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Northeast Consumer Price Index Card

 
Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city
average		 Northeast
region		 New England division(1) Boston-
Cambridge-
Newton		 Middle Atlantic division(1) New York-
Newark-
Jersey City
Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025

All items

 337.511   353.171   134.137       135.972   366.054  

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 1,011.032   556.137               1,058.213  

Food and beverages

 349.025   350.896   135.670       137.330   362.541  

Food

 352.359   354.092   136.940       138.353   365.290  

Food at home

 322.876   326.294   128.742   327.093   133.893   340.823  

Food away from home

 400.850   404.080   150.523       145.284   413.324  

Alcoholic beverages

 301.812   306.959   120.480       122.656   318.336  

Housing

 361.843   390.774   141.563       140.462   404.230  

Shelter

 432.745   477.658   141.313   473.022   137.848   503.244  

Rent of primary residence

 451.486   484.024   146.218   498.155   137.442   511.947  

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)

 446.813   498.448   142.066   515.654   139.127   521.818  

Fuels and utilities(4)

 354.052   366.323                  

Household energy(4)

 297.158   331.475                  

Energy services(4)

 298.282   313.696                  

Electricity(4)

 307.673   323.676                  

Utility (piped) gas service(4)

 263.875   272.097                  

Household furnishings and operations

 156.550   156.222   119.744       137.925   148.028  

Apparel

 138.437   138.875   115.316       111.239   131.527  

Transportation

 296.187   294.861   137.218       149.606      

Private transportation

 293.386   286.820   138.803       150.830   317.498  

Motor fuel

 384.431   374.630   172.593   379.712   168.951   350.127  

Gasoline

 380.510 37.4 372.298 39.2 172.343 41.0 375.977 40.4 168.643 38.3 348.449 41.6

Medical care

 595.467   595.921   126.543       116.276   575.380  

Recreation(5)

 146.857   153.691   114.789       128.257   169.667  

Education and communication(5)

 150.958   165.536   115.050       118.985   169.908  

Other goods and services

 611.456   656.046   144.981       133.278   529.050  

Energy

 340.061   350.957   169.328   381.771   169.321   326.619  

All items less food and energy

 339.921   361.254   130.825       133.096   377.929  

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 2017=100 base.
(2) For the Northeast, December 1977=100.
(3) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) Census division and metropolitan area series for this item were discontinued in December 2024.
(5) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

New England division includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

Middle Atlantic division includes the states of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, includes Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.
Consumer Price Indexes for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), U.S. city average and selected areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item U.S. city
average		 Northeast
region		 New England division(1) Boston-
Cambridge-
Newton		 Middle Atlantic division(1) New York-
Newark-
Jersey City
Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025		 Oct
2026		 Percent change from
Oct
2025

All items

 331.147   351.043   134.981       136.956   359.620  

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 986.387   548.310               1,023.927  

Food and beverages

 348.359   349.178   135.726       137.094   357.662  

Food

 350.497   351.462   136.729       137.834   359.020  

Food at home

 322.448   326.152   129.831   317.306   134.069   336.299  

Food away from home

 401.434   404.504   149.229       145.059   408.893  

Alcoholic beverages

 309.648   308.104   121.908       123.597   319.688  

Housing

 357.229   391.425   142.644       141.758   397.409  

Shelter

 424.137   474.314   142.337   483.586   138.296   494.679  

Rent of primary residence

 449.584   477.128   146.397   498.155   137.469   503.276  

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)

 403.150   439.265   141.975   453.172   139.303   466.275  

Fuels and utilities(4)

 350.276   367.118                  

Household energy(4)

 293.323   331.549                  

Energy services(4)

 295.597   316.238                  

Electricity(4)

 303.673   330.463                  

Utility (piped) gas service(4)

 259.243   269.952                  

Household furnishings and operations

 146.261   149.119   111.439       142.898   131.954  

Apparel

 137.514   137.337   113.659       109.421   118.568  

Transportation

 303.589   304.376   137.698       152.597      

Private transportation

 301.223   296.039   139.197       152.908   331.720  

Motor fuel

 387.831   375.733   172.690   379.627   170.280   350.563  

Gasoline

 384.044 37.9 372.345 39.1 172.294 40.9 375.982 40.4 169.281 38.6 348.748 41.6

Medical care

 604.051   586.150   127.726       113.673   574.458  

Recreation(5)

 139.381   154.909   112.981       128.459   176.885  

Education and communication(5)

 133.295   145.610   110.231       115.457   151.423  

Other goods and services

 679.494   763.128   143.209       135.993   609.702  

Energy

 340.816   352.078   172.922   386.868   168.474   324.954  

All items less food and energy

 329.408   357.432   130.518       133.904   371.390  

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 2017=100 base.
(2) For the Northeast, December 1977=100.
(3) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) Census division and metropolitan area series for this item were discontinued in December 2024.
(5) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

Northeast region includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

New England division includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, includes Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk Counties in Massachusetts and Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire.

Middle Atlantic division includes the states of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, includes Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.