US PPI — Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (NAICS 33641)
Producer Price Index industry data for aerospace product and parts manufacturing (NAICS 33641), an aggregate spanning aircraft, aircraft engines, and other aerospace parts manufacturing together, broader than PCU336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing) or PCU336412 (Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing). Index base: June 1985 = 100.
Latest value
290.696
Index · as of Aug 2026
Year-over-year change
+2.3%
BLS
Month-over-month change
+0.1%
Latest value is 1 month old. Next update expected around Sep 2026.
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Price history
Data & insights
Key figures
From Jan 2024 to Aug 2026 the index went from 274.1 to 290.7, a change of +6.1%.
Highest reading in that period: 290.7 in Aug 2026. Lowest: 274.1 in Jan 2024.
Largest one-month rise: +0.4% in Jan 2025. It did not fall month to month in this period.
The year-over-year change stayed within 10% either way in each of the last 20 months, so a 10% annual cap or floor would not have been reached.
Volatility (12mo)
±0.10%
Std. dev. of month-over-month change
Strongest average month-over-month move historically: January (+0.4% avg).
What this means for your clause
Used as a portfolio-level benchmark in a diversified aerospace supply contract spanning airframes, engines, and parts together rather than isolating one component type. A dispute over a specific component should still cite PCU336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing) or PCU336412 (Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing) instead, since this aggregate blends them.
Draft a clause
A starting point citing this series by name and code. Replace the bracketed terms with your contract's actual scope before use.
The [affected portion] of the Contract Price shall be adjusted using US PPI — Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (NAICS 33641) (BLS series PCU33641-33641-), published by BLS.
Base Period: the index value published for August 2026 (or the month of contract signing, if different) is the Base Value.
Adjustment: at each Adjustment Date, the Current Value is the most recently published three-month average of the index (the Averaging Window). The Escalation Factor equals Current Value divided by Base Value.
Cap: the Escalation Factor applied under this clause shall not exceed 1.10 or fall below 0.90 (a 10% cap and floor) in any single Adjustment Date, regardless of the index's actual movement.
[Replace bracketed terms with your contract's actual affected-portion definition and adjustment-date schedule before use. This is a drafting starting point, not legal advice.]
Split defense contracts into aircraft, naval, land systems, missiles, and small arms. Aircraft (PCU336411336411), naval systems (PCU336611336611), and small arms/ordnance manufacturing (PCU33299T33299T) have real, published US government price indices. Land systems and missiles do not, confirmed by direct check against the BLS API. Build those two from a weighted input composite instead.
Use two formulas, not one. New aircraft can be indexed against a real government series, BLS PPI PCU336411336411. Spare parts have no matching series, so price them from a weighted input composite instead: engine parts, avionics, fasteners, and labor.
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