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other

consumer information items2......................... 0.341 -13.2 -3.2 -2.3 -3.7 -3.2

Smartphones1, 3, 12

.................................... -19.9 -5.0 -4.2 -4.3 -5.0

Alcoholic beverages........................................... 0.877 4.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.5

Alcoholic beverages at home.............................. 0.585 2.7 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home........ 0.222 4.5 0.2 0.9 0.2 0.4

Distilled spirits at home1

................................. 0.106 1.4 0.1 -0.6 0.5 0.1

Whiskey at home1, 3

................................... 2.7 0.1 -0.8 0.5 0.1

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home1, 3

. . .. 0.7 0.2 -0.6 0.5 0.2

Wine at home1

............................................ 0.256 1.8 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0

Alcoholic beverages away from home1

.................. 0.292 5.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.8

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from

home1

, 2, 3

............................................... 5.8 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.8

Wine away from home1, 2, 3

............................. 6.4 1.4 1.2 0.4 1.4

Distilled spirits away from home1, 2, 3.................. 5.5 0.2 0.7 0.9 0.2

Other goods8................................................... 1.344 6.2 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.8

Tobacco and smoking products1

.......................... 0.515 7.9 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.9

Cigarettes1, 2.............................................. 0.445 8.2 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.8

Tobacco products other than cigarettes1, 2........... 0.065 5.2 1.0 1.6 -0.2 1.0

Personal care products1

.................................... 0.643 2.8 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.3

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal

care products1, 2....................................... 0.331 4.4 0.2 1.1 1.2 0.2

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements1

............................................ 0.302 1.0 0.3 1.0 -0.7 0.3

Miscellaneous personal goods1, 2......................... 0.186 11.6 2.4 -0.9 0.2 2.4

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap3............. 14.3 1.2 1.6 0.3 1.0

Services less energy services.................................. 56.921 5.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6

Shelter........................................................... 32.437 5.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6

Rent of shelter13............................................. 32.068 5.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6

Rent of primary residence............................... 7.275 5.2 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6

Lodging away from home2

.............................. 1.011 19.3 2.5 3.3 1.7 0.9

Housing at school, excluding board13............... 0.124 1.6 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1

Other lodging away from home including hotels

and motels........................................... 0.887 22.2 2.9 3.7 2.0 1.0

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences13.............. 23.782 5.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, May 2022 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

May

2021-

May

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Feb.

2022-

Mar.

2022

Mar.

2022-

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence13. .. 22.545 5.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6

Tenants’ and household insurance1, 2................. 0.368 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1

Water and sewer and trash collection services2........... 1.092 4.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3

Water and sewerage maintenance....................... 0.787 4.0 0.1 -0.1 0.3 0.2

Garbage and trash collection1, 10......................... 0.305 5.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4

Household operations1, 2...................................... 0.820 5.3 2.1 2.1

Domestic services1, 2....................................... 0.238 1.6 0.8 0.1 -1.2 0.8

Gardening and lawncare services1, 2.....................

Moving, storage, freight expense1, 2...................... 0.102 4.0 2.4 -0.4 2.1 2.4

Repair of household items1, 2..............................

Medical care services......................................... 6.869 4.0 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4

Professional services....................................... 3.486 1.9 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1

Physicians’ services1

..................................... 1.842 1.1 -0.1 0.5 0.2 -0.1

Dental services........................................... 0.899 2.7 0.6 0.2 -0.2 0.6

Eyeglasses and eye care1, 6............................ 0.360 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1

Services by other medical professionals1, 6........... 0.386 4.5 0.7 -0.2 -0.3 0.7

Hospital and related services.............................. 2.536 3.8 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4

Hospital services14....................................... 2.165 3.9 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.5

Inpatient hospital services14, 3

........................ 3.9 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3

Outpatient hospital services3, 6

....................... 3.5 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.6

Nursing homes and adult day services14.............. 0.207 3.4 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0

Care of invalids and elderly at home1, 5............... 0.164 2.4 0.0 1.8 0.5 0.0

Health insurance1, 5......................................... 0.847 13.8 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.0

Transportation services....................................... 5.829 7.9 1.5 2.0 3.1 1.3

Leased cars and trucks1, 11................................

Car and truck rental2....................................... 0.155 -0.4 -0.7 11.7 0.8 1.7

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair1

.................. 1.022 6.1 0.5 -0.3 0.5 0.5

Motor vehicle body work1............................... 0.052 13.7 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.0

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing1............ 0.563 4.8 0.3 -1.0 1.2 0.3

Motor vehicle repair1, 2................................... 0.365 6.9 0.7 0.4 -0.7 0.7

Motor vehicle insurance.................................... 2.397 4.5 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.5

Motor vehicle fees1, 2....................................... 0.503 1.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.1

State motor vehicle registration and license

fees1, 2................................................... 0.291 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1

Parking and other fees1, 2............................... 0.197 1.4 0.2 -0.5 -0.3 0.2

Parking fees and tolls2, 3.............................. 2.3 0.6 -0.4 0.1 0.5

Public transportation........................................ 0.951 26.3 11.2 7.1 12.1 8.6

Airline fares................................................ 0.659 37.8 16.1 10.7 18.6 12.6

Other intercity transportation............................ 0.093 -3.6 0.0 0.1 -0.3 -0.3

Ship fare1, 2, 3

.......................................... -5.3 -0.9 -0.1 -1.0 -0.9

Intracity transportation1.................................. 0.197 3.6 0.4 1.6 0.2 0.4

Intracity mass transit1, 3, 8............................. 2.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0

Recreation services8

.......................................... 3.149 4.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5

Video and audio services8

................................. 1.155 5.6 1.2 0.3 0.8 1.4

Cable and satellite television service10................ 1.064 5.8 1.1 0.3 0.8 1.3

Video discs and other media, including rental of

video1

, 2.................................................. 0.091 3.1 2.3 0.4 0.7 2.3

Video discs and other media1, 2, 3

................... 4.4 6.5 -0.2 1.7 6.5

Rental of video discs and other media1, 2, 3

........ 6.2 1.0 0.7 0.7 1.0

Pet services including veterinary2

......................... 0.522 7.8 -0.4 2.5 1.1 -0.6

Pet services1, 2, 3

......................................... 7.4 0.5 0.3 1.7 0.5

Veterinarian services2, 3

................................. 7.4 -1.0 3.4 0.7 -1.1

Photographers and photo processing1, 2................. 0.030 5.6 0.4 0.9 1.8 0.4

Other recreation services2

................................. 1.441 3.2 0.3 -0.2 -0.3 0.3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, May 2022 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

May

2021-

May

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Feb.

2022-

Mar.

2022

Mar.

2022-

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or

other organizations, or participant sports fees1, 2.. 0.635 3.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5

Admissions1

............................................... 0.448 1.7 0.1 -1.3 -1.4 0.1

Admission to movies, theaters, and

concerts1, 2, 3

......................................... 6.4 0.0 1.1 1.1 0.0

Admission to sporting events1, 2, 3................... -10.8 -0.1 -5.9 -8.2 -0.1

Fees for lessons or instructions1, 6..................... 0.170 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0

Education and communication services8................... 5.356 1.7 0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.2

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare................. 2.503 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

College tuition and fees................................. 1.438 2.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1

Elementary and high school tuition and fees......... 0.313 2.9 1.3 0.3 0.1 1.2

Day care and preschool9

................................ 0.623 3.2 0.1 0.2 0.6 -0.1

Technical and business school tuition and fees1, 2... 0.039 1.0 0.3 -0.4 0.3 0.3

Postage and delivery services2........................... 0.083 4.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.7

Postage.................................................... 0.074 3.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.4

Delivery services2

........................................ 0.009 16.4 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.6

Telephone services1, 2...................................... 1.827 0.2 0.0 -0.6 0.2 0.0

Wireless telephone services1, 2......................... 1.519 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0.0 0.0

Residential telephone services1, 8...................... 0.308 4.7 -0.1 -0.2 0.7 -0.1

Internet services and electronic information

providers1

, 2................................................ 0.934 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.5

Other personal services1, 8................................... 1.369 6.5 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.1

Personal care services1

.................................... 0.539 6.2 0.5 -0.4 0.4 0.5

Haircuts and other personal care services1, 2. . . . . . .. 0.539 6.2 0.5 -0.4 0.4 0.5

Miscellaneous personal services1

......................... 0.830 6.6 -0.1 1.0 0.6 -0.1

Legal services1, 6......................................... 0.232 7.6 1.0 0.4 1.1 1.0

Funeral expenses1, 6..................................... 0.146 2.7 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.2

Laundry and dry cleaning services1, 2................. 0.153 10.1 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.2

Apparel services other than laundry and dry

cleaning1

, 2.............................................. 0.018 7.3 -2.6 3.8 0.6 -2.6

Financial services1, 6..................................... 0.198 5.0 -1.7 2.0 0.4 -1.7

Checking account and other bank services1, 2, 3

... 3.1 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0

Tax return preparation and other accounting

fees1

, 2, 3

..............................................

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

2

Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.

4

Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.

5

Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.

6

Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.

7

Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

8

Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.

9

Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.

10 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.

11 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.

12 Indexes on a December 2019=100 base.

13 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

14 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes,

May 2022

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Special aggregate indexes

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent

change

Seasonally adjusted percent

change

May

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

May

2021-

May

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

Feb.

2022-

Mar.

2022

Mar.

2022-

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2022-

May

2022

All items less food................................... 86.579 268.394 287.595 290.760 8.3 1.1 1.3 0.2 0.9

All items less shelter................................ 67.563 247.484 268.974 272.550 10.1 1.3 1.6 0.2 1.1

All items less food and shelter..................... 54.142 240.537 261.255 264.868 10.1 1.4 1.7 0.1 1.1

All items less food, shelter, and energy.......... 45.887 244.439 258.776 260.146 6.4 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.6

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used

cars and trucks.................................... 41.895 247.125 260.020 261.361 5.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5

All items less medical care......................... 91.638 256.971 276.967 280.207 9.0 1.2 1.3 0.3 1.0

All items less energy................................ 91.745 274.891 291.199 293.092 6.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7

Commodities......................................... 39.686 197.117 219.647 223.076 13.2 1.6 2.1 -0.3 1.3

Commodities less food, energy, and used

cars and trucks................................. 17.411 148.545 158.714 159.204 7.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4

Commodities less food........................... 26.264 162.903 183.754 187.042 14.8 1.8 2.7 -0.9 1.4

Commodities less food and beverages........ 25.388 159.470 180.477 183.797 15.3 1.8 2.8 -0.9 1.4

Services.............................................. 60.314 340.052 356.710 359.566 5.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8

Services less rent of shelter1

.................... 28.246 358.568 376.389 380.099 6.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.9

Services less medical care services........... 53.445 322.545 338.884 341.776 6.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8

Durables.............................................. 12.779 115.051 127.622 128.122 11.4 0.4 -0.9 0.1 0.1

Nondurables.......................................... 26.906 237.991 266.284 271.921 14.3 2.1 3.2 -0.2 1.9

Nondurables less food........................... 13.485 207.498 238.601 246.034 18.6 3.1 6.0 -1.5 2.3

Nondurables less food and beverages. . . . . . .. 12.609 204.141 236.569 244.396 19.7 3.3 6.4 -1.6 2.4

Nondurables less food, beverages, and

apparel.......................................... 10.120 260.377 309.706 322.565 23.9 4.2 8.5 -1.9 2.7

Nondurables less food and apparel............ 10.997 259.205 304.652 316.375 22.1 3.8 8.2 -1.6 2.7

Housing............................................... 41.954 278.648 295.259 297.868 6.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.8

Education and communication2

.................... 6.150 142.002 143.212 143.108 0.8 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1

Education2

......................................... 2.589 272.544 278.647 279.356 2.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

Communication2

.................................. 3.561 75.721 75.576 75.341 -0.5 -0.3 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3

Information and information processing2

.... 3.478 71.508 71.284 71.053 -0.6 -0.3 -0.5 -0.5 -0.3

Information technology, hardware and

services3...................................... 1.651 7.357 7.297 7.250 -1.5 -0.6 -0.4 -1.2 -0.6

Recreation2

........................................... 5.050 124.769 129.892 130.360 4.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4

Video and audio2................................. 1.445 109.731 112.568 113.457 3.4 0.8 -0.1 0.5 0.8

Pets, pet products and services2............... 1.075 184.359 198.626 199.268 8.1 0.3 2.1 0.9 0.2

Photography2...................................... 0.051 76.800 79.727 80.455 4.8 0.9 0.4 0.5 1.3

Food and beverages................................ 14.298 273.441 296.915 300.081 9.7 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.1

Domestically produced farm food............... 6.987 264.290 291.954 295.893 12.0 1.3 1.6 1.3 1.3

Other services....................................... 9.874 373.725 385.184 386.219 3.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3

Apparel less footwear............................... 1.885 112.430 118.568 118.220 5.1 -0.3 0.7 -0.6 0.6

Fuels and utilities.................................... 4.728 255.631 286.339 295.153 15.5 3.1 2.0 1.2 2.9

Household energy................................ 3.636 210.371 241.059 250.594 19.1 4.0 2.6 1.5 3.7

Medical care......................................... 8.362 523.918 541.515 543.488 3.7 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4

Transportation....................................... 18.984 229.689 266.892 274.282 19.4 2.8 3.9 -0.4 2.0

Private transportation............................ 18.033 227.144 265.383 271.545 19.5 2.3 3.8 -1.0 1.6

New and used motor vehicles2

............... 9.066 112.405 127.338 127.847 13.7 0.4 -1.2 0.9 0.9

Utilities and public transportation.................. 8.327 228.265 244.061 250.991 10.0 2.8 1.1 2.0 2.2

Household furnishings and operations........... 4.789 131.086 142.110 142.736 8.9 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.4

Other goods and services.......................... 2.713 473.011 500.673 502.966 6.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5

Personal care..................................... 2.198 241.814 255.213 256.147 5.9 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4

1

Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

2

Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

3

Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, May 2022

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Area Pricing

Schedule1

Percent change to May 2022 from: Percent change to Apr. 2022 from:

May

2021

Mar.

