Data through July 2026. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index. Rebuilt monthly.
Construction materials overall are up 10.5% over the past 12 months and up 19.3% over five years. The steepest 12-month rise is steel mill products at +22.5%; the weakest is cement, hydraulic at -0.7%. Of the 15 material categories tracked here, 13 rose and 2 fell or held flat year over year.
| Material | Index | 1 mo | 12 mo | 5 yr | 10-yr trend | Calculator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction materials (all) index | 374.0 | +1.4% | +10.5% | +19.3% | — | |
| Inputs to residential construction index | 344.9 | +0.1% | +6.7% | +25.6% | — | |
| Ready-mix concrete | 394.5 | -0.4% | +2.2% | +33.3% | Concrete Calculator | |
| Cement, hydraulic | 357.5 | -0.1% | -0.7% | +31.1% | Bags of Concrete per Yard | |
| Sand, gravel & crushed stone | 561.7 | +0.2% | +6.2% | +47.5% | Gravel Calculator | |
| Concrete block & brick | 409.0 | 0.0% | +3.7% | +40.5% | Block Calculator | |
| Clay construction products | 240.4 | -0.1% | +0.9% | +20.8% | Brick Calculator | |
| Softwood lumber | 300.6 | +6.4% | +15.0% | -18.7% | Deck Calculator | |
| Plywood | 295.2 | +0.7% | +9.2% | -31.0% | Sheathing Calculator | |
| Rebar & bar joists | 366.7 | +0.2% | +17.7% | +19.9% | Rebar Calculator | |
| Steel mill products | 374.2 | +3.9% | +22.5% | -1.6% | Metal Roof Calculator | |
| Asphalt roofing & siding | 372.3 | +1.3% | +3.6% | +33.5% | Roof Calculator | |
| Gypsum products | 481.6 | +0.9% | -0.4% | +24.2% | Drywall Calculator | |
| Insulation materials | 287.7 | -0.5% | +0.8% | +32.7% | Insulation Calculator | |
| Prepared paint | 448.3 | 0.0% | +6.2% | +34.6% | Paint Calculator | |
| Floor coverings | 223.5 | +0.7% | +4.1% | +10.6% | Flooring Calculator | |
| Plastic construction products | 356.3 | +0.4% | +5.0% | +21.1% | Composite vs Wood Decking |
Red indicates rising prices, green falling. Index values are PPI levels, not dollars — compare the percentage columns, not the raw numbers.
Steel mill products lead the 12-month table at +22.5%. Over five years the picture differs: steel mill products are -1.6%, which tells you whether a rise is a recent move or part of a longer climb.
The gap between the 12-month and 5-year columns is the most useful thing on this page. A material can be up sharply this year and still sit below where it was five years ago — that is what a post-spike correction looks like, and it is common in wood products. The reverse, modest annual moves stacked on a large five-year gain, describes a slow structural rise, which is the pattern in aggregates and cement.
Every figure comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index, retrieved through the public BLS API. Series are not seasonally adjusted. Percentage changes compare the latest month against the same month one and five years earlier, which removes seasonal effects without smoothing the data.
PPI measures prices received by domestic producers. It is not a retail price and it is not a bid price for installed work — it excludes labour, distribution margin and local delivery. Treat it as a directional signal for material budgets.
The exact series behind each row, so any figure here can be checked against BLS directly:
WPUSI012011 | Construction materials |
WPUIP2311001 | Inputs to residential construction, goods |
WPU1333 | Ready-mix concrete |
WPU1322 | Cement, hydraulic |
WPU1321 | Construction sand, gravel and crushed stone |
WPU1331 | Concrete block and brick |
WPU134 | Clay construction products ex. refractories |
WPU0811 | Softwood lumber |
WPU083 | Plywood |
WPU1074051 | Fabricated structural metal bar joists and concrete reinforcing bars |
WPU1017 | Steel mill products |
WPU1361 | Prepared asphalt and tar roofing and siding products |
WPU137 | Gypsum products |
WPU1392 | Insulation materials |
WPU0621 | Prepared paint |
WPU123 | Floor coverings |
WPU0721 | Plastic construction products |
BLS data is a work of the U.S. federal government and is in the public domain. This page is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It tracks what producers charge for construction materials, using the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index. This page reads 17 PPI series covering concrete, lumber, steel, roofing, drywall, insulation, paint and flooring, and shows how each has moved over one month, one year and five years. Data is current through July 2026.
No. The PPI measures prices received by domestic producers — roughly the wholesale level. Retail shelf prices at a home improvement store move in the same direction but not by the same amount, because they also carry distribution, retail margin and local delivery costs. Use the index for direction and rate of change, not for what you will pay at the register.
PPI values are relative to a base period, not dollars. A reading of 374 means prices are 3.74 times the base-period level. The useful figures are the percentage changes, which is why this page leads with them.
BLS publishes PPI data monthly, usually in the middle of the following month. This page is rebuilt from the BLS API each time new data lands, so the "as of" date above always reflects the latest release.
Yes. The underlying data is produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and is in the public domain. The exact series IDs are listed in the methodology section so you can verify any figure directly against BLS. A citation back to this page is appreciated but not required.