2025 Consumer Expenditures Surveys — 2026-10-29

Average annual expenditures for all consumer units in 2025 were $81,905, a 4.3-percent increase from 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Average income before taxes was $110,847 in 2025, a 6.4-percent increase from 2024. During the same period, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 2.6 percent. Focusing on statistically significant changes from 2024 to 2025 in the major components of total expenditures, average expenditures increased for food and housing. (See table 1.) The 4.6-percent increase in the average annual expenditures on food is due in part to an 11.7-percent increase in expenditures on meats, poultry, fish, and eggs. Average annual expenditures on housing increased 5.8 percent in 2025, mostly due to an 8.0-percent increase in expenditures on shelter. On average, consumer units spent $27,790 on housing in 2025, which was 33.9 percent of total average annual expenditures.