2022

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2021

Feb.

2022

Mar.

2022

U.S. city average............................................... M 8.6 1.7 1.1 8.3 1.9 0.6

Region and area size2

Northeast...................................................... M 7.5 1.5 0.9 7.2 1.9 0.6

Northeast - Size Class A................................. M 6.9 1.4 0.6 6.8 2.1 0.8

Northeast - Size Class B/C3

............................. M 8.2 1.6 1.2 7.6 1.7 0.4

New England4............................................. M 7.9 1.3 1.1 7.0 1.6 0.1

Middle Atlantic4

............................................ M 7.3 1.6 0.8 7.2 2.1 0.8

Midwest....................................................... M 8.8 2.0 1.5 8.2 1.8 0.5

Midwest - Size Class A................................... M 8.5 2.1 1.4 7.9 2.0 0.7

Midwest - Size Class B/C3............................... M 9.0 2.0 1.6 8.5 1.6 0.4

East North Central4

....................................... M 8.8 2.0 1.6 8.1 1.7 0.4

West North Central4....................................... M 8.8 2.0 1.3 8.5 2.0 0.7

South.......................................................... M 9.2 1.7 1.2 8.8 1.9 0.5

South - Size Class A...................................... M 9.6 1.9 1.3 9.0 2.0 0.5

South - Size Class B/C3.................................. M 9.1 1.6 1.2 8.7 1.8 0.4

South Atlantic4

............................................. M 9.2 1.5 1.1 8.8 1.6 0.3

East South Central4

....................................... M 7.7 1.8 1.1 7.8 2.2 0.7

West South Central4

...................................... M 9.9 2.1 1.4 9.3 2.4 0.6

West........................................................... M 8.3 1.5 0.8 8.3 2.0 0.7

West - Size Class A...................................... M 8.3 1.4 0.8 8.1 2.0 0.6

West - Size Class B/C3

................................... M 8.4 1.6 0.8 8.6 2.0 0.7

Mountain4

................................................... M 9.4 1.5 0.7 9.8 2.2 0.7

Pacific4

...................................................... M 8.0 1.5 0.8 7.8 1.9 0.7

Size classes

Size Class A5

................................................. M 8.4 1.7 1.0 8.0 2.0 0.6

Size Class B/C3.............................................. M 8.8 1.7 1.2 8.5 1.8 0.5

Selected local areas

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI........................ M 8.0 2.2 1.8 7.2 1.8 0.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.................. M 8.0 1.3 0.8 7.9 2.0 0.5

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA............... M 6.3 1.4 0.5 6.3 2.2 0.9

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA....................... 2 10.8 1.9

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD6

......................... 2 9.1 1.6

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI............................... 2 8.3 2.5

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX................ 2 8.5 2.4

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL........... 2 9.6 1.5

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD....... 2 8.4 2.2

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ7

............................. 2 11.0 2.5

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA..................... 2 5.0 1.5

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA............................. 2 9.1 2.1

St. Louis, MO-IL.............................................. 2 8.4 2.3

Urban Alaska................................................. 2 7.5 1.9

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH....................... 1 7.5 1.1

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX............................ 1 9.1 1.8

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO............................. 1 8.3 1.3

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI................ 1 8.7 1.9

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA4

................... 1 9.4 1.4

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA.................................... 1 8.3 1.1

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL8

................... 1 11.3 2.1

Urban Hawaii................................................. 1 7.0 1.6

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV6

. . . .. 1 7.5 1.5

1 Foods, fuels, and several other items are priced every month in all areas. Most other goods and services are priced as indicated: M - Every month.

1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.

2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.
3

Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

4

Indexes on a December 2017=100 base.

5

Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.

6

1998 - 2017 indexes based on substantially smaller sample.

7

Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.

8

Indexes on a 1987=100 base.

NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is,

therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national

index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national

average CPI for use in their escalator clauses.
Table 5. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) and the Consumer Price Index for

All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, all items index, May 2022

[Percent changes]

Month Year

Unadjusted 1-month percent change Unadjusted 12-month percent change

C-CPI-U1 CPI-U C-CPI-U1 CPI-U

December 2009............................. 2.5 2.7

December 2010............................. 1.3 1.5

December 2011............................. 2.9 3.0

December 2012............................. 1.5 1.7

December 2013............................. 1.3 1.5

December 2014............................. 0.5 0.8

December 2015............................. 0.4 0.7

December 2016............................. 1.8 2.1

December 2017............................. 1.7 2.1

December 2018............................. 1.5 1.9

December 2019............................. 1.8 2.3

January 2020............................... 0.4 0.4 2.0 2.5

February 2020.............................. 0.3 0.3 1.8 2.3

March 2020.................................. -0.2 -0.2 1.1 1.5

April 2020.................................... -0.5 -0.7 0.2 0.3

May 2020.................................... -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.1

June 2020................................... 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6

July 2020.................................... 0.6 0.5 0.9 1.0

August 2020................................. 0.4 0.3 1.3 1.3

September 2020............................ 0.1 0.1 1.4 1.4

October 2020............................... 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.2

November 2020............................. -0.1 -0.1 1.2 1.2

December 2020............................. 0.1 0.1 1.5 1.4

January 2021............................... 0.5 0.4 1.6 1.4

February 2021.............................. 0.5 0.5 1.8 1.7

March 2021.................................. 0.6 0.7 2.6 2.6

April 2021.................................... 0.8 0.8 4.0 4.2

May 2021.................................... 0.7 0.8 4.9 5.0

June 2021................................... 0.8 0.9 5.1 5.4

July 2021.................................... 0.5 0.5 5.0 5.4

August 2021................................. 0.2 0.2 4.8 5.3

September 2021............................ 0.3 0.3 5.0 5.4

October 2021............................... 0.8 0.8 5.9 6.2

November 2021............................. 0.5 0.5 6.4 6.8

December 2021............................. 0.3 0.3 6.6 7.0

January 2022............................... 0.8 0.8 7.0 7.5

February 2022.............................. 0.9 0.9 7.4 7.9

March 2022.................................. 1.2 1.3 8.0 8.5

April 2022.................................... 0.6 0.6 7.8 8.3

May 2022.................................... 1.0 1.1 8.0 8.6

1 The C-CPI-U is designed to be a closer approximation to a cost-of-living index in that it, in its final form, accounts for any substitution that

consumers make across item categories in response to changes in relative prices. Since the expenditure data required for the calculation of the

C-CPI-U are available only with a time lag, the C-CPI-U is issued first in preliminary form using the latest available expenditure data at that time and

is subject to four revisions.

Indexes are issued as initial estimates. Indexes are revised each quarter with the publication of January, April, July, and October data as updated

expenditure estimates become available. The C-CPI-U indexes are updated quarterly until they become final. January-March indexes are final in

January of the following year; April-June indexes are final in April of the following year; July-September indexes are final in July of the following year;

October-December indexes are final in October of the following year.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 1-month analysis table

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Apr. 2022-

May 2022

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Apr. 2022-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

All items................................................................. 100.000 1.0 0.04 L-Mar.2022 1.2

Food.................................................................. 13.421 1.2 0.158 0.09 L-Apr.2020 1.4

Food at home..................................................... 8.304 1.4 0.120 0.13 L-Mar.2022 1.5

Cereals and bakery products................................. 1.052 1.5 0.016 0.32 L-Mar.2022 1.5

Cereals and cereal products............................... 0.339 1.2 0.004 0.38 S-Jan.2022 1.1

Flour and prepared flour mixes......................... 0.053 1.0 0.001 0.89 L-Mar.2022 2.2

Breakfast cereal4

......................................... 0.144 1.3 0.002 0.68 S-Feb.2022 1.1

Rice, pasta, cornmeal.................................... 0.142 2.1 0.003 0.53 L-Mar.2022 2.8

Rice4, 5, 6

................................................ 2.6 0.62 L-Mar.2022 3.2

Bakery products4

......................................... 0.713 1.5 0.011 0.39 L-Jan.2022 2.0

Bread4, 5................................................. 0.200 0.5 0.001 0.53 S-Feb.2022 0.4

White bread4, 6

...................................... 0.6 0.74 S-Mar.2022 0.6

Bread other than white4, 6

.......................... 0.4 0.86 S-Feb.2022 0.4

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins5

......................... 0.108 0.2 0.000 1.00 L-Mar.2022 2.5

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies4...................... 0.174 3.1 0.005 0.67 L-EVER –

Cookies4, 6........................................... 4.0 0.77 L-Apr.2020 5.1

Fresh cakes and cupcakes4, 6

..................... 1.8 1.06 L-Jan.2022 2.4

Other bakery products................................ 0.231 1.6 0.004 0.67 L-Mar.2022 2.0

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts4, 6

.... 1.1 1.29 L-Feb.2022 4.1

Crackers, bread, and cracker products6. . . . . . . .. 1.0 1.31 L-Mar.2022 2.7

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies,

tarts, turnovers4, 6................................ 1.7 0.86 S-Feb.2022 1.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs................................ 1.899 1.1 0.022 0.25 S-Mar.2022 1.0

Meats, poultry, and fish.................................... 1.776 0.9 0.015 0.27 L-Mar.2022 0.9

Meats...................................................... 1.133 -0.1 -0.001 0.38 S-Jan.2022 -0.3

Beef and veal.......................................... 0.527 -0.7 -0.004 0.55 L-Mar.2022 0.3

Uncooked ground beef4

............................ 0.194 -0.7 -0.001 0.65 S-Dec.2021 -1.8

Uncooked beef roasts4, 5........................... 0.079 1.0 0.001 1.40 L-Feb.2022 1.6

Uncooked beef steaks5

............................. 0.203 -1.4 -0.003 0.93 L-Mar.2022 -0.7

Uncooked other beef and veal4, 5................. 0.052 -1.2 -0.001 1.15 S-Jan.2022 -3.6

Pork...................................................... 0.362 0.0 0.000 0.64 S-Jan.2022 -0.2

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related

products5

.......................................... 0.162 0.3 0.000 0.77 S-Jan.2022 -1.2

Bacon and related products6.................... -0.9 0.86 S-Aug.2020 -2.6

Breakfast sausage and related products5, 6... 2.7 1.20 L-Jun.2020 2.7

Ham................................................... 0.063 0.2 0.000 1.86 L-Feb.2022 3.0

Ham, excluding canned6

........................ 0.2 2.02 L-Feb.2022 2.9

Pork chops4.......................................... 0.053 -1.7 -0.001 1.63 S-Jan.2021 -2.4

Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs5... 0.084 -0.1 0.000 1.53 S-Jan.2022 -2.3

Other meats............................................ 0.244 1.2 0.003 0.60 S-Nov.2021 1.1

