The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast region increased 0.1 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index for all items less food and energy also rose 0.1 percent in May. Food prices increased 0.3 percent over-the-month while energy prices remained unchanged in the same period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The Northeast all items CPI-U advanced 2.8 percent for the 12 months ending in May. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.1 percent over the year. Food prices rose 2.6 percent and energy prices decreased 0.6 percent over the year.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Northeast region, May 2022–May 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
May 2022	7.5	4.6
Jun 2022	7.6	4.4
Jul 2022	7.3	4.3
Aug 2022	7.4	5.0
Sep 2022	7.2	5.4
Oct 2022	6.9	5.2
Nov 2022	6.4	4.7
Dec 2022	6.1	4.8
Jan 2023	6.0	4.9
Feb 2023	5.9	5.1
Mar 2023	4.3	4.5
Apr 2023	3.8	4.2
May 2023	3.1	4.3
Jun 2023	2.2	3.8
Jul 2023	2.6	4.0
Aug 2023	2.8	3.7
Sep 2023	3.0	3.5
Oct 2023	2.7	3.4
Nov 2023	2.5	3.5
Dec 2023	2.6	3.5
Jan 2024	2.5	3.5
Feb 2024	2.4	3.2
Mar 2024	3.4	4.0
Apr 2024	3.6	4.1
May 2024	3.9	4.3
Jun 2024	3.8	4.3
Jul 2024	3.6	3.9
Aug 2024	3.4	4.0
Sep 2024	3.4	4.2
Oct 2024	3.5	4.4
Nov 2024	3.5	4.3
Dec 2024	3.5	3.9
Jan 2025	3.7	4.1
Feb 2025	3.9	4.2
Mar 2025	3.2	3.4
Apr 2025	3.1	3.5
May 2025	2.8	3.1

Food prices increased 0.3 percent in May. The index for food away from home was up 0.3 percent for the same period. The index for food at home was up 0.2 percent. Within the food at home category, food groups that had price increases over the month included rice, pasta, cornmeal and frozen and freeze dried prepared foods.

Food prices rose 2.6 percent over the year. The index for food away from home advanced 3.7 percent, while the index for food at home increased 1.9 percent. Much of the rise in the food at home index came from a 5.3-percent advance in prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs.

The energy index remained unchanged over the month. The electricity index increased 1.0 percent while utility (piped) gas service prices declined 1.2 percent, and gasoline prices decreased 0.1 percent in the same period.

The energy index decreased 0.6 percent from May 2024 to May 2025. The utility (piped) gas service index advanced 24.3 percent, and the electricity index rose 9.8 percent. Gasoline declined 14.0 percent over the year.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.1 percent in May. The index for shelter was up 0.3 percent as all its components rose, including owners’ equivalent rent of residences, up 0.2 percent. For the same period, education and communication prices increased 0.2 percent. Prices for recreation and apparel were down 1.4 percent and 1.0 percent respectively.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.1 percent over the year, led by a 4.7-percent increase in prices for shelter. Within the shelter category, the rent of primary residence index was up 5.5 percent, and the owners’ equivalent rent of residences index rose 4.6 percent. Other price increases for all items less food and energy encompassed the household furnishings and operations index and the other goods and services index, both up 2.9 percent, and education and communication index, up 2.3 percent.

The Consumer Price Index for June 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for the Northeast region is published monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program.

Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.

