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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEGD02

Funeral expenses

Prices for funeral expenses rose 3.0% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.2% in the month.

12 months+3.0%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.2%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−0.3%seasonally adjusted
Index417.81982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%2%4%6%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

3504002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026417.8+0.2%+3.0%
July 2026416.9−0.1%+3.0%
June 2026417.5−0.1%+3.2%
May 2026418.1−1.1%+3.4%
April 2026422.8+1.4%+4.1%
March 2026416.8+0.4%+2.8%
February 2026415.2−1.6%+3.1%
January 2026422.1+3.1%+5.6%
December 2025409.5+0.6%+2.6%
November 2025407.1—+2.3%
September 2025407.0+0.4%+2.9%
August 2025405.6+0.2%+2.6%
July 2025404.9+0.1%+2.7%
June 2025404.5+0.0%+2.1%
May 2025404.5−0.4%+2.2%
April 2025406.1+0.2%+2.1%
March 2025405.5+0.7%+2.6%
February 2025402.6+0.7%+3.3%
January 2025399.8+0.2%+2.7%
December 2024399.1+0.3%+3.0%
November 2024398.0−0.1%+3.2%
October 2024398.3+0.7%+4.0%
September 2024395.6+0.0%+3.4%
August 2024395.4+0.2%+3.4%
July 2024394.4−0.4%+3.5%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEGD02 and CUSR0000SEGD02). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.