Frankfurters6......................................... 2.0 1.28 L-Mar.2022 2.4

Lunchmeats4, 5, 6

.................................... 1.5 0.59 S-Mar.2022 1.2

Poultry4.................................................. 0.355 3.0 0.011 0.51 – –

Chicken4, 5........................................... 0.289 2.7 0.008 0.62 S-Mar.2022 1.5

Fresh whole chicken4, 6.......................... 2.1 0.93 S-Mar.2022 1.8

Fresh and frozen chicken parts4, 6

............. 3.0 0.73 S-Mar.2022 1.4

Other uncooked poultry including turkey5........ 0.066 2.9 0.002 0.90 L-Jan.2022 4.2

Fish and seafood...................................... 0.288 1.9 0.006 0.56 L-Jul.2021 1.9

Fresh fish and seafood4, 5......................... 0.148 2.2 0.003 0.84 L-Jan.2022 2.4

Processed fish and seafood5

...................... 0.141 1.4 0.002 0.71 L-Feb.2022 2.3

Shelf stable fish and seafood6

.................. 1.3 0.91 L-Mar.2022 3.0

Frozen fish and seafood6

........................ 2.0 0.96 L-Feb.2022 2.4

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Apr. 2022-

May 2022

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Apr. 2022-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Eggs4

....................................................... 0.123 5.0 0.006 0.73 S-Mar.2022 1.9

Dairy and related products................................... 0.773 2.9 0.023 0.32 L-Jul.2007 3.4

Milk5........................................................... 0.203 2.8 0.006 0.43 S-Mar.2022 1.3

Fresh whole milk6........................................ 3.9 0.56 L-Aug.2020 4.3

Fresh milk other than whole5, 6......................... 2.6 0.65 S-Mar.2022 1.1

Cheese and related products4............................. 0.254 2.0 0.005 0.59 S-Mar.2022 1.1

Ice cream and related products........................... 0.112 4.3 0.005 0.94 L-Dec.2003 4.6

Other dairy and related products4, 5...................... 0.204 3.4 0.007 0.57 L-EVER –

Fruits and vegetables......................................... 1.432 0.6 0.009 0.33 L-Mar.2022 1.5

Fresh fruits and vegetables................................ 1.099 0.4 0.004 0.40 L-Mar.2022 1.3

Fresh fruits................................................ 0.601 0.2 0.001 0.62 L-Feb.2022 3.7

Apples................................................... 0.078 -0.1 0.000 1.09 L-Feb.2022 2.7

Bananas4

............................................... 0.079 1.3 0.001 0.71 L-Nov.2021 1.4

Citrus fruits5

............................................ 0.176 -1.5 -0.003 1.06 S-Jul.2021 -4.7

Oranges, including tangerines6.................... -1.8 1.43 S-Jul.2021 -4.7

Other fresh fruits5...................................... 0.268 1.0 0.002 1.07 L-Feb.2022 3.5

Fresh vegetables......................................... 0.498 0.6 0.003 0.51 L-Mar.2022 2.6

Potatoes................................................. 0.078 -0.1 0.000 0.77 S-Jan.2022 -2.9

Lettuce4

................................................. 0.060 -1.8 -0.001 0.92 S-Feb.2021 -1.9

Tomatoes............................................... 0.079 2.9 0.002 1.09 L-Mar.2020 4.1

Other fresh vegetables................................ 0.280 0.3 0.001 0.71 L-Mar.2022 2.4

Processed fruits and vegetables5

...................... 0.332 1.4 0.005 0.41 L-Mar.2022 2.4

Canned fruits and vegetables5

....................... 0.170 1.9 0.003 0.61 L-Mar.2022 3.8

Canned fruits5, 6..................................... 3.7 0.69 L-Jan.2022 3.9

Canned vegetables5, 6.............................. 1.0 0.72 L-Mar.2022 4.2

Frozen fruits and vegetables5........................ 0.099 1.5 0.002 0.88 L-Feb.2022 2.2

Frozen vegetables6

................................. 1.8 1.04 L-Feb.2022 2.7

Other processed fruits and vegetables including

dried5................................................. 0.064 0.1 0.000 0.94 L-Mar.2022 1.9

Dried beans, peas, and lentils4, 5, 6............... 0.2 0.90 L-Mar.2022 4.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . .. 0.950 1.7 0.016 0.40 S-Mar.2022 1.2

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks5........................... 0.669 1.8 0.012 0.49 S-Mar.2022 1.4

Carbonated drinks........................................ 0.278 2.5 0.007 0.85 L-Apr.2020 5.0

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4, 5.......... 0.007 1.5 0.000 0.66 L-Feb.2022 4.6

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks5......... 0.384 1.0 0.004 0.59 S-Jan.2022 0.5

Beverage materials including coffee and tea5........... 0.281 1.6 0.004 0.61 S-Mar.2022 0.9

Coffee...................................................... 0.182 2.1 0.004 0.79 S-Mar.2022 0.2

Roasted coffee6

........................................ 1.8 0.90 S-Mar.2022 0.4

Instant coffee4, 6

........................................ 1.7 1.86 S-Mar.2022 -0.3

Other beverage materials including tea4, 5............ 0.100 0.1 0.000 1.01 S-Dec.2021 -0.7

Other food at home............................................ 2.198 1.6 0.034 0.25 L-Mar.2022 2.0

Sugar and sweets4.......................................... 0.278 0.6 0.002 0.68 L-Mar.2022 1.3

Sugar and sugar substitutes............................ 0.040 2.3 0.001 0.59 L-Oct.2021 3.0

Candy and chewing gum4, 5............................. 0.176 -0.2 0.000 0.97 L-Mar.2022 0.9

Other sweets5

............................................. 0.061 2.3 0.001 0.82 L-Nov.2021 3.4

Fats and oils................................................. 0.242 2.2 0.005 0.59 L-Mar.2022 2.9

Butter and margarine5

................................... 0.075 1.9 0.001 1.06 S-Jan.2022 1.4

Butter6

................................................... 0.6 1.49 S-Dec.2021 -0.1

Margarine4, 6

............................................ 3.2 1.54 S-Mar.2022 3.2

Salad dressing5

........................................... 0.056 0.5 0.000 0.96 S-Jan.2022 0.4

Other fats and oils including peanut butter5

. . . . . . . . .. 0.110 3.2 0.003 0.95 L-Sep.2021 3.2

Peanut butter4, 5, 6

..................................... 3.3 0.58 L-Oct.2021 3.3

Other foods................................................ 1.678 1.7 0.028 0.29 L-Mar.2022 2.0

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Apr. 2022-

May 2022

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Apr. 2022-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Soups.................................................... 0.101 0.4 0.000 1.00 S-Dec.2021 0.3

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods........... 0.272 0.8 0.002 0.55 L-Mar.2022 2.8

Snacks4

................................................. 0.362 1.7 0.006 0.58 L-Mar.2022 1.7

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces........... 0.322 1.6 0.005 0.48 L-Mar.2022 2.8

Salt and other seasonings and spices5, 6........ 1.5 0.73 L-Mar.2022 4.8

Olives, pickles, relishes4, 5, 6....................... 0.3 0.86 L-Mar.2022 3.2

Sauces and gravies5, 6

............................. 2.0 1.02 L-Feb.2020 2.3

Other condiments6

.................................. 2.4 0.71 L-Nov.2021 2.8

Baby food4, 5........................................... 0.044 0.0 0.000 0.61 S-Dec.2021 -0.1

Other miscellaneous foods5

.......................... 0.576 1.9 0.011 0.60 L-Jan.2022 2.3

Prepared salads7, 6

................................. 3.6 1.61 L-EVER –

Food away from home4

.......................................... 5.117 0.7 0.038 0.11 L-Jan.2022 0.7

Full service meals and snacks4, 5........................... 2.392 0.8 0.019 0.14 S-Mar.2022 0.7

Limited service meals and snacks4, 5....................... 2.484 0.7 0.017 0.15 L-Jan.2022 0.7

Food at employee sites and schools4, 5.................... 0.035 0.4 0.000 2.22 L-Mar.2022 1.5

Food at elementary and secondary schools4, 8, 6....... 0.3 6.84 L-Mar.2022 1.2

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors4, 5. . .. 0.036 2.0 0.001 0.46 L-Jan.2022 2.6

Other food away from home4, 5.............................. 0.170 0.5 0.001 0.12 L-Feb.2022 0.8

Energy................................................................ 8.255 3.9 0.321 0.14 L-Mar.2022 11.0

Energy commodities............................................. 4.862 4.5 0.218 0.13 L-Mar.2022 18.1

Fuel oil and other fuels........................................ 0.242 13.1 0.032 0.65 L-Mar.2022 15.7

Fuel oil4

....................................................... 0.165 16.9 0.028 0.67 L-Mar.2022 22.3

Propane, kerosene, and firewood9........................ 0.078 1.5 0.001 0.83 L-Mar.2022 3.4

Motor fuel....................................................... 4.619 4.1 0.186 0.13 L-Mar.2022 18.3

Gasoline (all types)......................................... 4.519 4.1 0.183 0.13 L-Mar.2022 18.3

Gasoline, unleaded regular6

............................ 4.6 0.39 L-Mar.2022 19.3

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade10, 6...................... 3.1 0.36 L-Mar.2022 17.4

Gasoline, unleaded premium6

.......................... 2.5 0.36 L-Mar.2022 17.0

Other motor fuels4, 5........................................ 0.100 7.6 0.008 0.26 L-Mar.2022 22.9

Energy services................................................... 3.393 3.0 0.104 0.21 L-Jul.2008 3.2

Electricity........................................................ 2.521 1.3 0.034 0.21 L-Mar.2022 2.2

Utility (piped) gas service..................................... 0.873 8.0 0.070 0.37 L-Oct.2005 13.4

All items less food and energy.................................... 78.324 0.6 0.495 0.04 – –

Commodities less food and energy commodities............ 21.403 0.7 0.146 0.10 L-Jan.2022 1.0

Household furnishings and supplies11...................... 3.969 0.1 0.004 0.24 S-Jul.2021 0.0

Window and floor coverings and other linens4, 5........ 0.296 -0.4 -0.001 1.08 S-Nov.2021 -1.9

Floor coverings4, 5........................................ 0.066 2.2 0.001 1.03 L-Feb.2022 4.8

Window coverings4, 5..................................... 0.060 -2.0 -0.001 1.42 S-Feb.2022 -5.5

Other linens4, 5............................................ 0.169 -0.9 -0.002 1.57 S-Nov.2021 -4.6

Furniture and bedding4

..................................... 0.979 -0.2 -0.002 0.47 S-Jul.2021 -0.6

Bedroom furniture4....................................... 0.322 -1.6 -0.005 0.72 S-Apr.2020 -2.4

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture4, 5. .. 0.469 0.7 0.003 0.79 S-Mar.2022 0.3

Other furniture5........................................... 0.180 0.3 0.001 0.83 S-Feb.2022 -0.3

Appliances5

.................................................. 0.257 -0.7 -0.002 0.62 S-Jan.2021 -0.9

Major appliances5

........................................ 0.087 -2.0 -0.002 0.80 S-Dec.2020 -2.3

Laundry equipment4, 6

................................. -0.1 1.08 L-Mar.2022 0.5

Other appliances4, 5...................................... 0.167 -0.1 0.000 0.85 – –

Other household equipment and furnishings5........... 0.575 -1.7 -0.010 0.54 S-Oct.2020 -2.1

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items4

.................. 0.349 -3.7 -0.013 0.66 S-Dec.2018 -3.8

Indoor plants and flowers12............................. 0.099 0.1 0.000 0.89 L-Mar.2022 1.1

Dishes and flatware4, 5................................... 0.051 0.6 0.000 1.90 L-Mar.2022 3.1

Nonelectric cookware and tableware4, 5............... 0.076 0.3 0.000 1.17 – –

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Apr. 2022-

May 2022

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Apr. 2022-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies5

. . .. 0.931 1.1 0.010 0.34 L-Jan.2022 2.2

Tools, hardware and supplies4, 5....................... 0.244 0.6 0.001 0.57 S-Dec.2021 0.4

Outdoor equipment and supplies5

...................... 0.462 1.1 0.005 0.43 L-Jan.2022 2.1

Housekeeping supplies4.................................... 0.933 1.0 0.010 0.34 S-Mar.2022 0.6

Household cleaning products4, 5........................ 0.346 0.3 0.001 0.54 S-Nov.2021 0.0

