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Iceberg lettuce: what a pound costs in US stores

The average price shoppers paid in urban stores each month, from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

US city average. BLS publishes this price for the nation only.

Up to dateMonthly, with the consumer price index, about the middle of the following month Last published Oct 14, 2026. Next expected November 2026.

The latest figures and how they have changed

US city average · September 2026
$1.64 a pound,down 5.5% in a year
Against $1.73 in September 2025, the same month a year earlier.

Price of a pound, each month

$0$1$2$31980198519901995200020052010201520202025$1.64Sep 2026

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US city average: $1.64 a pound in September 2026.

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What the numbers say

  • Since January 1980 it has risen 362.1%, from $0.35 to $1.64 a pound.
  • Gaps are months with no US figure: BLS had no figure available in January 1987, February 1987, October 2013, March 2020, April 2020, May 2020, June 2020, July 2020, August 2020, September 2020, October 2020, November 2020, December 2020, January 2021, February 2021, March 2021, April 2021, May 2021, June 2021, July 2021, August 2021, September 2021, October 2021, November 2021, December 2021, January 2022, February 2022, March 2022, April 2022, May 2022, June 2022, July 2022, August 2022, September 2022, October 2022, November 2022, December 2022, January 2023, February 2023, March 2023, April 2023, December 2025 and February 2026, and BLS never collected the figure in October 2025 (federal shutdown). Nothing is filled in.

The line breaks at February 2023, March 2023, April 2023, October 2025, December 2025, February 2026: BLS collected no prices in those months.

Iceberg lettuce: the figures

Dollars a pound, as BLS publishes them, newest first.

The average price shoppers paid for iceberg lettuce in US cities each month, as recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not seasonally adjusted. Average price, Jan 1980 to Sep 2026. Not seasonally adjusted.
MonthUS city average
Sep 2026$1.636
Aug 2026$1.471
Jul 2026$1.753
Jun 2026$2.012
May 2026$1.964
Apr 2026$1.629
Mar 2026$1.719
Feb 2026Not collected
Jan 2026$1.699
Dec 2025Not collected
Nov 2025$1.987
Oct 2025Not collected
Sep 2025$1.731
Aug 2025$1.673
Jul 2025$1.579
Jun 2025$1.378
May 2025$1.438
Apr 2025$1.515
Mar 2025$1.465
Feb 2025$1.522
Jan 2025$1.618
Dec 2024$1.705
Nov 2024$1.641
Oct 2024$1.414
Sep 2024$1.435
Aug 2024$1.517
Jul 2024$1.643
Jun 2024$1.741
May 2024$1.692
Apr 2024$1.754
Mar 2024$1.680
Feb 2024$1.443
Jan 2024$1.439
Dec 2023$1.530
Nov 2023$1.675
Oct 2023$1.522
Sep 2023$1.660
Aug 2023$1.596
Jul 2023$1.666
Jun 2023$1.605
May 2023$1.700
Apr 2023Not collected
Mar 2023Not collected
Feb 2023Not collected
Jan 2023Not collected
Dec 2022Not collected
Nov 2022Not collected
Oct 2022Not collected
Sep 2022Not collected
Aug 2022Not collected
Jul 2022Not collected
Jun 2022Not collected
May 2022Not collected
Apr 2022Not collected
Mar 2022Not collected
Feb 2022Not collected
Jan 2022Not collected
Dec 2021Not collected
Nov 2021Not collected
Oct 2021Not collected
Sep 2021Not collected
Aug 2021Not collected
Jul 2021Not collected
Jun 2021Not collected
May 2021Not collected
Apr 2021Not collected
Mar 2021Not collected
Feb 2021Not collected
Jan 2021Not collected
Dec 2020Not collected
Nov 2020Not collected
Oct 2020Not collected
Sep 2020Not collected
Aug 2020Not collected
Jul 2020Not collected
Jun 2020Not collected
May 2020Not collected
Apr 2020Not collected
Mar 2020Not collected
Feb 2020$1.248
Jan 2020$1.341
Dec 2019$1.304
Nov 2019$1.337
Oct 2019$1.134
Sep 2019$1.107
Aug 2019$1.143
Jul 2019$1.207
Jun 2019$1.083
May 2019$1.108
Apr 2019$1.213
Mar 2019$1.301
Feb 2019$1.114
Jan 2019$1.161
Dec 2018$1.250
Nov 2018$1.007
Oct 2018$0.910
Sep 2018$0.876
Aug 2018$0.913
Jul 2018$0.903
Jun 2018$0.890
May 2018$0.968
Apr 2018$0.906
Mar 2018$0.889
Feb 2018$0.894
Jan 2018$0.922
Dec 2017$1.008
Nov 2017$1.044
Oct 2017$1.014
Sep 2017$0.943
Aug 2017$0.938
Jul 2017$0.957
Jun 2017$1.011
May 2017$1.151
Apr 2017$1.231
Mar 2017$1.025
Feb 2017$1.045
Jan 2017$0.985
Dec 2016$1.016
Nov 2016$1.042
Oct 2016$0.949

The line breaks at February 2023, March 2023, April 2023, October 2025, December 2025, February 2026: BLS collected no prices in those months. This table shows the last 10 years. The CSV holds every month.

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By region

BLS publishes iceberg lettuce for the US city average only, so there is nothing regional to show.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data. Retrieved October 23, 2026. Not seasonally adjusted.
BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov. BLS series APU0000712211, average price in urban areas. BLS data are in the public domain.

What this measures

It is BLS's average of the prices its staff record in stores in urban areas, for one item of a set size. BLS says these averages are best for the price level in a month, not for price change over time.

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