Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U. S. City Average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group
Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change
for
CPI-W 3 months ended-- 6 months
ended--
May June July Aug.
2008 2008 2008 2008
Nov. Feb. May Aug. Feb. Aug.
2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008
Expenditure category
All items................................. 211.044 213.601 215.507 215.130 6.9 3.4 5.4 8.0 5.1 6.7
Food and beverages....................... 211.319 212.937 214.883 216.195 4.0 4.6 6.0 9.6 4.3 7.8
Food.................................... 211.101 212.814 214.813 216.160 4.1 4.5 6.3 9.9 4.3 8.1
Food at home........................... 210.454 212.594 215.085 216.812 4.3 5.0 7.8 12.6 4.7 10.2
Cereals and bakery products........... 243.972 245.533 249.875 249.930 6.4 12.6 18.7 10.1 9.5 14.3
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........ 201.242 202.831 204.852 207.265 2.5 1.9 4.7 12.5 2.2 8.6
Dairy and related products............ 207.156 210.453 214.042 214.768 6.8 2.6 0.5 15.5 4.7 7.8
Fruits and vegetables................. 271.784 280.522 283.919 289.447 10.7 0.7 10.1 28.6 5.6 19.0
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage
materials......................... 157.428 157.651 158.971 159.322 -0.3 5.6 2.6 4.9 2.6 3.7
Other food at home.................... 182.005 182.718 184.409 185.692 2.7 7.2 10.5 8.4 4.9 9.4
Sugar and sweets..................... 184.122 184.097 184.838 186.049 4.2 4.2 10.6 4.3 4.2 7.4
Fats and oils........................ 193.415 197.297 201.406 203.666 6.3 15.7 21.8 22.9 10.9 22.4
Other foods.......................... 196.873 197.277 198.916 200.172 1.6 6.4 8.8 6.9 4.0 7.8
Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)... 119.248 118.879 121.015 121.443 -1.9 10.9 1.4 7.6 4.3 4.4
Food away from home (1)................ 213.723 214.851 216.177 217.002 3.9 3.9 4.2 6.3 3.9 5.3
Other food away from home (1) (2)..... 148.517 149.306 150.232 150.301 0.8 4.7 4.4 4.9 2.8 4.6
Alcoholic beverages..................... 213.079 213.293 214.434 215.219 1.9 5.0 1.9 4.1 3.4 3.0
Housing.................................. 211.451 212.511 213.943 213.851 3.9 2.8 5.7 4.6 3.3 5.2
Shelter................................. 238.312 239.047 239.431 239.715 3.3 2.5 2.1 2.4 2.9 2.2
Rent of primary residence (3).......... 240.917 241.841 242.535 243.215 4.4 3.4 2.9 3.9 3.9 3.4
Lodging away from home (2)............. 142.993 144.505 144.351 142.928 0.6 -1.7 -2.3 -0.2 -0.5 -1.2
Owners' equivalent rent of primary
residence (3) (4).................. 228.112 228.635 228.943 229.239 3.1 2.7 2.0 2.0 2.9 2.0
Tenants' and household insurance (1)
(2)................................ 118.615 119.293 119.006 118.894 0.3 1.9 2.4 0.9 1.1 1.7
Fuels and utilities..................... 219.616 223.395 230.774 228.472 10.1 6.0 29.4 17.1 8.0 23.1
Household energy....................... 199.931 203.870 211.612 208.571 11.0 6.2 35.0 18.4 8.6 26.5
Fuel oil and other fuels.............. 359.850 388.227 393.808 371.762 70.7 20.8 101.8 13.9 43.6 51.6
Gas (piped) and electricity (3)....... 201.596 204.597 212.785 210.473 7.0 4.8 30.9 18.8 5.9 24.7
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)....................... 150.387 151.009 152.020 154.174 5.4 5.5 4.1 10.5 5.5 7.2
Household furnishings and operations.... 123.075 123.200 123.832 124.141 -0.8 0.6 2.5 3.5 -0.1 3.0
Household operations (1) (2)........... 149.816 150.867 151.290 152.083 2.1 4.4 11.4 6.2 3.2 8.8
Apparel.................................. 117.867 117.920 118.892 120.050 2.2 2.5 -4.8 7.6 2.3 1.2