Household paper products4, 5........................... 0.214 -0.1 0.000 0.45 S-Aug.2021 -1.2

Miscellaneous household products4, 5................. 0.373 2.4 0.009 0.57 L-Apr.2020 3.0

Apparel.......................................................... 2.489 0.7 0.016 0.37 L-Feb.2022 0.7

Men’s and boys’ apparel................................... 0.632 0.2 0.001 0.69 S-Sep.2021 0.1

Men’s apparel............................................. 0.487 0.2 0.001 0.83 S-Jan.2022 0.1

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear............ 0.078 1.5 0.001 2.00 S-Mar.2022 0.7

Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories4......................................... 0.161 0.2 0.000 1.01 L-Mar.2022 0.3

Men’s shirts and sweaters5

........................... 0.119 1.8 0.002 1.26 L-Jan.2022 2.4

Men’s pants and shorts............................... 0.123 -1.2 -0.001 1.42 L-Mar.2022 3.6

Boys’ apparel............................................. 0.145 0.2 0.000 1.14 – –

Women’s and girls’ apparel................................ 0.981 0.6 0.006 0.62 L-Feb.2022 1.2

Women’s apparel......................................... 0.821 0.7 0.006 0.69 L-Feb.2022 1.5

Women’s outerwear................................... 0.059 2.0 0.001 1.73 L-Jan.2022 6.5

Women’s dresses...................................... 0.092 2.2 0.002 1.69 L-Jul.2021 5.6

Women’s suits and separates5

....................... 0.396 -0.6 -0.002 1.10 L-Mar.2022 0.5

Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories5......................................... 0.267 0.6 0.002 0.96 L-Feb.2022 3.8

Girls’ apparel.............................................. 0.160 0.2 0.000 1.39 L-Mar.2022 2.2

Footwear..................................................... 0.604 0.9 0.006 0.51 L-Feb.2022 1.3

Men’s footwear4

.......................................... 0.203 0.4 0.001 0.74 L-Mar.2022 0.4

Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................ 0.116 3.2 0.004 1.15 L-Apr.2021 4.2

Women’s footwear........................................ 0.285 0.5 0.002 0.73 L-Jan.2022 0.8

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel.............................. 0.115 2.0 0.002 1.54 L-Feb.2022 2.1

Jewelry and watches9

...................................... 0.158 0.9 0.001 1.23 L-Mar.2022 2.8

Watches4, 9................................................ 0.030 -0.7 0.000 1.52 S-Mar.2022 -1.5

Jewelry9

.................................................... 0.127 0.8 0.001 1.50 L-Mar.2022 4.4

Transportation commodities less motor fuel11............. 8.536 1.4 0.118 0.13 L-Dec.2021 2.2

New vehicles................................................. 4.031 1.0 0.039 0.24 S-Mar.2022 0.2

New cars6................................................. 1.1 0.36 S-Mar.2022 0.3

New trucks13, 6

............................................ 1.0 0.34 L-Dec.2021 1.0

Used cars and trucks....................................... 3.992 1.8 0.072 0.02 L-Dec.2021 3.3

Motor vehicle parts and equipment4

...................... 0.426 1.5 0.007 0.42 L-Feb.2022 1.6

Tires4....................................................... 0.271 1.1 0.003 0.54 L-Feb.2022 1.5

Vehicle accessories other than tires4, 5................ 0.155 2.3 0.004 0.55 L-EVER –

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires4, 6... 2.6 0.66 L-EVER –

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids4, 6...................... 1.3 0.76 S-Mar.2022 -1.2

Medical care commodities4................................... 1.492 0.3 0.004 0.20 L-Feb.2022 0.3

Medicinal drugs4, 11......................................... 1.392 0.1 0.002 0.21 L-Mar.2022 0.2

Prescription drugs4....................................... 1.021 -0.1 -0.001 0.17 S-Mar.2022 -0.2

Nonprescription drugs4, 11............................... 0.371 0.9 0.003 0.51 L-Mar.2022 1.3

Medical equipment and supplies4, 11..................... 0.100 2.0 0.002 0.49 L-Jan.2021 3.5

Recreation commodities11.................................... 1.901 0.1 0.002 0.24 S-Mar.2022 -0.1

Video and audio products11................................ 0.290 -1.4 -0.004 0.43 S-Mar.2022 -1.8

Televisions................................................ 0.134 -3.0 -0.004 0.58 S-Mar.2019 -4.1

Other video equipment5

................................. 0.026 0.4 0.000 1.14 L-Feb.2022 0.7

Audio equipment4

........................................ 0.072 0.1 0.000 1.11 S-Mar.2022 -2.3

Recorded music and music subscriptions4, 5......... 0.052 -0.7 0.000 0.38 S-Feb.2022 -1.1

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Apr. 2022-

May 2022

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Apr. 2022-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Pets and pet products4

..................................... 0.553 1.0 0.006 0.36 L-Mar.2022 1.7

Pet food4, 5, 6

.............................................. 1.6 0.36 L-Mar.2022 2.3

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories4, 5, 6

. . .. 0.1 0.75 L-Mar.2022 0.6

Sporting goods4............................................. 0.562 -0.2 -0.001 0.50 S-Mar.2022 -0.6

Sports vehicles including bicycles4..................... 0.321 -0.2 -0.001 0.74 S-Mar.2022 -0.9

Sports equipment4........................................ 0.230 -0.2 0.000 0.48 S-Nov.2021 -0.5

Photographic equipment and supplies................... 0.020 2.7 0.001 0.79 L-Feb.2020 4.4

Photographic equipment5, 6

............................. 2.7 0.75 L-Feb.2020 5.1

Recreational reading materials4

........................... 0.097 0.0 0.000 0.63 S-Mar.2022 -2.9

Newspapers and magazines4, 5........................ 0.056 0.2 0.000 0.82 S-Mar.2022 -3.9

Recreational books4, 5................................... 0.040 -0.4 0.000 0.85 S-Mar.2022 -1.5

Other recreational goods5

.................................. 0.380 0.2 0.001 0.56 S-Jan.2022 0.0

Toys........................................................ 0.294 0.1 0.000 0.67 L-Feb.2022 0.9

Toys, games, hobbies and playground

equipment5

, 6

......................................... -0.6 0.90 S-Mar.2022 -1.2

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies4, 5............. 0.028 1.6 0.000 1.60 S-Jan.2022 -0.8

Music instruments and accessories4, 5................ 0.042 -0.4 0.000 0.93 – –

Education and communication commodities11............. 0.794 -1.7 -0.014 0.55 L-Mar.2022 -0.6

Educational books and supplies4......................... 0.086 2.2 0.002 0.85 L-Jan.2022 2.7

College textbooks4, 14, 6.................................. 2.5 0.73 L-Jan.2022 3.2

Information technology commodities11................... 0.708 -2.2 -0.015 0.70 L-Mar.2022 -0.7

Computers, peripherals, and smart home

assistants4

, 7............................................ 0.348 -1.4 -0.005 0.83 L-Mar.2022 0.9

Computer software and accessories4, 5............... 0.019 1.3 0.000 1.40 L-Oct.2021 3.3

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other

consumer information items5

......................... 0.341 -3.2 -0.011 0.85 L-Mar.2022 -2.3

Smartphones4, 6, 15

.................................... -5.0 1.16 S-Nov.2020 -6.2

Alcoholic beverages........................................... 0.877 0.5 0.004 0.20 L-Mar.2022 0.5

Alcoholic beverages at home.............................. 0.585 0.3 0.002 0.25 – –

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home........ 0.222 0.4 0.001 0.38 L-Mar.2022 0.9

Distilled spirits at home4

................................. 0.106 0.1 0.000 0.34 S-Mar.2022 -0.6

Whiskey at home4, 6

................................... 0.1 0.42 S-Mar.2022 -0.8

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home4, 6

. . .. 0.2 0.52 S-Mar.2022 -0.6

Wine at home4............................................ 0.256 0.0 0.000 0.39 S-Dec.2021 -1.1

Alcoholic beverages away from home4.................. 0.292 0.8 0.002 0.24 L-Dec.2021 1.0

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from

home4

, 5, 6

............................................... 0.8 0.29 L-Jan.2022 1.0

Wine away from home4, 5, 6

............................. 1.4 0.29 L-Jun.2012 1.5

Distilled spirits away from home4, 5, 6.................. 0.2 0.31 S-Nov.2021 -0.4

Other goods11.................................................. 1.344 0.8 0.011 0.21 L-Feb.2022 0.9

Tobacco and smoking products4

.......................... 0.515 0.9 0.004 0.20 L-Nov.2021 0.9

Cigarettes4, 5.............................................. 0.445 0.8 0.004 0.22 L-Dec.2021 0.8

Tobacco products other than cigarettes4, 5........... 0.065 1.0 0.001 0.33 L-Mar.2022 1.6

Personal care products4

.................................... 0.643 0.3 0.002 0.26 – –

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal

care products4, 5....................................... 0.331 0.2 0.001 0.33 S-Dec.2021 0.0

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements4............................................ 0.302 0.3 0.001 0.37 L-Mar.2022 1.0

Miscellaneous personal goods4, 5......................... 0.186 2.4 0.005 0.88 L-Jan.2022 3.5

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap6

............. 1.0 0.71 L-Mar.2022 1.6

Services less energy services.................................. 56.921 0.6 0.351 0.05 S-Mar.2022 0.6

Shelter........................................................... 32.437 0.6 0.198 0.06 L-Mar.2004 0.6

Rent of shelter16............................................. 32.068 0.6 0.200 0.06 L-Feb.2022 0.6

Rent of primary residence............................... 7.275 0.6 0.046 0.05 – –

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Apr. 2022-

May 2022

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Apr. 2022-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Lodging away from home5

.............................. 1.011 0.9 0.009 1.65 S-Jan.2022 -3.9

Housing at school, excluding board16............... 0.124 0.1 0.000 0.05 S-Jan.2022 0.0

Other lodging away from home including hotels

and motels........................................... 0.887 1.0 0.009 1.90 S-Jan.2022 -4.2

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences16.............. 23.782 0.6 0.144 0.05 L-Aug.1990 0.7

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence16. .. 22.545 0.6 0.137 0.05 L-Aug.1990 0.7

Tenants’ and household insurance4, 5................. 0.368 -0.1 0.000 0.12 S-Mar.2022 -0.1

Water and sewer and trash collection services5

........ 1.092 0.3 0.003 0.10 – –

Water and sewerage maintenance..................... 0.787 0.2 0.002 0.10 S-Mar.2022 -0.1

Garbage and trash collection4, 13....................... 0.305 0.4 0.001 0.26 L-Mar.2022 0.4

Household operations4, 5................................... 0.820 2.1 0.017 0.25 L-May 2021 3.1

Domestic services4, 5..................................... 0.238 0.8 0.002 0.38 L-Jan.2022 0.9

Gardening and lawncare services4, 5..................

Moving, storage, freight expense4, 5................... 0.102 2.4 0.002 1.45 L-May 2021 5.5

Repair of household items4, 5...........................

Medical care services...................................... 6.869 0.4 0.030 0.13 S-Feb.2022 0.1

Professional services.................................... 3.486 0.1 0.003 0.20 L-Mar.2022 0.3

Physicians’ services4

.................................. 1.842 -0.1 -0.003 0.27 S-Feb.2022 -0.1

Dental services......................................... 0.899 0.6 0.005 0.19 L-Aug.2021 1.1

Eyeglasses and eye care4, 9......................... 0.360 0.1 0.000 0.37 S-Mar.2022 0.0

Services by other medical professionals4, 9........ 0.386 0.7 0.003 0.10 L-Feb.2022 0.8

Hospital and related services........................... 2.536 0.4 0.011 0.12 S-Feb.2022 0.0

Hospital services17..................................... 2.165 0.5 0.010 0.13 – –

Inpatient hospital services17, 6..................... 0.3 0.36 S-Mar.2022 0.3

Outpatient hospital services9, 6.................... 0.6 0.34 S-Mar.2022 0.4

Nursing homes and adult day services17........... 0.207 0.0 0.000 0.16 S-Aug.2021 0.0

Care of invalids and elderly at home4, 8............ 0.164 0.0 0.000 0.24 S-Dec.2021 -2.0

Health insurance4, 8...................................... 0.847 2.0 0.017 0.15 – –

Transportation services..................................... 5.829 1.3 0.074 0.19 S-Jan.2022 1.0

Leased cars and trucks4, 14

.............................

