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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Northeast > CPI Summary

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
Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025

All items

 334.980 3.4 349.921 3.9 132.846 3.4     134.744 4.1 362.328 4.3

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 1,003.450   551.018               1,047.439  

Food and beverages

 347.206 2.6 349.741 2.9 134.685 2.1     137.088 3.2 360.130 3.2

Food

 350.418 2.7 352.796 2.9 135.971 2.3     138.030 3.2 362.487 3.3

Food at home

 321.500 2.2 325.097 2.6 127.534 2.1 321.674 3.1 133.708 2.7 337.790 3.1

Food away from home

 397.868 3.4 402.608 3.5 150.077 2.6     144.718 4.0 410.906 3.6

Alcoholic beverages

 301.724 1.6 307.479 2.0 119.296 0.3     123.374 2.5 320.376 2.5

Housing

 360.225 3.1 388.151 4.0 140.228 3.5     139.672 4.2 401.586 4.4

Shelter

 430.611 3.0 475.997 3.7 141.141 2.9 471.321 3.6 137.247 4.0 499.903 4.4

Rent of primary residence

 448.997 2.7 481.417 4.1 145.198 5.1 493.760 4.0 136.776 3.8 509.228 4.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)

 443.642 3.1 495.071 4.1 141.426 3.8 511.082 4.2 138.055 4.2 517.952 4.9

Fuels and utilities(4)

 353.268 5.0 359.011 8.5                

Household energy(4)

 297.115 5.0 324.428 9.4                

Energy services(4)

 300.729 4.0 316.382 5.5                

Electricity(4)

 310.057 3.8 324.528 4.1                

Utility (piped) gas service(4)

 266.448 4.4 278.230 8.6                

Household furnishings and operations

 156.072 2.0 153.088 1.3 115.816 1.9     135.973 1.0 145.527 1.9

Apparel

 136.752 3.6 137.822 1.1 109.449 -1.5     112.106 2.2 134.341 4.7

Transportation

 290.778 6.2 286.801 6.7 136.450 6.3     143.990 6.7    

Private transportation

 289.246 5.3 283.352 5.0 138.212 4.1     148.423 5.3 312.496 6.4

Motor fuel

 362.487 27.9 353.347 30.8 164.290 33.3 360.878 32.1 158.699 29.6 329.205 31.0

Gasoline

 359.738 27.4 351.817 30.5 164.483 32.7 357.358 32.1 158.674 29.5 327.640 31.0

Medical care

 593.003 1.6 594.996 1.4 125.676 0.8     116.371 1.7 575.484 0.9

Recreation(5)

 145.186 2.7 149.349 2.3 112.781 1.9     124.090 2.5 163.998 1.1

Education and communication(5)

 150.304 2.1 165.766 3.9 113.497 3.9     120.016 3.9 173.190 4.0

Other goods and services

 607.972 4.2 658.090 4.1 145.001 5.2     133.865 3.6 535.794 2.9

Energy

 329.351 16.3 337.903 18.0 160.685 19.6 370.000 17.5 164.062 17.3 319.762 15.4

All items less food and energy

 338.041 2.4 358.533 2.9 130.046 2.3     132.006 3.1 374.222 3.8

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
Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025		 Aug
2026		 Percent change from
Aug
2025

All items

 328.481 3.5 347.749 4.1 133.774 3.8     135.654 4.1 356.036 4.4

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 978.445   543.164               1,013.723  

Food and beverages

 346.609 2.6 348.057 3.0 134.855 2.5     136.755 3.1 355.345 3.2

Food

 348.676 2.7 350.262 3.0 135.876 2.6     137.454 3.1 356.499 3.2

Food at home

 321.186 2.2 325.141 2.7 128.928 2.7 313.994 3.5 133.769 2.7 333.715 3.0

Food away from home

 398.439 3.3 402.817 3.6 148.525 2.5     144.474 4.0 406.653 3.6

Alcoholic beverages

 309.242 1.8 308.317 2.7 120.749 0.5     123.983 2.9 321.356 2.7

Housing

 355.584 3.0 388.527 4.1 141.144 3.8     140.827 4.2 395.096 4.2

Shelter

 421.753 3.0 471.647 3.8 141.842 3.3 480.938 3.7 137.439 4.0 491.471 4.4

Rent of primary residence

 447.007 2.8 474.578 4.0 145.345 4.9 493.760 4.0 136.802 3.8 500.603 4.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)

 400.243 3.1 436.112 4.1 141.215 3.7 449.153 4.2 138.235 4.3 462.821 4.9

Fuels and utilities(4)

 350.128 4.8 362.664 7.9                

Household energy(4)

 293.908 4.8 327.700 8.4                

Energy services(4)

 297.962 3.9 319.743 5.3                

Electricity(4)

 305.724 3.9 331.887 4.9                

Utility (piped) gas service(4)

 262.543 3.6 276.709 6.9                

Household furnishings and operations

 146.052 1.1 146.614 1.7 108.988 2.0     140.693 1.7 129.180 0.8

Apparel

 136.456 3.0 137.864 0.6 108.488 -5.3     110.834 2.0 121.322 4.4

Transportation

 297.453 6.7 295.307 7.2 136.936 7.1     146.818 7.0    

Private transportation

 296.098 6.2 291.352 6.2 138.377 6.3     149.933 6.0 325.330 6.8

Motor fuel

 364.914 28.1 353.177 30.8 163.925 33.5 360.798 32.1 159.548 30.0 329.614 31.0

Gasoline

 362.277 27.7 351.464 30.4 164.332 32.5 357.363 32.1 159.262 29.7 327.921 31.0

Medical care

 600.982 1.3 585.167 1.2 127.179 0.6     113.604 1.4 574.594 0.4

Recreation(5)

 137.741 3.8 150.910 3.5 111.647 4.0     124.656 3.2 171.276 2.9

Education and communication(5)

 133.054 1.6 146.243 3.4 109.180 3.3     116.442 3.4 154.785 3.2

Other goods and services

 674.650 4.6 765.956 4.3 143.476 6.1     136.556 3.9 618.374 3.3

Energy

 329.180 17.2 339.603 18.3 164.206 20.6 374.233 20.1 163.287 17.6 318.805 15.6

All items less food and energy

 327.677 2.2 354.804 2.8 129.996 2.2     132.791 3.0 367.791 3.6

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.