The Northeast region is comprised of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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Table 1. Northeast region CPI-U by expenditure category for May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All items		332.049	333.065	333.531	2.8	0.4	0.1
All items (December 1977 = 100)		522.876	524.475	525.209	-	-	-
Food and beverages		336.415	335.870	336.636	2.6	0.1	0.2
Food		339.037	338.507	339.378	2.6	0.1	0.3
Food at home		314.865	312.927	313.569	1.9	-0.4	0.2
Cereals and bakery products		388.698	386.588	395.788	2.8	1.8	2.4
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		335.051	331.727	328.483	5.3	-2.0	-1.0
Dairy and related products		284.201	279.432	278.527	1.4	-2.0	-0.3
Fruits and vegetables		346.088	345.139	342.438	-3.2	-1.1	-0.8
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		233.459	234.367	232.919	5.0	-0.2	-0.6
Other food at home		281.730	280.012	282.903	0.8	0.4	1.0
Food away from home		382.235	384.341	385.637	3.7	0.9	0.3
Alcoholic beverages		300.369	299.600	298.918	2.3	-0.5	-0.2
Housing		365.171	367.625	368.717	5.0	1.0	0.3
Shelter		363.701	364.335	365.681	4.3	0.5	0.4
Rent of primary residence		454.054	455.951	457.466	5.5	0.8	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(1)		468.164	469.557	470.531	4.6	0.5	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(1)		467.691	469.082	470.054	4.6	0.5	0.2
Fuels and utilities		323.324	322.576	323.102	10.4	-0.1	0.2
Household energy		289.911	288.570	288.885	10.9	-0.4	0.1
Energy services		289.980	291.487	292.363	13.9	0.8	0.3
Electricity		295.460	295.536	298.492	9.8	1.0	1.0
Utility (piped) gas service		259.020	263.189	259.977	24.3	0.4	-1.2
Household furnishings and operations		146.566	148.388	148.666	2.9	1.4	0.2
Apparel		137.607	135.322	134.024	-0.3	-2.6	-1.0
Transportation		264.316	265.726	266.841	-1.0	1.0	0.4
Private transportation		264.218	265.640	266.604	-0.6	0.9	0.4
New and used motor vehicles(2)		125.432	126.576	126.770	1.1	1.1	0.2
New vehicles		174.938	175.704	175.677	0.4	0.4	0.0
New cars(3)		165.019	165.809	165.635	0.5	0.4	-0.1
Used cars and trucks		194.535	195.267	196.898	2.1	1.2	0.8
Motor fuel		265.201	267.294	267.020	-13.9	0.7	-0.1
Gasoline (all types)		264.517	266.658	266.438	-14.0	0.7	-0.1
Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)		258.225	260.540	260.301	-14.6	0.8	-0.1
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(4)		296.649	298.014	298.030	-11.8	0.5	0.0
Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)		296.246	297.357	297.235	-10.9	0.3	0.0
Medical care		582.998	584.462	583.519	0.9	0.1	-0.2
Medical care commodities		425.037	427.706	427.550	0.8	0.6	0.0
Medical care services		629.253	630.315	629.126	0.9	0.0	-0.2
Professional services		434.095	435.083	433.181	1.8	-0.2	-0.4
Recreation(2)		146.875	145.842	143.744	0.7	-2.1	-1.4
Education and communication(2)		159.123	158.726	159.113	2.3	0.0	0.2
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(5)		1,479.463	1,479.471	1,488.802	5.4	0.6	0.6
Other goods and services		622.444	626.057	626.052	2.9	0.6	0.0
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (4) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. (5) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
- Data not available. Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. Northeast region CPI-U by special aggregate index for May 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
All items		332.049	333.065	333.531	2.8	0.4	0.1
Food		339.037	338.507	339.378	2.6	0.1	0.3
Energy		280.359	280.382	280.463	-0.6	0.0	0.0
All items less food and energy		343.356	344.751	345.194	3.1	0.5	0.1
All items less energy		340.873	341.980	342.483	3.0	0.5	0.1
All items less medical care		321.050	322.047	322.579	3.0	0.5	0.2
All items less shelter		290.800	291.017	291.115	1.7	0.1	0.0
Commodities		229.727	229.295	229.413	0.0	-0.1	0.1
Commodities less food		179.777	179.402	179.254	-1.8	-0.3	-0.1
Commodities less food & beverages		175.289	174.927	174.793	-2.0	-0.3	-0.1
Durables		120.384	120.534	120.865	0.3	0.4	0.3
Nondurables		280.058	279.163	279.046	-0.1	-0.4	0.0
Nondurables less food & beverages		225.256	224.012	223.018	-3.8	-1.0	-0.4
Nondurables less food		229.685	228.472	227.498	-3.4	-1.0	-0.4
Services		430.243	432.678	433.483	4.3	0.8	0.2
Services less rent of shelter(1)		422.422	424.059	424.135	3.8	0.4	0.0
Services less medical care services		416.543	419.077	420.025	4.7	0.8	0.2
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.