Car and truck rental5..................................... 0.155 1.7 0.003 1.79 L-Mar.2022 11.7

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair4............... 1.022 0.5 0.005 0.21 – –

Motor vehicle body work4

............................. 0.052 1.0 0.001 0.26 S-Jan.2022 0.6

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing4......... 0.563 0.3 0.001 0.25 S-Mar.2022 -1.0

Motor vehicle repair4, 5................................ 0.365 0.7 0.003 0.31 L-Feb.2022 4.3

Motor vehicle insurance................................. 2.397 0.5 0.013 0.19 S-Dec.2021 -0.2

Motor vehicle fees4, 5.................................... 0.503 0.1 0.001 0.23 L-Feb.2022 0.1

State motor vehicle registration and license

fees4, 5................................................ 0.291 0.1 0.000 0.02 L-Mar.2022 0.1

Parking and other fees4, 5............................ 0.197 0.2 0.000 0.45 L-Feb.2022 0.4

Parking fees and tolls5, 6........................... 0.5 0.53 L-Dec.2021 0.5

Public transportation..................................... 0.951 8.6 0.082 0.65 S-Mar.2022 7.1

Airline fares............................................. 0.659 12.6 0.083 0.97 S-Mar.2022 10.7

Other intercity transportation......................... 0.093 -0.3 0.000 0.62 – –

Ship fare4, 5, 6

........................................ -0.9 0.82 L-Mar.2022 -0.1

Intracity transportation4............................... 0.197 0.4 0.001 0.92 L-Mar.2022 1.6

Intracity mass transit4, 11, 6......................... 0.0 0.26 – –

Recreation services11....................................... 3.149 0.5 0.017 0.21 L-Feb.2022 0.6

Video and audio services11............................. 1.155 1.4 0.016 0.17 L-EVER –

Cable and satellite television service13............. 1.064 1.3 0.014 0.13 L-Jan.2022 1.3

Video discs and other media, including rental of

video4

, 5............................................... 0.091 2.3 0.002 1.04 L-Feb.2021 2.9

Video discs and other media4, 5, 6

................ 6.5 1.84 L-EVER –

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Apr. 2022-

May 2022

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Apr. 2022-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Rental of video discs and other media4, 5, 6

. . . .. 1.0 0.22 L-Feb.2022 2.1

Pet services including veterinary5

...................... 0.522 -0.6 -0.003 0.32 S-Dec.2016 -0.7

Pet services4, 5, 6

....................................... 0.5 0.39 S-Mar.2022 0.3

Veterinarian services5, 6............................... -1.1 0.60 S-EVER –

Photographers and photo processing4, 5.............. 0.030 0.4 0.000 0.45 S-Feb.2022 0.3

Other recreation services5............................... 1.441 0.3 0.004 0.41 L-Feb.2022 0.7

Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or

other organizations, or participant sports

fees4, 5................................................ 0.635 0.5 0.003 0.28 L-Jan.2022 0.6

Admissions4

............................................ 0.448 0.1 0.000 0.87 L-Feb.2022 1.6

Admission to movies, theaters, and

concerts

4

, 5, 6

...................................... 0.0 0.61 S-Feb.2022 -0.2

Admission to sporting events4, 5, 6................ -0.1 4.15 L-Feb.2022 2.7

Fees for lessons or instructions4, 9.................. 0.170 0.0 0.000 0.43 S-Mar.2022 0.0

Education and communication services11................ 5.356 0.2 0.010 0.06 – –

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.............. 2.503 0.2 0.005 0.08 – –

College tuition and fees............................... 1.438 0.1 0.002 0.09 S-Dec.2021 0.1

Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . .. 0.313 1.2 0.004 0.05 L-Sep.2004 1.4

Day care and preschool12............................ 0.623 -0.1 -0.001 0.09 S-Mar.2021 -0.6

Technical and business school tuition and

fees4, 5................................................ 0.039 0.3 0.000 0.11 – –

Postage and delivery services5

......................... 0.083 0.7 0.001 0.06 – –

Postage................................................. 0.074 0.4 0.000 0.01 – –

Delivery services5...................................... 0.009 2.6 0.000 0.30 S-Mar.2022 2.5

Telephone services4, 5................................... 1.827 0.0 -0.001 0.07 S-Mar.2022 -0.6

Wireless telephone services4, 5...................... 1.519 0.0 0.000 0.04 – –

Residential telephone services4, 11.................. 0.308 -0.1 0.000 0.27 S-Mar.2022 -0.2

Internet services and electronic information

providers4

, 5............................................. 0.934 0.5 0.005 0.20 L-Sep.2021 0.6

Other personal services4, 11............................... 1.369 0.1 0.002 0.19 S-Nov.2021 0.1

Personal care services4................................. 0.539 0.5 0.003 0.28 L-Feb.2022 1.1

Haircuts and other personal care services4, 5...... 0.539 0.5 0.003 0.28 L-Feb.2022 1.1

Miscellaneous personal services4

...................... 0.830 -0.1 -0.001 0.18 S-Jan.2021 -1.0

Legal services4, 9...................................... 0.232 1.0 0.002 0.09 S-Mar.2022 0.4

Funeral expenses4, 9.................................. 0.146 0.2 0.000 0.13 S-Feb.2022 0.2

Laundry and dry cleaning services4, 5............... 0.153 0.2 0.000 0.39 S-Sep.2021 0.2

Apparel services other than laundry and dry

cleaning4

, 5........................................... 0.018 -2.6 0.000 0.45 S-EVER –

Financial services4, 9.................................. 0.198 -1.7 -0.003 0.50 S-Jan.2021 -4.7

Checking account and other bank

services4, 5, 6...................................... 0.0 0.30 S-Mar.2022 0.0

Tax return preparation and other accounting

fees4

, 5, 6

...........................................

Special aggregate indexes

All items less food.................................................. 86.579 0.9 0.816 0.04 L-Mar.2022 1.3

All items less shelter................................................ 67.563 1.1 0.775 0.05 L-Mar.2022 1.6

All items less food and shelter.................................... 54.142 1.1 0.618 0.05 L-Mar.2022 1.7

All items less food, shelter, and energy.......................... 45.887 0.6 0.296 0.06 – –

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................... 41.895 0.5 0.224 0.06 S-Dec.2021 0.4

All items less medical care........................................ 91.638 1.0 0.940 0.04 L-Mar.2022 1.3

All items less energy................................................ 91.745 0.7 0.652 0.04 L-Jun.2021 0.8

Commodities......................................................... 39.686 1.3 0.522 0.07 L-Mar.2022 2.1

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Apr. 2022-

May 2022

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Apr. 2022-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................ 17.411 0.4 0.074 0.12 L-Mar.2022 0.4

Commodities less food.......................................... 26.264 1.4 0.364 0.09 L-Mar.2022 2.7

Commodities less food and beverages........................ 25.388 1.4 0.360 0.09 L-Mar.2022 2.8

Services.............................................................. 60.314 0.8 0.455 0.05 – –

Services less rent of shelter16.................................. 28.246 0.9 0.248 0.06 S-Mar.2022 0.9

Services less medical care services........................... 53.445 0.8 0.424 0.05 – –

Durables.............................................................. 12.779 0.1 0.019 0.14 – –

Nondurables......................................................... 26.906 1.9 0.505 0.07 L-Mar.2022 3.2

Nondurables less food........................................... 13.485 2.3 0.309 0.12 L-Mar.2022 6.0

Nondurables less food and beverages........................ 12.609 2.4 0.304 0.13 L-Mar.2022 6.4

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel............. 10.120 2.7 0.273 0.11 L-Mar.2022 8.5

Nondurables less food and apparel............................ 10.997 2.7 0.297 0.10 L-Mar.2022 8.2

Housing............................................................... 41.954 0.8 0.356 0.06 L-Oct.2005 1.0

Education and communication5

................................... 6.150 -0.1 -0.003 0.07 L-Feb.2022 0.0

Education5......................................................... 2.589 0.3 0.007 0.08 L-Mar.2022 0.3

Communication5

.................................................. 3.561 -0.3 -0.011 0.10 L-Feb.2022 -0.1

Information and information processing5

................... 3.478 -0.3 -0.011 0.11 L-Feb.2022 -0.1

Information technology, hardware and services18......... 1.651 -0.6 -0.011 0.25 L-Mar.2022 -0.4

Recreation5.......................................................... 5.050 0.4 0.018 0.17 – –

Video and audio5

................................................. 1.445 0.8 0.012 0.17 L-Jan.2022 0.9

Pets, pet products and services5

............................... 1.075 0.2 0.002 0.29 S-Nov.2021 0.2

Photography5

...................................................... 0.051 1.3 0.001 0.42 L-Nov.2021 1.3

Food and beverages................................................ 14.298 1.1 0.162 0.08 L-Apr.2020 1.4

Domestically produced farm food4............................. 6.987 1.3 0.094 0.14 – –

Other services....................................................... 9.874 0.3 0.029 0.08 – –

Apparel less footwear.............................................. 1.885 0.6 0.011 0.46 L-Mar.2022 0.7

Fuels and utilities.................................................... 4.728 2.9 0.139 0.16 L-Jan.2006 2.9

Household energy................................................ 3.636 3.7 0.136 0.20 L-Oct.2005 5.2

Medical care......................................................... 8.362 0.4 0.033 0.12 – –

Transportation....................................................... 18.984 2.0 0.378 0.10 L-Mar.2022 3.9

Private transportation............................................ 18.033 1.6 0.296 0.09 L-Mar.2022 3.8

New and used motor vehicles5

.............................. 9.066 0.9 0.085 0.13 – –

Utilities and public transportation................................. 8.327 2.2 0.182 0.12 L-Oct.2005 2.6

Household furnishings and operations........................... 4.789 0.4 0.019 0.20 – –

Other goods and services.......................................... 2.713 0.5 0.012 0.14 L-Mar.2022 0.5

Personal care4

.................................................... 2.198 0.4 0.008 0.16 – –

1 The ’effect’ of an item category is a measure of that item’s contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of

0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase.

Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that month the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8

percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items

index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were

rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent).

2 A statistic’s margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 0.6

percent, and its standard error was 0.15 percent, the margin of error on this item’s 1-month percent change would be 0.6 percent, plus or minus 0.3

percent.

3

If the current seasonally adjusted 1-month percent change is greater than the previous published 1-month percent change, then this column

identifies the closest prior month with a 1-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 1-month change. If the current 1-month

percent change is smaller than the previous published 1-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than

the current month change is identified. If the current and previous published 1-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard

numerical comparisons are used. For example, 0.8% is greater than 0.6%, -0.4% is less than -0.2%, and -0.2% is less than 0.0%. Note that a

(L)arger change can be a smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price

index. Likewise, (S)maller changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price

index. In this context, a -0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change.

4 Not seasonally adjusted.

5

Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

6 Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not

have a relative importance or effect.
7

Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.

8

Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.

9

Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.

10 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

11 Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.

12 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.

13 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.

14 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.

