The Municipal Cost Index, developed exclusively by American City & County, is designed to show the effects of inflation on the cost of providing municipal services. This archive of 2018 Municipal Cost Index data includes monthly data from the Construction Cost Index, Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index.
Learn more about the Municipal Cost Index, including its history and the factors included in its monthly calculation. The consumer and producer price indexes are published monthly by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Abbreviations
MCI = Municipal Cost Index
CCI = Construction Cost Index
CPI = Consumer Price Index
PPI = Producer Price Index
| Month (2018) | Municipal Cost Index (MCI) | MCI Yr-Yr % Change |
Construction Cost Index (CCI) | CCI Yr-Yr % Change |
Consumer Price Index (CPI) | CPI Yr-Yr % Change |
Producer Price Index (PPI) | PPI Yr-Yr % Change |
| Jan | 246.71 | 3.03% | 278.91 | 3.34% | 249.25 | 2.08% | 197.80 | 3.78% |
| Feb | 247.39 | 4.00% | 279.26 | 5.25% | 249.62 | 2.11% | 199.30 | 4.29% |
| Mar | 247.79 | 4.47% | 280.67 | 6.30% | 249.46 | 2.34% | 198.90 | 3.97% |
| Apr | 248.43 | 2.82% | 281.07 | 2.72% | 250.01 | 2.40% | 200.00 | 3.63% |
| May | 250.02 | 3.45% | 282.37 | 3.02% | 250.54 | 2.74% | 203.20 | 5.34% |
| Jun | 250.86 | 3.68% | 283.53 | 3.37% | 250.86 | 2.90% | 204.20 | 5.42% |
| Jul | 251.69 | 3.68% | 284.92 | 3.14% | 251.29 | 2.97% | 204.70 | 5.84% |
| Aug | 251.55 | 3.25% | 285.29 | 2.83% | 251.85 | 2.78% | 203.00 | 4.80% |
| Sept | 252.10 | 3.24% | 286.42 | 3.31% | 251.99 | 2.28% | 203.20 | 4.47% |
| Oct | 252.83 | 3.49% | 286.81 | 3.52% | 252.83 | 2.51% | 204.30 | 4.88% |
| Nov | 252.07 | 2.68% | 286.83 | 2.99% | 252.88 | 2.13% | 201.50 | 2.86% |
| Dec | 252.27 | 2.63% | 287.02 | 3.00% | 252.73 | 1.92% | 202.10 | 2.90% |
