Construction material prices
Construction material price indexes over time
Official BLS Producer Price Index charts for concrete, cement, aggregates, steel, lumber, and asphalt. Use these as source-backed trend lines, not local supplier quotes.
Updated July 16, 2026 from the BLS Public Data API v2. Latest observation: June 2026.
Concrete
BLS PPI: Ready-mix concrete
- Latest
- 394.596
- 1 year
- +1.9%
- 5 years
- +34.8%
- 10 years
- +55.9%
Updated July 16, 2026
Cement
BLS PPI: Cement, hydraulic
- Latest
- 357.833
- 1 year
- -0.6%
- 5 years
- +31.8%
- 10 years
- +51.8%
Updated July 16, 2026
Aggregates
BLS PPI: Construction sand, gravel, and crushed stone
- Latest
- 560.631
- 1 year
- +6.2%
- 5 years
- +47.5%
- 10 years
- +78.4%
Updated July 16, 2026
Steel
BLS PPI: Steel mill products
- Latest
- 361.439
- 1 year
- +16.9%
- 5 years
- +5.3%
- 10 years
- +111.7%
Updated July 16, 2026
Lumber
BLS PPI: Lumber
- Latest
- 280.114
- 1 year
- +5.1%
- 5 years
- -37.0%
- 10 years
- +37.6%
Updated July 16, 2026
Asphalt
BLS PPI: Paving mixtures and blocks
- Latest
- 429.36
- 1 year
- +6.3%
- 5 years
- +34.4%
- 10 years
- +49.2%
Updated July 16, 2026
What this data is, and is not
These pages use official BLS Producer Price Index series. The snapshot is refreshed from the BLS Public Data API and the series page links use FRED as a browsable mirror. They show national price movement over time. Each BLS series may use a different reference period, so raw index levels should not be compared across materials. These indexes do not replace local supplier quotes, DOT bid tabs, or project-specific estimating judgment.