15 Indexes on a December 2019=100 base.

16 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

17 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

18 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 12-month analysis table

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

May 2021-

May 2022

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

May 2021-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

All items................................................................. 100.000 8.6 0.09 L-Dec.1981 8.9

Food.................................................................. 13.421 10.1 1.373 0.19 L-Mar.1981 10.1

Food at home..................................................... 8.304 11.9 0.942 0.29 L-Apr.1979 12.3

Cereals and bakery products................................. 1.052 11.6 0.118 0.54 L-Dec.2008 11.7

Cereals and cereal products............................... 0.339 12.8 0.041 0.79 L-Dec.2008 13.1

Flour and prepared flour mixes......................... 0.053 13.7 0.007 1.42 S-Feb.2022 11.6

Breakfast cereal.......................................... 0.144 12.2 0.017 1.23 L-Jul.1989 13.0

Rice, pasta, cornmeal.................................... 0.142 12.8 0.017 1.21 L-Mar.2009 15.7

Rice4, 5

.................................................. 12.4 1.30 L-May 2009 13.6

Bakery products.......................................... 0.713 11.1 0.077 0.71 L-Dec.2008 11.1

Bread4

................................................... 0.200 8.7 0.017 1.38 S-Mar.2022 7.1

White bread5......................................... 8.1 1.37 S-Mar.2022 5.9

Bread other than white5............................ 9.2 1.36 S-Mar.2022 8.5

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins4

......................... 0.108 9.7 0.010 1.72 S-Feb.2022 7.1

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies....................... 0.174 11.8 0.020 1.68 L-Jul.1981 12.1

Cookies5.............................................. 12.6 1.15 L-Jun.1981 13.5

Fresh cakes and cupcakes5....................... 10.6 2.20 L-Oct.2008 10.7

Other bakery products................................ 0.231 13.4 0.029 1.16 L-EVER –

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts5

...... 10.6 1.67 L-Feb.2022 11.2

Crackers, bread, and cracker products5

. . . . . . . .. 14.6 1.72 L-Mar.2022 16.3

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies,

tarts, turnovers5

................................... 14.6 1.90 L-EVER –

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs................................ 1.899 14.2 0.252 0.71 S-Mar.2022 13.7

Meats, poultry, and fish.................................... 1.776 13.1 0.219 0.71 S-Feb.2022 13.1

Meats...................................................... 1.133 12.3 0.129 0.92 S-Aug.2021 8.6

Beef and veal.......................................... 0.527 10.2 0.050 0.97 S-Jul.2021 6.5

Uncooked ground beef............................. 0.194 13.6 0.024 1.12 S-Feb.2022 13.6

Uncooked beef roasts4

............................. 0.079 11.0 0.009 2.91 S-Jul.2021 7.7

Uncooked beef steaks4............................. 0.203 6.6 0.013 1.56 S-Jun.2021 1.1

Uncooked other beef and veal4

................... 0.052 12.1 0.005 2.50 S-Jul.2021 10.6

Pork...................................................... 0.362 13.3 0.044 1.71 S-Sep.2021 12.7

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related

products4.......................................... 0.162 15.6 0.022 1.89 S-Oct.2021 15.4

Bacon and related products5

.................... 15.3 2.17 S-Jul.2021 11.1

Breakfast sausage and related products4, 5

... 16.0 1.90 L-EVER –

Ham................................................... 0.063 11.1 0.007 2.87 L-Mar.2022 14.6

Ham, excluding canned5

........................ 10.8 3.44 L-Mar.2022 14.4

Pork chops........................................... 0.053 11.0 0.006 2.62 S-Sep.2021 5.9

Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs4

... 0.084 12.6 0.010 3.71 S-Aug.2021 11.3

Other meats............................................ 0.244 15.3 0.035 1.13 L-Jun.1979 16.0

Frankfurters5

......................................... 10.4 2.39 L-Oct.2020 10.4

Lunchmeats4, 5...................................... 16.8 1.01 L-EVER –

Poultry................................................... 0.355 16.6 0.056 1.24 L-Jun.1989 16.7

Chicken4.............................................. 0.289 17.4 0.047 1.29 L-EVER –

Fresh whole chicken5............................ 14.7 2.09 L-Aug.2004 17.4

Fresh and frozen chicken parts5

............... 19.3 1.71 L-May 1989 22.3

Other uncooked poultry including turkey4........ 0.066 13.1 0.009 3.14 L-EVER –

Fish and seafood...................................... 0.288 12.2 0.034 0.99 L-Jan.1981 13.0

Fresh fish and seafood4............................ 0.148 13.1 0.019 1.61 L-EVER –

Processed fish and seafood4

...................... 0.141 11.2 0.015 1.08 L-EVER –

Shelf stable fish and seafood5

.................. 6.0 1.70 L-Mar.2021 7.1

Frozen fish and seafood5

........................ 14.0 1.66 L-Jun.1987 14.2

Eggs........................................................ 0.123 32.2 0.033 2.04 L-Sep.2015 36.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

May 2021-

May 2022

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

May 2021-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Dairy and related products................................... 0.773 11.8 0.090 0.49 L-Apr.2008 11.8

Milk4

........................................................... 0.203 15.9 0.031 1.24 L-Feb.2008 16.8

Fresh whole milk5........................................ 16.9 1.43 L-Feb.2008 18.8

Fresh milk other than whole4, 5......................... 15.8 1.15 L-Dec.2007 16.9

Cheese and related products.............................. 0.254 8.7 0.022 0.84 L-Oct.2014 8.9

Ice cream and related products........................... 0.112 9.6 0.011 1.24 L-Nov.2011 10.3

Other dairy and related products4........................ 0.204 12.9 0.026 0.93 L-Apr.2008 12.9

Fruits and vegetables......................................... 1.432 8.2 0.115 0.64 L-Mar.2022 8.5

Fresh fruits and vegetables................................ 1.099 7.6 0.082 0.74 L-Mar.2022 8.1

Fresh fruits................................................ 0.601 8.5 0.050 1.20 L-Mar.2022 10.1

Apples................................................... 0.078 6.2 0.005 2.17 S-Aug.2021 5.6

Bananas................................................. 0.079 5.6 0.004 1.54 L-Mar.2022 6.3

Citrus fruits4

............................................ 0.176 16.1 0.026 2.18 S-Jan.2022 10.6

Oranges, including tangerines5.................... 14.6 2.06 S-Feb.2022 14.3

Other fresh fruits4...................................... 0.268 5.3 0.014 1.94 L-Mar.2022 6.9

Fresh vegetables......................................... 0.498 6.4 0.032 0.78 L-Apr.2019 6.4

Potatoes................................................. 0.078 8.6 0.007 1.82 L-Jun.2020 13.3

Lettuce.................................................. 0.060 11.4 0.007 1.66 S-Feb.2022 7.9

Tomatoes............................................... 0.079 2.0 0.001 2.02 L-Nov.2021 3.0

Other fresh vegetables................................ 0.280 6.0 0.017 0.97 S-Feb.2022 4.8

Processed fruits and vegetables4

...................... 0.332 10.2 0.033 0.91 L-Apr.2009 10.3

Canned fruits and vegetables4

....................... 0.170 12.1 0.020 1.47 L-May 2009 13.4

Canned fruits4, 5

..................................... 12.3 1.39 L-Nov.2008 13.3

Canned vegetables4, 5.............................. 11.7 1.63 L-Mar.2022 12.5

Frozen fruits and vegetables4........................ 0.099 9.1 0.009 1.48 L-Dec.2011 9.8

Frozen vegetables5................................. 8.4 1.57 L-Dec.2011 9.1

Other processed fruits and vegetables including

dried4

................................................. 0.064 7.3 0.004 1.86 L-Aug.2012 8.3

Dried beans, peas, and lentils4, 5................. 10.5 2.73 L-Mar.2022 11.3

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . .. 0.950 12.0 0.110 0.65 L-Jun.1995 13.6

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks4

........................... 0.669 11.8 0.076 0.84 L-EVER –

Carbonated drinks........................................ 0.278 13.2 0.035 1.76 L-Apr.1981 13.5

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4

............. 0.007 5.7 0.000 1.09 L-Mar.2022 5.7

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4......... 0.384 10.9 0.040 0.87 L-EVER –

Beverage materials including coffee and tea4........... 0.281 12.4 0.033 0.83 L-EVER –

Coffee...................................................... 0.182 15.3 0.026 1.15 L-Jan.2012 15.4

Roasted coffee5

........................................ 15.6 1.31 L-Jan.2012 16.8

Instant coffee5

.......................................... 12.9 1.79 L-Jun.1995 28.9

Other beverage materials including tea4.............. 0.100 7.2 0.007 1.65 L-EVER –

Other food at home............................................ 2.198 12.6 0.257 0.40 L-Jan.1981 13.0

Sugar and sweets........................................... 0.278 8.1 0.022 0.88 L-Mar.2009 8.2

Sugar and sugar substitutes............................ 0.040 9.3 0.004 1.43 L-Dec.2020 9.4

Candy and chewing gum4

............................... 0.176 6.2 0.011 1.17 S-Jan.2022 4.8

Other sweets4

............................................. 0.061 12.7 0.007 1.37 L-EVER –

Fats and oils................................................. 0.242 16.9 0.038 1.12 L-Dec.2008 17.4

Butter and margarine4................................... 0.075 20.2 0.014 1.57 L-Jul.2004 21.7

Butter5

................................................... 15.9 2.25 S-Mar.2022 12.5

Margarine5

.............................................. 25.0 1.83 L-Jan.2009 25.4

Salad dressing4

........................................... 0.056 12.4 0.006 1.54 S-Feb.2022 9.4

Other fats and oils including peanut butter4

. . . . . . . . .. 0.110 16.8 0.017 1.77 L-Feb.2012 16.9

Peanut butter4, 5....................................... 12.1 1.63 L-Dec.2012 13.8

Other foods................................................ 1.678 12.8 0.197 0.46 L-Jun.1975 14.0

Soups.................................................... 0.101 13.9 0.013 1.69 L-EVER –

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods........... 0.272 15.0 0.038 0.86 L-EVER –

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

May 2021-

May 2022

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

May 2021-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Snacks.................................................. 0.362 13.6 0.046 1.02 L-Mar.2009 13.7

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces........... 0.322 10.1 0.031 0.78 L-May 1981 10.9

Salt and other seasonings and spices4, 5

........ 11.3 1.35 L-EVER –

Olives, pickles, relishes4, 5......................... 11.9 1.31 L-Dec.2008 13.0

Sauces and gravies4, 5............................. 11.3 1.38 L-Mar.2009 11.8

Other condiments5.................................. 7.0 1.28 L-Mar.2022 7.7

Baby food4

.............................................. 0.044 12.9 0.005 1.33 S-Mar.2022 10.8

Other miscellaneous foods4.......................... 0.576 12.6 0.063 0.87 L-EVER –

Prepared salads6, 5................................. 11.5 1.72 L-EVER –

Food away from home........................................... 5.117 7.4 0.431 0.28 L-Nov.1981 8.0

Full service meals and snacks4

.............................. 2.392 9.0 0.250 0.35 L-EVER –

Limited service meals and snacks4.......................... 2.484 7.3 0.196 0.44 L-Feb.2022 8.0

Food at employee sites and schools4....................... 0.035 -30.5 -0.028 3.39 S-Mar.2022 -30.5

Food at elementary and secondary schools7, 5......... -43.5 9.47 S-Mar.2022 -43.5

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors4....... 0.036 8.0 0.004 0.99 L-EVER –

Other food away from home4................................ 0.170 5.0 0.009 0.68 S-Jan.2022 4.9

Energy................................................................ 8.255 34.6 2.426 0.35 L-Sep.2005 34.8

Energy commodities............................................. 4.862 50.3 1.906 0.65 L-Nov.2021 57.5

Fuel oil and other fuels........................................ 0.242 75.9 0.124 1.86 L-EVER –

Fuel oil........................................................ 0.165 106.7 0.106 2.71 L-EVER –

Propane, kerosene, and firewood8

........................ 0.078 28.0 0.018 2.45 L-Dec.2021 33.8

Motor fuel....................................................... 4.619 49.1 1.782 0.68 L-Dec.2021 49.5

Gasoline (all types)......................................... 4.519 48.7 1.731 0.70 L-Dec.2021 49.6

Gasoline, unleaded regular5

............................ 49.5 1.12 L-Dec.2021 50.8

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade9, 5....................... 45.9 0.96 L-Nov.2021 50.6

Gasoline, unleaded premium5

.......................... 42.9 0.91 L-Nov.2021 46.2

Other motor fuels4

.......................................... 0.100 73.4 0.051 1.05 L-EVER –

Energy services................................................... 3.393 16.2 0.520 0.42 L-Mar.2006 17.8

Electricity........................................................ 2.521 12.0 0.294 0.47 L-Aug.2006 12.0

Utility (piped) gas service..................................... 0.873 30.2 0.226 0.87 L-Jul.2008 32.7

All items less food and energy.................................... 78.324 6.0 4.783 0.11 S-Jan.2022 6.0

Commodities less food and energy commodities............ 21.403 8.5 1.761 0.22 S-Oct.2021 8.4

Household furnishings and supplies10...................... 3.969 9.7 0.371 0.60 S-Jan.2022 9.3

Window and floor coverings and other linens4

.......... 0.296 7.2 0.020 2.43 S-Feb.2022 6.8

Floor coverings4

.......................................... 0.066 10.9 0.007 2.37 S-Mar.2022 10.3

Window coverings4

....................................... 0.060 18.9 0.010 4.65 S-Mar.2022 18.4

Other linens4

.............................................. 0.169 1.8 0.003 3.39 L-Mar.2022 3.5

Furniture and bedding...................................... 0.979 12.7 0.120 1.37 S-Nov.2021 11.8

