The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the West region increased by 3.0 percent over the 12 months ending in November 2025. The index for all items excluding food and energy also rose by 3.0 percent during this period.
Food prices saw an overall increase of 2.5 percent, with grocery store purchases rising by 1.4 percent and prices for food away from home, such as restaurants and cafeterias, increasing by 3.9 percent.
Energy costs climbed by 4.4 percent compared to a year earlier. Gasoline prices were up by 5.2 percent, natural gas service rose by 6.3 percent, and electricity prices increased by 2.6 percent.
Within the index excluding food and energy, medical care costs rose by 5.6 percent while shelter costs went up by 2.6 percent.
BLS noted that survey data was not collected for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations, which prevented retroactive data collection for that month. For some indexes, nonsurvey data sources were used to make calculations, and most of this nonsurvey data was acquired retroactively for October.
All analysis in this release is based on year-over-year changes and is not seasonally adjusted.
The BLS stated: “The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services.” The agency added: “The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program.”
The West Region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Local area indexes are subject to greater sampling error than national or regional indexes due to smaller sample sizes and are not adjusted for seasonal influences.
The next release of the Consumer Price Index for the West Region is scheduled for January 13, 2026.
