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Inflation Data
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Consumer Price Indexes
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Retirement benefit cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are determined by the consumer price indexes calculated and maintained by the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by
urban households.
Separate indexes are produced for regional urban areas and the nation as a whole. Indexes are further specified "all urban consumers" (CPI-U),
and "urban wage-earners and clerical workers" (CPI-W). The indexes below are used to determine annual benefit increases for Plan 2 and 3, the
Washington State Patrol, and a handful of Plan 1 retirees who selected a benefit payment option that provides a Plan 2-style COLA.
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Annual Inflation |
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Index Change |
Percentage
Change |
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Year |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton |
U.S. City |
Seattle-
Tacoma-
Bremerton |
U.S. City |
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CPI-W |
CPI-W |
CPI-W |
CPI-W |
|
2007 |
623.650 |
603.982 |
3.79% |
2.86% |
|
2006 |
600.9 |
587.2 |
3.73% |
3.22% |
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2005 |
579.3 |
568.9 |
3.02% |
3.53% |
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2004 |
562.3 |
549.5 |
1.57% |
2.60% |
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2003 |
553.6 |
535.6 |
1.41% |
2.23% |
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2002 |
545.9 |
523.9 |
1.81% |
1.37% |
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2001 |
536.2 |
516.8 |
3.55% |
2.72% |
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2000 |
517.8 |
503.1 |
3.75% |
3.48% |
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1999 |
499.1 |
486.2 |
3.10% |
2.23% |
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1998 |
484.1 |
475.6 |
2.63% |
1.34% |
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1997 |
471.7 |
469.3 |
3.10% |
2.22% |
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1996 |
457.5 |
459.1 |
3.30% |
2.91% |
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1995 |
442.9 |
446.1 |
2.90% |
2.84% |
|
1994 |
430.4 |
433.8 |
3.66% |
2.53% |
|
1993 |
415.2 |
423.1 |
2.98% |
2.82% |
|
1992 |
403.2 |
411.5 |
3.54% |
2.90% |
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1991 |
389.4 |
399.9 |
5.53% |
4.03% |
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1990 |
369.0 |
384.4 |
7.11% |
5.26% |
|
1989 |
344.5 |
365.2 |
4.68% |
4.82% |
|
1988 |
329.1 |
348.4 |
3.30% |
4.00% |
|
1987 |
318.6 |
335.0 |
2.35% |
3.59% |
|
1986 |
311.3 |
323.4 |
0.71% |
1.54% |
|
1985 |
309.1 |
318.5 |
2.08% |
3.54% |
|
1984 |
302.8 |
307.6 |
3.27% |
3.43% |
|
1983 |
293.2 |
297.4 |
-0.27% |
3.05% |
|
1982 |
294.0 |
288.6 |
6.48% |
5.99% |
|
1981 |
276.1 |
272.3 |
10.84% |
10.24% |
|
1980 |
249.1 |
247.0 |
16.08% |
13.46% |
|
1979 |
214.6 |
217.7 |
10.85% |
11.47% |
|
1978 |
193.6 |
195.3 |
9.01% |
7.60% |
|
1977 |
177.6 |
181.5 |
7.96% |
6.45% |
|
1976 |
164.5 |
170.5 |
5.58% |
5.77% |
|
1975 |
155.8 |
161.2 |
10.11% |
9.14% |
|
1974 |
141.5 |
147.7 |
10.98% |
10.97% |
|
1973 |
127.5 |
133.1 |
6.52% |
6.23% |
|
1972 |
119.7 |
125.3 |
2.84% |
3.30% |
|
1971 |
116.4 |
121.3 |
2.11% |
4.30% |
|
1970 |
114.0 |
116.3 |
4.40% |
5.92% |
|
1969 |
109.2 |
109.8 |
4.90% |
5.37% |
|
1968 |
104.1 |
104.2 |
4.10% |
4.20% |
|
1967 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
2.99% |
2.88% |
|
1966 |
97.1 |
97.2 |
2.75% |
2.86% |
|
1965 |
94.5 |
94.5 |
1.18% |
1.72% |
|
1964 |
93.4 |
92.9 |
1.41% |
1.31% |
|
1963 |
92.1 |
91.7 |
1.66% |
1.21% |
|
1962 |
90.6 |
90.6 |
1.46% |
1.12% |
|
1961 |
89.3 |
89.6 |
1.59% |
1.01% |
|
1960 |
87.9 |
88.7 |
1.27% |
1.60% |
|
1959 |
86.8 |
87.3 |
1.88% |
0.81% |
|
1958 |
85.2 |
86.6 |
2.28% |
2.73% |
|
1957 |
83.3 |
84.3 |
4.13% |
3.56% |
|
1956 |
80.0 |
81.4 |
1.27% |
1.50% |
|
1955 |
79.0 |
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