Typical Cost of Groceries and Everyday Items
U.S. city average prices for 14 everyday items, as published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The latest month is August 2026.
- All-purpose flourper pound$0.55−1.6% in a yearAug 2026
- Baconper pound$6.61−8.4% in a yearAug 2026
- Bananasper pound$0.65−2.1% in a yearAug 2026
- Butterper pound$4.02−16.7% in a yearAug 2026
- Eggsper dozen$2.27−36.7% in a yearAug 2026
- Electricityper kWh19.6¢+3.2% in a yearAug 2026
- Ground beefper pound$6.92+9.6% in a yearAug 2026
- Ground coffeeper pound$9.30+4.8% in a yearAug 2026
- Regular gasolineper gallon$4.20+27.5% in a yearAug 2026
- Tomatoesper pound$1.98+2.7% in a yearAug 2026
- White breadper pound$1.82−1.0% in a yearAug 2026
- White sugarper pound$1.02−1.5% in a yearAug 2026
- Whole chickenper pound$2.01−3.1% in a yearAug 2026
- Whole milkper gallon$4.23+1.4% in a yearAug 2026
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data, retrieved through the BLS Public Data API. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.