Municipal Cost Index 1981
Municipal Cost Index 1981

The Municipal Cost Index, developed exclusively by American City & County, is designed to show the effects of inflation on the cost of providing municipal services. This archive of 1981 Municipal Cost Index data includes monthly data from the Cost Construction Index, Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index.

Abbreviations
MCI = Muncipal Cost Index
CCI = Construction Cost Index
CPI = Consumer Price Index
PPI = Producer Price Index

January 1981

273.1

0.7%

10.4%

302.1

253.9

252.2

February 1981

274.5

0.5%

10.3%

302.0

256.2

253.2

March 1981

278.9

1.6%

11.6%

306.5

258.4

254.7

April 1981

280.6

0.6%

10.9%

305.9

260.5

259.8

May 1981

282.6

0.7%

10.3%

306.1

263.2

262.4

June 1981

284.7

0.7%

9.8%

306.4

265.1

265.3

July 1981

288.3

1.3%

10.5%

313.3

266.8

267.7

August 1981

290.3

0.7%

10.9%

315.1

269.0

268.9

September 1981

292.3

0.7%

10.3%

317.4

271.3

269.9

October 1981

295.4

1.1%

10.6%

321.7

274.4

271.3

November 1981

297.2

0.6%

10.4%

323.0

276.5

271.2

December 1981

299.5

0.8%

10.4%

326.2

279.3

271.1

* The consumer and producer price indexes are published monthly by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.