Average CPI by Quarter and Year

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**
(1982-84=100)
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


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