Candy prices
The US price index for candy and chewing gum, against all consumer prices and pay, from BLS.
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- Candy, past year
- Up 7.7%
- Sep 2025 to Sep 2026. All prices +3.7%
- Candy since Aug 2019
- Up 54%
- Aug 2019 to Sep 2026. All prices +31%, pay +35%
- Work time for the same candy
- Up 14%
- Since Aug 2019, at average hourly pay
Candy prices since 2019
Percent change since Aug 2019.
Up to and including Sep 2026
| Month | Candy | All prices | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | +54% | +31% | +35% |
| Aug 2026 | +53% | +31% | +35% |
| Jul 2026 | +54% | +30% | +34% |
| Jun 2026 | +54% | +30% | +34% |
| May 2026 | +51% | +31% | +34% |
| Apr 2026 | +49% | +30% | +34% |
| Mar 2026 | +52% | +29% | +34% |
| Feb 2026 | +53% | +27% | +34% |
| Jan 2026 | +48% | +27% | +34% |
| Dec 2025 | +48% | +26% | +32% |
| Nov 2025 | +47% | +26% | +33% |
| Sep 2025 | +43% | +27% | +31% |
| Aug 2025 | +42% | +26% | +30% |
| Jul 2025 | +40% | +26% | +30% |
| Jun 2025 | +40% | +26% | +30% |
| May 2025 | +38% | +25% | +30% |
| Apr 2025 | +38% | +25% | +30% |
| Mar 2025 | +37% | +25% | +30% |
| Feb 2025 | +37% | +24% | +30% |
| Jan 2025 | +38% | +24% | +29% |
| Dec 2024 | +35% | +23% | +28% |
| Nov 2024 | +34% | +23% | +27% |
| Oct 2024 | +32% | +23% | +27% |
| Sep 2024 | +30% | +23% | +27% |
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Every month since December 1997: the candy and all-items price indexes and, from 2006, average hourly pay, as a gzipped CSV.
Download CSV (gzip)Candy prices each year
Change in candy prices over twelve months to September, against all consumer prices.
Up to and including Sep 2026
September against the September before, newest first. Candy rose faster than all prices in 14 of 28 years.
- 2026+7.7%, all prices +3.7%
- 2025+9.8%, all prices +3.0%
- 2024+0.3%, all prices +2.4%
- 2023+7.5%, all prices +3.7%
- 2022+13.1%, all prices +8.2%
- 2021+2.0%, all prices +5.4%
- 2020+2.3%, all prices +1.4%
- 2019+4.4%, all prices +1.7%
- 2018+1.2%, all prices +2.3%
- 2017−1.4%, all prices +2.2%
- 2016−0.4%, all prices +1.5%
- 2015+4.1%, all prices −0.0%
Bars are candy and chewing gum. The dashed mark on each row is all consumer prices over the same twelve months.
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| Year | Candy | All prices |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | +7.7% | +3.7% |
| September 2025 | +9.8% | +3.0% |
| September 2024 | +0.3% | +2.4% |
| September 2023 | +7.5% | +3.7% |
| September 2022 | +13% | +8.2% |
| September 2021 | +2.0% | +5.4% |
| September 2020 | +2.3% | +1.4% |
| September 2019 | +4.4% | +1.7% |
| September 2018 | +1.2% | +2.3% |
| September 2017 | -1.4% | +2.2% |
| September 2016 | -0.4% | +1.5% |
| September 2015 | +4.1% | -0.0% |
| September 2014 | +1.9% | +1.7% |
| September 2013 | -2.3% | +1.2% |
| September 2012 | +1.0% | +2.0% |
| September 2011 | +5.2% | +3.9% |
| September 2010 | +2.7% | +1.1% |
| September 2009 | +4.2% | -1.3% |
| September 2008 | +6.4% | +4.9% |
| September 2007 | +4.8% | +2.8% |
| September 2006 | +1.7% | +2.1% |
| September 2005 | +1.4% | +4.7% |
| September 2004 | +0.9% | +2.5% |
| September 2003 | +1.1% | +2.3% |
| September 2002 | +1.6% | +1.5% |
| September 2001 | +0.8% | +2.6% |
| September 2000 | +0.6% | +3.5% |
| September 1999 | +2.0% | +2.6% |