Men's and boys' apparel................. 114.340 113.486 112.842 113.971 1.5 8.7 -1.5 -1.3 5.1 -1.4
Women's and girls' apparel.............. 105.056 105.595 107.177 110.267 -0.7 -3.0 -12.3 21.4 -1.9 3.2
Infants' and toddlers' apparel.......... 116.416 115.785 115.245 113.771 10.6 1.7 -6.9 -8.8 6.0 -7.8
Footwear................................ 124.059 124.267 126.005 124.021 4.1 0.9 2.5 -0.1 2.5 1.2
Transportation........................... 199.181 207.141 210.841 207.328 21.0 4.2 8.9 17.4 12.3 13.1
Private transportation.................. 196.071 203.949 207.657 203.988 21.4 4.2 8.5 17.2 12.4 12.8
New and used motor vehicles (2)........ 92.890 92.928 93.007 92.659 -1.2 -0.4 -1.8 -1.0 -0.8 -1.4
New vehicles.......................... 135.905 136.143 136.460 135.721 -1.3 -2.4 -1.3 -0.5 -1.8 -0.9
Used cars and trucks (1).............. 137.145 136.790 136.639 136.186 -1.6 1.9 -2.7 -2.8 0.1 -2.7
Motor fuel............................. 293.566 322.859 336.117 321.941 77.3 8.2 23.2 44.6 38.5 33.5
Gasoline (all types).................. 291.449 320.576 333.854 319.790 77.3 8.0 21.9 44.9 38.4 32.9
Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).. 126.742 127.750 128.997 130.228 5.8 6.4 4.9 11.5 6.1 8.1
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair... 234.314 235.703 237.365 238.826 2.0 5.5 5.8 7.9 3.7 6.8
Public transportation................... 247.717 256.314 258.873 261.046 11.8 4.5 19.7 23.3 8.1 21.5
Medical care............................. 362.884 363.629 363.864 364.964 5.5 4.0 1.7 2.3 4.8 2.0
Medical care commodities................ 286.461 286.749 286.207 286.645 3.7 3.6 -2.5 0.3 3.7 -1.1
Medical care services................... 385.115 386.038 386.607 387.963 6.0 4.2 3.2 3.0 5.1 3.1
Professional services.................. 312.553 313.396 314.053 315.066 3.3 3.0 3.8 3.3 3.2 3.5
Hospital and related services (3)...... 527.119 529.160 530.663 534.373 10.1 9.0 5.1 5.6 9.6 5.4
Recreation (2)........................... 109.561 109.737 110.173 110.748 2.6 1.5 0.8 4.4 2.1 2.6
Video and audio (2)..................... 102.431 102.166 102.269 102.685 2.8 1.7 -2.5 1.0 2.2 -0.8
Education and communication (2).......... 119.217 119.805 120.439 120.740 1.3 2.6 4.0 5.2 1.9 4.6
Education (2)........................... 177.579 178.167 179.067 180.563 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.9 5.5 6.5
Educational books and supplies......... 446.426 446.991 450.380 461.173 4.6 3.0 6.6 13.9 3.8 10.2
Tuition, other school fees, and
childcare.......................... 500.792 502.545 504.965 508.443 5.3 6.0 6.0 6.3 5.6 6.1
Communication (2)....................... 86.495 87.016 87.490 87.369 -1.6 0.5 2.7 4.1 -0.5 3.4
Information and information processing
(1) (2)............................ 84.511 85.007 85.484 85.355 -1.7 0.5 2.5 4.1 -0.6 3.3
Telephone services (1) (2)............ 99.939 100.723 101.375 101.339 -0.4 0.2 4.1 5.7 -0.1 4.9
Information technology, hardware and
services (1) (5).................. 10.621 10.585 10.600 10.525 -9.0 1.7 -4.9 -3.6 -3.8 -4.2
Personal computers and peripheral
equipment (1) (6)................ 97.010 95.766 94.691 92.931 -21.6 1.3 -13.5 -15.8 -10.9 -14.6
Other goods and services................. 356.181 358.283 360.084 360.634 3.4 4.7 5.2 5.1 4.1 5.2
Tobacco and smoking products (1)........ 583.296 592.248 599.180 599.823 5.1 10.3 4.2 11.8 7.6 7.9
Personal care........................... 199.078 199.288 199.599 199.951 2.6 2.1 5.7 1.8 2.4 3.7
Personal care products (1)............. 158.993 159.052 159.237 159.345 2.0 -1.8 2.9 0.9 0.1 1.9
Personal care services (1)............. 223.922 223.838 223.994 224.464 2.9 4.5 4.8 1.0 3.7 2.8
