SSD price history: what we have so far

Retail SSD history: not enough data to judge. Public storage-index history: available from 2017-01 through 2026-06. Evidence cutoff: 2026-07-26. BLS PCU334112334112, fetched 25 July 2026 and source registry, reviewed 2026-07-25.

Two BLS storage series provide a long monthly manufacturing history. They are the best-matched public indexes among the six component categories, but they still do not contain a single retail SSD offer. Daily first-party price collection is now active; the current trailing record is still too short and does not safely assign every retained identity to SSD. Source registry, updated 2026-08-04.

Computer storage device manufacturing

This series contains 114 monthly observations from 2017-01 through 2026-06 with no missing month. It began at 58.300, reached a retained low of 54.100 in September 2019, and reached its retained high of 80.201 in June 2026. The latest value was 16.5% above its trailing 12-month mean of 68.813, 31.5% above June 2025, and 37.6% above January 2017. March through June 2026 are provisional. BLS PCU334112334112, fetched 25 July 2026.

The recent sequence was 65.162 in December 2025, 70.918 in January 2026, 72.266 in February and March, 73.772 in April and May, and 80.201 in June. That is a retrospective sequence in a manufacturing index, not a forecast of another increase. BLS PCU334112334112, fetched 25 July 2026.

Storage devices excluding parts

The second series also contains 114 monthly observations from 2017-01 through 2026-06 with no missing month. It began at 46.100, reached a retained low of 42.800 in September 2019, and reached its retained high of 61.175 in June 2026. The latest value was 16.8% above its trailing 12-month mean of 52.397, 32.2% above June 2025, and 32.7% above January 2017. March through June 2026 are provisional. BLS WPU11520101, fetched 25 July 2026.

The second sequence moved from 49.679 in December 2025 to 54.026 in January 2026, 55.181 in February and March, 56.319 in April and May, and 61.175 in June. The agreement between the two BLS series supports a recent storage-manufacturing increase. It does not establish the size of a change for a retail SSD. BLS WPU11520101, fetched 25 July 2026.

What is missing from a retail history

A like-for-like SSD series needs the same exact drive, capacity, controller, NAND revision when known, form factor, condition, merchant, and observation time. It also needs a stable group of sources so a retailer disappearing cannot masquerade as a price increase. Product-identity and coverage methodology, published 2026-07-26.

The state remains not enough data to judge until a permitted price record reaches at least 14 days, 10 usable price readings, and 60% coverage. Collection is active, but the current counts shown above have not passed those floors and no completion date is promised. Price-state methodology, published 2026-07-26.

The public history does not carry buy-or-wait advice. The 2026-07-26 backtest contradicted 60.4% of testable three-month wait signals and 52.5% of testable three-month buy signals. Those error rates are why this page describes the recorded indexes but gives no recommendation. Verdict methodology, run 2026-07-26.