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August 2026

Fruits and vegetables price index

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

367.507index level, August 2026
+3.20%change over 12 months
-0.55%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024349.599-0.39%
September 2024353.508+1.12%
October 2024355.292+0.50%
November 2024354.696-0.17%
December 2024353.630-0.30%
January 2025355.837+0.62%
February 2025353.197-0.74%
March 2025350.379-0.80%
April 2025349.187-0.34%
May 2025351.335+0.62%
June 2025351.414+0.02%
July 2025351.764+0.10%
August 2025356.104+1.23%
September 2025358.019+0.54%
November 2025355.125not available
December 2025355.246+0.03%
January 2026358.840+1.01%
February 2026362.604+1.05%
March 2026364.219+0.45%
April 2026370.431+1.71%
May 2026372.644+0.60%
June 2026370.090-0.69%
July 2026369.550-0.15%
August 2026367.507-0.55%

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 +3.20% over 12 months means the index stood at 356.104 in August 2025 and moved to 367.507 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 CUUR0000SAF113, item code SAF113.