August 2026

Fresh fish and seafood price index

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures the change in what households pay for fresh fish and seafood. The figures below are for the month of August 2026.

238.000index level, August 2026
+6.32%change over 12 months
-1.12%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024218.028-0.06%
September 2024218.129+0.05%
October 2024218.278+0.07%
November 2024218.690+0.19%
December 2024218.224-0.21%
January 2025221.681+1.58%
February 2025221.916+0.11%
March 2025221.069-0.38%
April 2025222.835+0.80%
May 2025222.848+0.01%
June 2025224.377+0.69%
July 2025223.282-0.49%
August 2025223.851+0.25%
September 2025224.597+0.33%
November 2025228.899not available
December 2025226.166-1.19%
January 2026234.258+3.58%
February 2026232.770-0.64%
March 2026233.200+0.18%
April 2026235.082+0.81%
May 2026239.428+1.85%
June 2026238.202-0.51%
July 2026240.689+1.04%
August 2026238.000-1.12%

What an index is

Each index is a price level for one kind of food, scaled so that the average for 1982–84 equals 100. Because the starting point is arbitrary, read an index by its change over time, not by comparing the level of one item against another.

A change of +6.32% over 12 months means the index stood at 223.851 in August 2025 and moved to 238.000 in August 2026. Where a month has no value, the table says not available; no figure here is estimated.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. Data month: August 2026. Record: series CUUR0000SEFG01, item code SEFG01.