The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) on a monthly basis. We computed the average CPI-W values below using the monthly CPI-Ws.
Average Quarterly, and Average Annual, CPI-W
Year Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Annual
1974 47.467 48.800 50.300 51.800 49.592
1975 52.733 53.533 54.700 55.567 54.133
1976 56.100 56.800 57.667 58.333 57.225
1977 59.400 60.633 61.533 62.200 60.942
1978 63.233 64.933 66.400 67.733 65.575
1979 69.500 71.933 74.400 76.433 73.067
1980 79.400 82.300 83.900 86.100 82.925
1981 88.333 90.333 92.900 94.133 91.425
1982 94.833 96.267 98.167 98.333 96.900
1983 98.200 99.433 100.533 101.200 99.842
1984 101.733 102.467 104.067 104.767 103.258
1985 105.400 106.667 107.333 108.267 106.917
1986 108.433 107.967 108.700 109.200 108.575
1987 110.500 111.967 113.267 114.200 112.483
1988 114.767 116.200 117.800 119.033 116.950
1989 120.233 122.367 123.333 124.400 122.583
1990 126.400 127.700 129.900 132.100 129.025
1991 132.867 133.733 134.700 135.700 134.250
1992 136.467 137.667 138.767 139.733 138.158
1993 140.700 141.833 142.367 143.333 142.058
1994 144.000 145.000 146.400 147.167 145.642
1995 148.267 149.600 150.233 150.933 149.758
1996 152.267 153.900 154.633 155.767 154.142
1997 156.700 157.267 157.867 158.400 157.558
1998 158.533 159.433 160.000 160.667 159.658
1999 161.167 162.767 163.933 165.067 163.233
2000 166.667 168.467 169.700 170.733 168.892
2001 172.233 174.167 174.133 173.533 173.517
2002 173.867 175.833 176.567 177.233 175.875
2003 179.067 179.600 180.300 180.267 179.808
2004 181.900 184.500 185.100 186.433 184.483
2005 187.400 190.100 192.700 193.700 190.975
2006 194.500 198.000 199.067 197.000 197.142
2007 198.905 203.232 203.596 205.335 202.767
2008 207.715 212.903 215.495 208.097 211.053
2009 206.542 209.224 211.001 211.752 209.630
2010 212.879 213.974 214.136 214.878 213.967
2011 217.986 222.406 223.233 222.674 221.575
2012 224.612 226.549 226.936 226.819 226.229
2013 228.173 229.450 230.327 229.347 229.324
2014 231.157 234.120 234.242 231.563 232.771
2015 229.590 232.744 233.278 231.628 231.810
2016 231.414 234.388 235.057 235.446 234.076
2017 237.329 238.618 239.668 240.588 239.051
2018 242.790 245.524 246.352 245.919 245.146
2019 246.373 249.650 250.200 250.663 249.222
2020 251.557 250.030 253.412 253.994 252.248
2021 257.025 263.754 268.421 272.840 265.510
2022 279.472 288.380 291.901 292.183 287.984
2023 294.881 298.502 301.236 301.341 298.990