Miscellaneous personal services........ 340.592 341.405 341.783 343.214 4.0 5.2 7.0 3.1 4.6 5.0
Commodity and service group
Commodities............................... 178.328 182.091 184.380 183.312 11.1 3.8 5.7 11.7 7.4 8.6
Food and beverages....................... 211.319 212.937 214.883 216.195 4.0 4.6 6.0 9.6 4.3 7.8
Commodities less food and beverages...... 159.383 163.920 166.283 164.264 15.6 3.3 5.6 12.8 9.3 9.1
Nondurables less food and beverages..... 210.341 219.911 222.730 218.408 34.1 5.5 12.0 16.2 19.0 14.1
Apparel................................ 117.867 117.920 118.892 120.050 2.2 2.5 -4.8 7.6 2.3 1.2
Nondurables less food, beverages, and
apparel............................ 271.995 288.571 295.649 287.973 29.1 10.8 19.2 25.7 19.6 22.4
Durables................................ 111.755 111.778 111.904 111.513 -0.2 -0.4 -2.1 -0.9 -0.3 -1.5
Services.................................. 249.457 250.646 252.098 252.502 3.7 3.0 5.1 5.0 3.3 5.0
Rent of shelter (4)...................... 229.711 230.376 230.750 231.020 3.4 2.4 1.9 2.3 2.9 2.1
Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2) 118.615 119.293 119.006 118.894 0.3 1.9 2.4 0.9 1.1 1.7
Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......... 201.596 204.597 212.785 210.473 7.0 4.8 30.9 18.8 5.9 24.7
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)......................... 150.387 151.009 152.020 154.174 5.4 5.5 4.1 10.5 5.5 7.2
Household operations (1) (2)............. 149.816 150.867 151.290 152.083 2.1 4.4 11.4 6.2 3.2 8.8
Transportation services.................. 240.862 243.223 244.333 246.033 2.2 3.8 5.8 8.9 3.0 7.3
Medical care services.................... 385.115 386.038 386.607 387.963 6.0 4.2 3.2 3.0 5.1 3.1
Other services........................... 283.039 283.979 285.261 286.423 3.0 2.9 4.2 4.9 3.0 4.5
Special indexes
All items less food....................... 210.840 213.542 215.430 214.752 7.5 3.1 5.2 7.6 5.3 6.4
All items less shelter.................... 203.388 206.640 209.123 208.500 8.6 3.8 6.8 10.4 6.1 8.6
All items less medical care............... 204.658 207.249 209.190 208.771 7.0 3.3 5.6 8.3 5.2 6.9
Commodities less food..................... 161.360 165.803 168.143 166.189 15.1 3.3 5.4 12.5 9.0 8.9
Nondurables less food..................... 210.849 219.878 222.640 218.543 31.9 5.6 11.6 15.4 18.0 13.5
Nondurables less food and apparel......... 265.929 281.115 287.558 280.555 26.7 10.4 18.3 23.9 18.3 21.1
Nondurables............................... 212.335 218.042 220.363 218.559 18.4 4.8 10.3 12.3 11.4 11.3
Services less rent of shelter (4)......... 240.775 242.816 245.434 245.949 3.2 3.5 9.3 8.9 3.4 9.1
Services less medical care services....... 239.416 240.801 242.231 242.706 3.0 2.8 5.4 5.6 2.9 5.5
Energy.................................... 244.995 261.655 272.093 263.479 45.4 7.7 27.7 33.8 25.1 30.7
All items less energy..................... 207.772 208.598 209.458 210.097 2.7 2.8 2.5 4.6 2.8 3.5
All items less food and energy........... 207.468 208.116 208.747 209.244 2.4 2.4 1.8 3.5 2.4 2.6
Commodities less food and energy
commodities......................... 140.914 141.128 141.700 141.896 0.3 1.4 -1.0 2.8 0.8 0.9
Energy commodities..................... 297.683 327.093 340.121 325.564 77.0 9.2 25.9 43.1 39.0 34.2
Services less energy services........... 254.534 255.507 256.168 256.890 3.4 2.9 3.1 3.8 3.1 3.4
1 Not seasonally adjusted.
2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a
geometric means estimator.
4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Last Modified Date: September 16, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
