C2ER Cost of Living Index
Discover why C2ER’s Cost of Living Index is the most trusted resource for historical and current cost of living data since 1968.
C2ER Cost of Living Index
The C2ER Cost of Living Index measures relative price levels for consumer goods and services in participating areas. The average for all participating places, both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan, equals 100, and each participant's index is read as a …
Cost of Living Index is a service that C2ER, the professional association of community and economic development re-searchers, makes available to all urban areas. Because C 2 ER offers much more than just the Cost of Living Index, we urge all participants to join C 2 ER and share the benefits of membership.
Information for Current Participants – C2ER Cost of Living Index
Pricing Data Entry Publication; Annual: N/A: N/A: January 31, 2025: Q1 2025: January 1-31, 2025: February 15, 2025: May 31, 2025: Q2 2025: April 1-30, 2025: May 15, 2025
Cost of Living Index
Each of the picklist boxes below contains all places that participated in the most recently published Cost of Living Index survey, sorted first by state abbreviation and then alphabetically by area or city name.
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Quarter 1, 2022 Cost of Living Index Released
The Cost of Living Index measures regional differences in the cost of consumer goods and services, excluding taxes and non-consumer expenditures, for professional and managerial households in the top income quintile. It is based on more than 90,000 prices covering 60 different items for which prices are collected quarterly by chambers of ...
The Cost of Living Index measures regional differences in the cost of consumer goods and services, excluding taxes and non-consumer expenditures, for professional and managerial households in the top income quintile.
2023 Annual Average Cost of Living Index Released
The Cost of Living Index measures regional differences in the cost of consumer goods and services, excluding taxes and non-consumer expenditures, for professional and managerial households in the top income quintile. Covering 61 different items, prices are collected quarterly by chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, and ...