BLS Inflation Calculator Consumer Price Index-based inflation calculator from Bureau of Labor Statistics
Compare cost of living between cities Allows comparisons of buying power across the 50 states and the District of Columbia, or from one metro area to another, for a given year. Price levels are expressed as a percentage of the overall national level.
Which data should I use?
Should I use monthly CPI figures or annual averages? Calculating annual inflation for a specific month (for example, from December to December) gives you more recent data, but using annual averages smooths out the volatility that can occur in monthly CPI data.
Should I use seasonally adjusted or unadjusted data? BLS advises using unadjusted CPI data for escalation clauses