US average price for a pound of long-grain white rice: $1.12/lb for September 2026 (BLS, the public shelf-price survey behind the official CPI, published monthly with the CPI), +5.5% vs a year ago. Next BLS update: November 10, 2026, with the October 2026 CPI.
Retail rice prices rose 5.5% over the past year to $1.12/lb (September 2026), and the price is +40% versus five years ago.
This page charts the full history of the BLS price back to 2007. The Build-Your-Cart tool combines these staples into your personal basket, the farm-to-shelf page shows where the retail dollar goes, and the full price history is downloadable as JSON and CSV from the series page.
The US city average is $1.12/lb for September 2026, from the BLS Average Price survey — the shelf prices behind the CPI — +5.5% from a year earlier. The BLS figure is monthly, so "today" on this page means the latest published month, not this morning.
Retail rice prices rose 5.5% over the past year to $1.12/lb (September 2026), and the price is +40% versus five years ago.
BLS average prices for October 2026 publish with the CPI on November 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM Eastern. This page republishes every morning with whatever is newest.
BLS. Every series is charted with its full history on this page and listed with its source in the open data directory; the public-data series also download there.