Bedroom furniture........................................ 0.322 10.9 0.035 2.10 S-Dec.2021 10.4

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture4

. . . .. 0.469 13.3 0.062 2.01 S-Oct.2021 13.1

Other furniture4........................................... 0.180 13.7 0.022 2.81 S-Feb.2022 12.9

Appliances4

.................................................. 0.257 6.4 0.016 1.61 S-Dec.2021 6.0

Major appliances4

........................................ 0.087 9.5 0.008 3.13 S-Dec.2021 8.4

Laundry equipment5

................................... 2.7 6.20 L-Mar.2022 6.3

Other appliances4........................................ 0.167 4.8 0.008 2.12 S-Dec.2021 4.7

Other household equipment and furnishings4........... 0.575 5.8 0.033 1.66 S-Jan.2022 5.4

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items.................... 0.349 6.4 0.021 2.59 S-Jan.2022 6.3

Indoor plants and flowers11............................. 0.099 4.8 0.005 2.70 L-Mar.2022 5.8

Dishes and flatware4

..................................... 0.051 6.1 0.003 4.12 L-Mar.2020 9.5

Nonelectric cookware and tableware4

................. 0.076 5.1 0.004 2.27 S-Oct.2021 3.4

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies4

. . .. 0.931 11.0 0.098 0.90 S-Mar.2022 10.8

Tools, hardware and supplies4......................... 0.244 10.8 0.026 1.19 L-EVER –

Outdoor equipment and supplies4

...................... 0.462 11.1 0.050 1.17 S-Dec.2021 7.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

May 2021-

May 2022

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

May 2021-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Housekeeping supplies..................................... 0.933 9.2 0.084 0.88 L-Jul.1981 9.8

Household cleaning products4

.......................... 0.346 9.9 0.034 1.24 S-Mar.2022 8.7

Household paper products4............................. 0.214 7.3 0.016 1.66 S-Feb.2022 5.4

Miscellaneous household products4................... 0.373 9.7 0.034 1.51 L-EVER –

Apparel.......................................................... 2.489 5.0 0.127 0.85 S-Nov.2021 5.0

Men’s and boys’ apparel................................... 0.632 7.3 0.047 1.47 L-Mar.2022 7.8

Men’s apparel............................................. 0.487 7.8 0.039 1.65 S-Jan.2022 6.6

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear............ 0.078 22.3 0.017 4.72 L-EVER –

Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories.......................................... 0.161 6.0 0.010 2.63 S-Oct.2021 4.1

Men’s shirts and sweaters4

........................... 0.119 11.2 0.015 2.95 L-Feb.2022 12.8

Men’s pants and shorts............................... 0.123 -1.6 -0.003 3.94 S-Oct.2020 -2.1

Boys’ apparel............................................. 0.145 5.9 0.008 2.64 L-Feb.2022 9.1

Women’s and girls’ apparel................................ 0.981 4.1 0.040 1.37 S-Jan.2022 3.6

Women’s apparel......................................... 0.821 4.9 0.041 1.51 S-Nov.2021 4.2

Women’s outerwear................................... 0.059 8.0 0.005 4.67 S-Mar.2022 7.7

Women’s dresses...................................... 0.092 8.8 0.008 3.19 L-Mar.2022 10.1

Women’s suits and separates4

....................... 0.396 3.8 0.014 2.25 S-Feb.2022 2.5

Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories4......................................... 0.267 4.7 0.013 2.82 L-Mar.2022 5.7

Girls’ apparel.............................................. 0.160 0.5 -0.001 4.60 S-Feb.2022 0.0

Footwear..................................................... 0.604 4.5 0.028 1.13 S-Apr.2021 3.9

Men’s footwear............................................ 0.203 2.8 0.006 1.67 L-Mar.2022 5.1

Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................ 0.116 5.0 0.006 2.88 – –

Women’s footwear........................................ 0.285 5.6 0.016 1.75 S-Nov.2021 4.8

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel.............................. 0.115 10.2 0.012 5.09 L-Mar.2022 13.0

Jewelry and watches8

...................................... 0.158 -0.6 -0.001 3.48 S-Nov.2020 -2.3

Watches8

.................................................. 0.030 0.5 0.000 2.94 L-Mar.2022 1.1

Jewelry8

.................................................... 0.127 -1.2 -0.001 4.37 S-Nov.2020 -4.3

Transportation commodities less motor fuel10............. 8.536 14.1 1.076 0.36 S-May 2021 13.3

New vehicles................................................. 4.031 12.6 0.474 0.65 S-Mar.2022 12.5

New cars5................................................. 13.7 0.67 S-Mar.2022 12.6

New trucks12, 5............................................ 12.2 0.78 S-Jan.2022 12.1

Used cars and trucks....................................... 3.992 16.1 0.512 0.10 S-Mar.2021 9.4

Motor vehicle parts and equipment....................... 0.426 15.3 0.060 0.79 L-EVER –

Tires........................................................ 0.271 15.7 0.039 0.91 – –

Vehicle accessories other than tires4.................. 0.155 14.5 0.021 1.56 L-EVER –

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires5

..... 12.0 1.37 L-May 1980 12.0

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids5

........................ 17.1 2.37 – –

Medical care commodities.................................... 1.492 2.4 0.038 0.56 L-Mar.2022 2.7

Medicinal drugs10........................................... 1.392 2.3 0.033 0.57 L-Mar.2022 2.7

Prescription drugs........................................ 1.021 1.9 0.021 0.67 L-Mar.2022 2.2

Nonprescription drugs10................................. 0.371 3.2 0.012 1.24 L-Mar.2022 4.1

Medical equipment and supplies10........................ 0.100 4.7 0.004 1.33 L-Dec.2021 5.9

Recreation commodities10.................................... 1.901 3.8 0.075 0.57 S-Dec.2021 3.3

Video and audio products10................................ 0.290 -5.2 -0.016 1.16 S-Jul.2020 -6.8

Televisions................................................ 0.134 -9.5 -0.013 1.72 S-Oct.2020 -10.4

Other video equipment4

................................. 0.026 -4.3 -0.002 2.15 L-Mar.2022 -3.6

Audio equipment.......................................... 0.072 -0.7 -0.001 3.21 L-Feb.2022 0.4

Recorded music and music subscriptions4

............ 0.052 -0.9 -0.001 1.24 S-Nov.2021 -1.9

Pets and pet products...................................... 0.553 8.3 0.047 0.79 L-Jun.2009 8.8

Pet food4, 5

................................................ 9.1 1.21 L-Jun.2009 10.4

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories4, 5

. . . . .. 7.1 1.93 S-Jan.2022 5.1

Sporting goods.............................................. 0.562 5.7 0.033 1.45 S-Jul.2021 5.7

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

May 2021-

May 2022

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

May 2021-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Sports vehicles including bicycles...................... 0.321 4.7 0.016 2.09 S-Feb.2021 4.2

Sports equipment......................................... 0.230 7.1 0.016 1.94 L-Oct.2021 8.0

Photographic equipment and supplies................... 0.020 3.7 0.001 2.22 L-Dec.2021 4.3

Photographic equipment4, 5

............................. 2.9 2.67 L-Mar.2022 3.5

Recreational reading materials............................ 0.097 2.7 0.003 1.28 L-Feb.2022 4.1

Newspapers and magazines4........................... 0.056 4.8 0.003 1.67 L-Feb.2022 6.2

Recreational books4

...................................... 0.040 -0.2 0.000 1.82 S-Jan.2022 -1.2

Other recreational goods4.................................. 0.380 1.4 0.006 1.36 L-Mar.2022 2.7

Toys........................................................ 0.294 0.6 0.002 1.65 L-Mar.2022 2.0

Toys, games, hobbies and playground

equipment4

, 5

......................................... 2.9 2.20 L-Mar.2022 4.4

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies4

............... 0.028 2.3 0.001 3.11 L-Dec.2021 4.6

Music instruments and accessories4

................... 0.042 4.6 0.002 2.39 S-Nov.2021 2.9

Education and communication commodities10............. 0.794 -6.0 -0.050 1.66 S-Sep.2020 -6.0

Educational books and supplies.......................... 0.086 3.7 0.003 2.04 L-Mar.2022 3.8

College textbooks13, 5

.................................... 5.1 2.25 L-Mar.2017 7.6

Information technology commodities10................... 0.708 -7.1 -0.053 1.97 S-Sep.2020 -7.8

Computers, peripherals, and smart home

assistants6

.............................................. 0.348 -1.8 -0.006 2.76 S-Mar.2021 -3.2

Computer software and accessories4.................. 0.019 -3.9 -0.001 3.69 L-Feb.2022 -2.2

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other

consumer information items4......................... 0.341 -13.2 -0.046 2.38 S-Oct.2021 -15.1

Smartphones5, 14

....................................... -19.9 3.54 S-Oct.2021 -20.7

Alcoholic beverages........................................... 0.877 4.0 0.038 0.73 L-Jan.2009 4.1

Alcoholic beverages at home.............................. 0.585 2.7 0.016 0.90 S-Mar.2022 2.7

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home........ 0.222 4.5 0.010 1.63 S-Mar.2022 4.1

Distilled spirits at home.................................. 0.106 1.4 0.001 1.09 S-Aug.2020 -0.1

Whiskey at home5

..................................... 2.7 1.62 S-Mar.2022 2.6

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home5

. . . . .. 0.7 1.55 L-Mar.2022 0.8

Wine at home............................................. 0.256 1.8 0.005 1.33 L-Mar.2022 2.0

Alcoholic beverages away from home.................... 0.292 5.9 0.022 1.13 L-Dec.1991 8.2

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from

home4

, 5

................................................. 5.8 1.31 L-Sep.2006 5.8

Wine away from home4, 5

............................... 6.4 0.95 L-Jul.2002 7.5

Distilled spirits away from home4, 5.................... 5.5 1.44 L-Jan.2021 5.9

Other goods10.................................................. 1.344 6.2 0.087 0.44 L-EVER –

Tobacco and smoking products........................... 0.515 7.9 0.046 0.77 L-Dec.2021 9.0

Cigarettes4

................................................ 0.445 8.2 0.042 0.87 L-Dec.2021 9.6

Tobacco products other than cigarettes4

.............. 0.065 5.2 0.003 0.75 L-Nov.2017 5.6

Personal care products..................................... 0.643 2.8 0.019 0.57 L-Feb.2009 3.1

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal

care products4

.......................................... 0.331 4.4 0.015 0.69 – –

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements............................................. 0.302 1.0 0.004 1.08 L-May 2018 1.1

Miscellaneous personal goods4

........................... 0.186 11.6 0.022 1.63 L-Feb.2022 12.3

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap5............. 14.3 2.75 L-EVER –

Services less energy services.................................. 56.921 5.2 3.023 0.12 L-Jun.1991 5.3

Shelter........................................................... 32.437 5.5 1.798 0.14 L-Feb.1991 5.9

Rent of shelter15............................................. 32.068 5.5 1.800 0.14 L-Feb.1991 5.9

Rent of primary residence............................... 7.275 5.2 0.395 0.15 L-Feb.1987 5.3

Lodging away from home4

.............................. 1.011 19.3 0.180 2.60 S-Sep.2021 17.5

Housing at school, excluding board15............... 0.124 1.6 0.002 0.31 – –

Other lodging away from home including hotels

and motels........................................... 0.887 22.2 0.179 2.99 S-Sep.2021 19.8

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences15.............. 23.782 5.1 1.225 0.12 L-Feb.1991 5.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

May 2021-

May 2022

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

May 2021-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence15. .. 22.545 5.1 1.163 0.12 L-Feb.1991 5.2

Tenants’ and household insurance4

................... 0.368 -0.4 -0.002 0.79 – –

Water and sewer and trash collection services4........ 1.092 4.4 0.048 0.30 L-Dec.2018 4.5

Water and sewerage maintenance..................... 0.787 4.0 0.032 0.25 – –

Garbage and trash collection12......................... 0.305 5.4 0.016 0.76 L-Sep.2021 5.6

Household operations4..................................... 0.820 5.3 0.047 0.54 S-Apr.2021 4.9

Domestic services4

....................................... 0.238 1.6 0.004 1.16 S-Apr.2020 1.5

Gardening and lawncare services4.....................

Moving, storage, freight expense4...................... 0.102 4.0 0.004 2.55 S-Sep.2020 2.8

Repair of household items4.............................

