The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for New York-Newark-Jersey City was unchanged in May after increasing 0.4 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that the food index rose while the indexes for energy and for all items less food and energy declined. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The New York area all items CPI-U increased 3.4 percent for the 12 months ending in May. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.6 percent, and indexes also increased for food (+2.9 percent) and energy (+0.8 percent).

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, May 2022–May 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
May 2022	6.3	3.6
Jun 2022	6.7	4.1
Jul 2022	6.5	4.2
Aug 2022	6.6	4.6
Sep 2022	6.2	5.0
Oct 2022	6.0	4.9
Nov 2022	5.9	4.5
Dec 2022	6.3	5.4
Jan 2023	6.0	5.7
Feb 2023	6.0	5.6
Mar 2023	4.6	5.1
Apr 2023	3.7	4.4
May 2023	3.5	5.1
Jun 2023	2.5	3.8
Jul 2023	3.2	4.4
Aug 2023	3.5	4.5
Sep 2023	3.7	4.1
Oct 2023	3.5	4.0
Nov 2023	3.0	3.9
Dec 2023	2.9	3.4
Jan 2024	3.1	3.7
Feb 2024	2.9	3.4
Mar 2024	3.4	3.5
Apr 2024	3.8	3.9
May 2024	3.9	4.0
Jun 2024	4.2	4.4
Jul 2024	4.1	4.3
Aug 2024	3.7	4.4
Sep 2024	3.8	4.5
Oct 2024	4.0	4.7
Nov 2024	4.3	5.2
Dec 2024	4.3	4.7
Jan 2025	4.0	4.4
Feb 2025	4.2	4.4
Mar 2025	3.8	4.2
Apr 2025	3.9	4.3
May 2025	3.4	3.6

The food index rose 0.7 percent in May following a 0.6-percent decline in April. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 0.8 percent, with higher prices in 3 of 6 major grocery store food groups, including a 3.5-percent increase in cereals and bakery products. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.7 percent.

Over the year, the food index rose 2.9 percent. Prices for food at home increased 2.6 percent with higher prices recorded in 4 of 6 grocery categories. Prices for food away from home rose 3.2 percent.

The energy index decreased 0.6 percent in May. Gasoline prices increased 0.8 percent.

From May 2024 to May 2025, the energy index increased 0.8 percent. In contrast, gasoline prices declined 15.5 percent.

Over the month, the index for all items less food and energy inched down 0.1 percent. Among the index components with lower May prices were apparel (-1.2 percent), medical care (-0.6 percent), and recreation (-5.2 percent). In contrast, shelter prices edged up 0.2 percent, with increases occurring for rent of primary residence (+0.2 percent) and lodging away from home. Prices for education and communication also rose (+0.6 percent), with tuition, other school fees, and childcare advancing 1.3 percent.

For the year ended in May 2025, the index for all items less food and energy increased 3.6 percent. Prices for shelter increased 4.5 percent and included a 4.1-percent increase for owners’ equivalent rent along with a 5.3-percent rise for rent of primary residence. Prices for education and communication were up 4.1 percent, with a 5.8-percent increase in tuition, other school fees, and childcare, the largest advance since the series start in December 2018.

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 New York 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. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

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Table 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, 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		342.508	344.047	343.886	3.4	0.4	0.0
All items (1967=100)		990.142	994.592	994.125	-	-	-
Food and beverages		345.235	343.275	345.580	2.8	0.1	0.7
Food		347.076	345.045	347.513	2.9	0.1	0.7
Food at home		325.517	321.696	324.126	2.6	-0.4	0.8
Cereals and bakery products		380.043	386.953	400.382	6.6	5.4	3.5
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		344.480	339.036	337.706	6.2	-2.0	-0.4
Dairy and related products		281.588	275.299	275.008	1.7	-2.3	-0.1
Fruits and vegetables		366.215	369.003	366.086	-1.6	0.0	-0.8
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		331.181	326.044	328.805	3.8	-0.7	0.8
Other food at home		293.553	283.961	288.495	0.0	-1.7	1.6
Food away from home		389.654	390.866	393.426	3.2	1.0	0.7
Alcoholic beverages		313.207	312.306	312.191	1.5	-0.3	0.0
Housing		375.818	379.339	379.625	5.1	1.0	0.1
Shelter		470.491	473.400	474.437	4.5	0.8	0.2
Rent of primary residence		481.445	483.517	484.585	5.3	0.7	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		486.562	488.264	488.495	4.1	0.4	0.0
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		485.959	487.660	487.890	4.1	0.4	0.0
Household furnishings and operations		138.131	143.436	142.943	6.0	3.5	-0.3
Apparel		132.198	130.240	128.713	-2.8	-2.6	-1.2
Transportation		286.987	288.074	290.132	0.5	1.1	0.7
Private transportation		289.662	290.569	292.120	1.5	0.8	0.5
New and used motor vehicles(3)		126.113	126.881	126.894	0.7	0.6	0.0
New vehicles(1)		257.784	258.756	258.790	-0.1	0.4	0.0
Used cars and trucks(1)		358.939	360.355	362.759	2.2	1.1	0.7
Motor fuel		244.060	244.436	246.380	-15.5	1.0	0.8
Gasoline (all types)		242.938	243.323	245.296	-15.5	1.0	0.8
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		238.849	239.351	241.393	-16.0	1.1	0.9
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		265.465	265.226	267.264	-13.4	0.7	0.8
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		273.526	273.259	274.870	-12.9	0.5	0.6
Medical care		567.687	570.208	566.586	1.4	-0.2	-0.6
Recreation(3)		164.841	165.835	157.290	2.3	-4.6	-5.2
Education and communication(3)		165.980	165.511	166.517	4.1	0.3	0.6
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,431.437	1,431.437	1,450.505	5.8	1.3	1.3
Other goods and services		505.015	510.748	506.079	1.5	0.2	-0.9
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, 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		342.508	344.047	343.886	3.4	0.4	0.0
Food		347.076	345.045	347.513	2.9	0.1	0.7
Energy		262.612	265.506	263.853	0.8	0.5	-0.6
All items less food and energy		356.416	358.470	357.995	3.6	0.4	-0.1
All items less energy		352.900	354.357	354.305	3.5	0.4	0.0
All items less medical care		332.482	333.977	333.955	3.5	0.4	0.0
All items less shelter		291.209	292.196	291.549	2.6	0.1	-0.2
Commodities		227.808	227.033	227.110	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
Commodities less food		166.878	166.627	165.808	-2.4	-0.6	-0.5
Commodities less food & beverages		161.451	161.219	160.390	-2.6	-0.7	-0.5
Durables		110.732	110.740	111.007	0.4	0.2	0.2
Nondurables		273.883	272.621	272.516	-0.2	-0.5	0.0
Nondurables less food		207.543	206.955	204.654	-4.4	-1.4	-1.1
Nondurables less food & beverages		200.946	200.377	197.942	-4.9	-1.5	-1.2
Services		439.509	443.009	442.646	4.9	0.7	-0.1
Services less rent of shelter(1)		418.731	423.024	421.095	5.6	0.6	-0.5
Services less medical care services		425.462	428.939	428.772	5.2	0.8	0.0
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.