Medical care services...................................... 6.869 4.0 0.287 0.34 L-Sep.2020 4.9

Professional services.................................... 3.486 1.9 0.070 0.43 L-Jan.2022 2.6

Physicians’ services................................... 1.842 1.1 0.021 0.69 S-Mar.2022 0.7

Dental services......................................... 0.899 2.7 0.026 0.74 L-Feb.2021 3.5

Eyeglasses and eye care8

............................ 0.360 1.4 0.005 1.04 S-Nov.2021 1.1

Services by other medical professionals8. . . . . . . . .. 0.386 4.5 0.019 0.64 L-Feb.2022 4.8

Hospital and related services........................... 2.536 3.8 0.097 0.55 L-Oct.2021 4.1

Hospital services16..................................... 2.165 3.9 0.086 0.60 L-Oct.2021 4.0

Inpatient hospital services16, 5

..................... 3.9 1.16 L-Jan.2022 4.1

Outpatient hospital services8, 5

.................... 3.5 0.99 L-Jul.2020 3.6

Nursing homes and adult day services16........... 0.207 3.4 0.006 0.52 S-Dec.2021 3.4

Care of invalids and elderly at home7

............... 0.164 2.4 0.005 1.96 S-Feb.2020 1.6

Health insurance7

........................................ 0.847 13.8 0.119 0.34 L-Sep.2020 14.1

Transportation services..................................... 5.829 7.9 0.477 0.57 S-Mar.2022 7.7

Leased cars and trucks13................................

Car and truck rental4..................................... 0.155 -0.4 -0.001 3.92 S-Jul.2020 -3.4

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair................. 1.022 6.1 0.064 0.62 L-Feb.2022 6.3

Motor vehicle body work.............................. 0.052 13.7 0.007 0.94 L-May 1980 14.3

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing.......... 0.563 4.8 0.030 0.77 L-Feb.2022 5.4

Motor vehicle repair4

.................................. 0.365 6.9 0.025 1.33 L-EVER –

Motor vehicle insurance................................. 2.397 4.5 0.112 0.97 L-Nov.2021 5.7

Motor vehicle fees4

....................................... 0.503 1.0 0.006 0.75 S-Oct.2021 0.9

State motor vehicle registration and license

fees4

.................................................. 0.291 0.6 0.002 0.28 L-Oct.2021 0.6

Parking and other fees4............................... 0.197 1.4 0.004 1.55 S-Oct.2021 1.2

Parking fees and tolls4, 5........................... 2.3 2.29 S-Mar.2021 1.0

Public transportation..................................... 0.951 26.3 0.203 1.44 L-Jul.1981 29.0

Airline fares............................................. 0.659 37.8 0.201 2.32 L-Nov.1980 38.8

Other intercity transportation......................... 0.093 -3.6 -0.007 2.93 S-Oct.2020 -3.6

Ship fare4, 5

.......................................... -5.3 2.37 S-Oct.2020 -7.1

Intracity transportation................................. 0.197 3.6 0.008 1.51 L-Mar.2022 4.3

Intracity mass transit10, 5........................... 2.0 4.43 L-Feb.2022 4.8

Recreation services10....................................... 3.149 4.9 0.167 0.47 L-Feb.2022 5.1

Video and audio services10............................. 1.155 5.6 0.067 0.43 L-Oct.2017 5.8

Cable and satellite television service12............. 1.064 5.8 0.064 0.44 L-Oct.2017 6.2

Video discs and other media, including rental of

video4

................................................. 0.091 3.1 0.003 4.53 L-Sep.2019 3.3

Video discs and other media4, 5

................... 4.4 5.35 L-Jun.2019 5.0

Rental of video discs and other media4, 5

. . . . . .. 6.2 1.34 L-Jul.2012 6.2

Pet services including veterinary4

...................... 0.522 7.8 0.041 0.68 S-Feb.2022 5.8

Pet services4, 5

......................................... 7.4 1.11 L-EVER –

Veterinarian services4, 5

............................... 7.4 1.31 S-Feb.2022 5.2

Photographers and photo processing4

................ 0.030 5.6 0.002 1.15 L-EVER –

Other recreation services4

............................... 1.441 3.2 0.056 0.92 L-Mar.2022 4.3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

May 2021-

May 2022

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

May 2021-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or

other organizations, or participant sports

fees4

.................................................. 0.635 3.7 0.025 0.85 L-Aug.2021 4.9

Admissions............................................. 0.448 1.7 0.013 1.76 S-Aug.2021 1.2

Admission to movies, theaters, and

concerts4, 5........................................ 6.4 1.65 L-May 2003 6.5

Admission to sporting events4, 5

.................. -10.8 6.53 S-Mar.2021 -11.9

Fees for lessons or instructions8

.................... 0.170 3.8 0.008 1.75 L-Oct.2021 4.4

Education and communication services10................ 5.356 1.7 0.102 0.22 – –

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.............. 2.503 2.5 0.069 0.33 – –

College tuition and fees............................... 1.438 2.1 0.032 0.41 – –

Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . .. 0.313 2.9 0.011 0.36 L-Aug.2021 3.1

Day care and preschool11............................ 0.623 3.2 0.023 0.71 S-Feb.2022 2.8

Technical and business school tuition and fees4... 0.039 1.0 0.000 0.48 L-Dec.2021 1.1

Postage and delivery services4

......................... 0.083 4.3 0.005 0.13 L-Jan.2022 5.0

Postage................................................. 0.074 3.0 0.003 0.11 – –

Delivery services4...................................... 0.009 16.4 0.001 0.74 L-Jun.2010 17.2

Telephone services4..................................... 1.827 0.2 0.006 0.30 S-Mar.2022 0.2

Wireless telephone services4

........................ 1.519 -0.7 -0.011 0.38 – –

Residential telephone services10.................... 0.308 4.7 0.017 0.89 S-Apr.2021 3.6

Internet services and electronic information

providers4

............................................... 0.934 2.5 0.022 0.78 L-Feb.2022 2.8

Other personal services10.................................. 1.369 6.5 0.098 0.50 L-EVER –

Personal care services.................................. 0.539 6.2 0.038 1.02 L-May 1982 6.2

Haircuts and other personal care services4........ 0.539 6.2 0.038 1.02 L-EVER –

Miscellaneous personal services....................... 0.830 6.6 0.060 0.37 S-Mar.2022 6.4

Legal services8......................................... 0.232 7.6 0.018 0.43 L-Nov.1990 7.7

Funeral expenses8

..................................... 0.146 2.7 0.004 0.52 S-Mar.2022 2.6

Laundry and dry cleaning services4................. 0.153 10.1 0.020 0.82 S-Feb.2022 9.5

Apparel services other than laundry and dry

cleaning4............................................. 0.018 7.3 0.002 1.06 S-Feb.2022 6.5

Financial services8..................................... 0.198 5.0 0.010 0.78 S-Dec.2021 3.2

Checking account and other bank services4, 5

... 3.1 2.34 L-Feb.2022 10.0

Tax return preparation and other accounting

fees4

, 5

..............................................

Special aggregate indexes

All items less food.................................................. 86.579 8.3 7.209 0.10 L-Mar.2022 8.5

All items less shelter................................................ 67.563 10.1 6.783 0.10 L-Mar.2022 10.3

All items less food and shelter.................................... 54.142 10.1 5.411 0.12 L-Mar.2022 10.7

All items less food, shelter, and energy.......................... 45.887 6.4 2.985 0.14 S-Dec.2021 6.4

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................... 41.895 5.8 2.473 0.15 – –

All items less medical care........................................ 91.638 9.0 8.257 0.09 L-Mar.2022 9.1

All items less energy................................................ 91.745 6.6 6.156 0.09 – –

Commodities......................................................... 39.686 13.2 5.039 0.14 L-Mar.2022 14.2

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................ 17.411 7.2 1.248 0.26 S-Jan.2022 7.2

Commodities less food.......................................... 26.264 14.8 3.666 0.20 S-Oct.2021 13.7

Commodities less food and beverages........................ 25.388 15.3 3.628 0.22 S-Oct.2021 14.2

Services.............................................................. 60.314 5.7 3.543 0.11 L-Mar.1991 5.8

Services less rent of shelter15.................................. 28.246 6.0 1.743 0.16 L-Aug.2008 6.1

Services less medical care services........................... 53.445 6.0 3.256 0.12 L-Oct.1982 6.3

Durables.............................................................. 12.779 11.4 1.307 0.31 S-May 2021 10.3

Nondurables......................................................... 26.906 14.3 3.732 0.17 L-Apr.1980 15.5

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

May 2022, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Apr.

2022

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

May 2021-

May 2022

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

May 2021-

May 20221

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Nondurables less food........................................... 13.485 18.6 2.359 0.28 L-Jun.1980 19.7

Nondurables less food and beverages........................ 12.609 19.7 2.321 0.29 L-Jun.1980 20.3

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel............. 10.120 23.9 2.194 0.29 L-Jun.1980 25.4

Nondurables less food and apparel............................ 10.997 22.1 2.233 0.27 L-Jun.1980 24.2

Housing............................................................... 41.954 6.9 2.909 0.12 L-Jul.1982 7.4

Education and communication4

................................... 6.150 0.8 0.052 0.25 S-Oct.2019 0.5

Education4

......................................................... 2.589 2.5 0.072 0.33 – –

Communication4.................................................. 3.561 -0.5 -0.020 0.38 S-Oct.2019 -0.9

Information and information processing4................... 3.478 -0.6 -0.025 0.39 S-Oct.2019 -1.1

Information technology, hardware and services17......... 1.651 -1.5 -0.031 0.88 S-Mar.2021 -1.5

Recreation4

.......................................................... 5.050 4.5 0.241 0.38 L-Mar.2022 4.8

Video and audio4................................................. 1.445 3.4 0.051 0.45 L-Sep.2021 3.5

Pets, pet products and services4............................... 1.075 8.1 0.089 0.53 – –

Photography4...................................................... 0.051 4.8 0.003 1.07 L-EVER –

Food and beverages................................................ 14.298 9.7 1.411 0.19 L-Mar.1981 10.0

Domestically produced farm food.............................. 6.987 12.0 0.794 0.30 L-May 1979 12.8

Other services....................................................... 9.874 3.3 0.366 0.19 L-Feb.2022 3.4

Apparel less footwear.............................................. 1.885 5.1 0.098 1.01 S-Jan.2022 5.1

Fuels and utilities.................................................... 4.728 15.5 0.692 0.29 L-Jul.2008 16.0

Household energy................................................ 3.636 19.1 0.644 0.41 L-Feb.2006 19.9

Medical care......................................................... 8.362 3.7 0.324 0.29 L-Sep.2020 4.2

Transportation....................................................... 18.984 19.4 3.334 0.28 S-Oct.2021 18.7

Private transportation............................................ 18.033 19.5 3.131 0.26 S-Sep.2021 17.8

New and used motor vehicles4

.............................. 9.066 13.7 1.107 0.39 S-Apr.2021 9.6

Utilities and public transportation................................. 8.327 10.0 0.841 0.24 L-Jan.2006 10.9

Household furnishings and operations........................... 4.789 8.9 0.418 0.50 S-Dec.2021 7.4

Other goods and services.......................................... 2.713 6.3 0.185 0.36 L-Feb.2010 7.6

Personal care..................................................... 2.198 5.9 0.139 0.37 L-Feb.1983 6.3

1 The ’effect’ of an item category is a measure of that item’s contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of

0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase.

Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that year the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8

percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items

index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were

rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent).

2 A statistic’s margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 2.6

percent, and its standard error was 0.25 percent, the margin of error on this item’s 12-month percent change would be 2.6 percent, plus or minus

0.5 percent.

3

If the current 12-month percent change is greater than the previous published 12-month percent change, then this column identifies the closest prior

month with a 12-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 12-month change. If the current 12-month percent change is

smaller than the previous published 12-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than the current month

change is identified. If the current and previous published 12-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard numerical comparison

is used. For example, 2.0% is greater than 0.6%, -4.4% is less than -2.0%, and -2.0% is less than 0.0%. Note that a (L)arger change can be a

smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price index. Likewise, (S)maller

changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price index. In this context, a

-0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change.

4

Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

5 Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not

have a relative importance or effect.

6

Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.

7

Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.

8

Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.

9

Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

10 Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.

11 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.

12 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.

13 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.

14 Indexes on a December 2019=100 base.

15 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
16 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

17 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.