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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
Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025

All items

 325.252 2.4 339.104 2.8 128.334 1.8 348.343 1.4 130.750 3.2 350.947 2.9

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 974.310   533.986       1,012.467       1,014.540  

Food and beverages

 342.096 2.8 344.911 3.2 133.675 3.0 357.355 1.6 134.864 3.4 353.288 3.2

Food

 345.165 2.9 348.045 3.4 134.760 3.0 361.694 1.5 135.929 3.5 355.665 3.4

Food at home

 317.431 2.1 321.550 2.8 126.913 2.6 313.195 -1.2 131.928 2.9 332.699 3.3

Food away from home

 390.471 4.0 395.464 4.2 147.666 3.5 450.082 5.1 142.062 4.6 400.890 3.5

Alcoholic beverages

 298.623 2.0 301.824 1.3 120.779 3.1 313.699 2.5 119.752 0.5 313.576 0.7

Housing

 352.540 3.4 377.742 4.0 135.543 2.1 384.671 1.9 136.293 4.8 390.747 4.3

Shelter

 421.526 3.0 462.912 3.5 136.193 2.5 454.572 2.0 133.880 4.0 486.339 3.8

Rent of primary residence

 441.718 2.8 469.717 4.1 141.099 4.7 483.368 3.6 133.636 3.9 496.869 3.9

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)

 435.241 3.3 483.234 3.9 137.787 3.3 496.263 4.1 134.858 4.2 502.974 4.1

Fuels and utilities(4)

 342.177 6.1 341.988 6.6                

Household energy(4)

 287.540 6.6 307.642 6.7                

Energy services(4)

 293.976 7.2 311.840 8.7                

Electricity(4)

 299.731 6.3 316.807 7.7                

Utility (piped) gas service(4)

 270.302 9.8 280.305 10.9                

Household furnishings and operations

 154.138 3.9 154.036 5.4 115.182 1.6 149.111 1.3 137.536 7.0 147.543 6.2

Apparel

 130.685 1.7 132.651 0.4 106.870 -0.9 128.934 -8.6 107.377 1.1 128.471 -1.0

Transportation

 267.521 -1.1 265.924 0.3 124.903 -0.5 237.971 0.2 134.335 0.7    

Private transportation

 266.280 -1.3 265.175 0.3 128.440 -0.1 246.133 -0.6 139.387 0.4 292.240 1.1

Motor fuel

 256.211 -7.3 254.755 -4.8 116.568 -3.9 262.138 -2.5 115.237 -5.3 235.641 -4.7

Gasoline

 254.887 -7.5 253.928 -5.0 117.121 -4.0 259.582 -2.5 115.206 -5.4 234.536 -4.7

Medical care

 590.169 3.2 587.501 1.5 124.862 1.5 752.354 -1.2 114.589 1.5 571.091 0.8

Recreation(5)

 143.627 2.5 147.433 2.2 113.472 4.3 121.580 3.7 121.557 1.3 160.720 -1.5

Education and communication(5)

 146.883 0.5 159.496 0.6 109.484 0.3 184.798 3.3 115.335 0.7 167.181 1.5

Other goods and services

 597.390 5.9 644.126 4.8 141.893 6.9 687.612 6.2 131.037 4.1 528.352 4.1

Energy

 272.668 -0.1 286.700 2.2 135.432 -3.0 321.742 -0.5 139.602 4.6 272.501 2.7

All items less food and energy

 331.950 2.5 350.321 2.7 126.593 2.0 356.474 1.5 129.184 3.0 364.888 2.8

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
Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025		 Jan
2026		 Percent change from
Jan
2025

All items

 317.942 2.2 336.799 2.8 129.011 1.7 348.618 1.2 131.539 3.1 344.732 2.8

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 947.051   526.062       1,007.632       981.538  

Food and beverages

 341.484 2.7 342.942 3.2 133.316 2.9 350.350 1.2 134.642 3.2 349.222 3.0

Food

 343.437 2.8 345.222 3.2 134.149 2.9 353.863 1.1 135.422 3.3 350.462 3.1

Food at home

 316.880 1.9 321.080 2.8 127.348 2.3 304.427 -1.7 132.091 2.9 329.269 3.2

Food away from home

 391.309 3.9 395.192 4.0 146.495 3.7 451.868 5.1 141.545 4.2 396.365 3.0

Alcoholic beverages

 306.272 2.3 301.991 2.0 122.299 3.8 306.506 3.7 120.464 1.2 313.785 0.8

Housing

 348.511 3.4 378.666 4.3 136.528 2.1 398.268 2.3 137.530 4.9 384.873 4.1

Shelter

 413.385 3.1 459.536 3.7 137.310 2.9 465.820 2.5 134.142 4.0 478.295 3.9

Rent of primary residence

 439.657 2.9 463.155 4.0 141.363 4.7 483.368 3.6 133.631 3.8 488.453 3.9

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)

 392.695 3.3 425.378 3.9 137.492 3.0 436.130 4.1 134.898 4.2 449.437 4.1

Fuels and utilities(4)

 339.087 6.1 346.550 7.5                

Household energy(4)

 284.325 6.6 312.078 7.8                

Energy services(4)

 290.762 7.0 313.759 9.2                

Electricity(4)

 295.024 6.2 321.351 8.6                

Utility (piped) gas service(4)

 266.932 9.9 278.809 10.8                

Household furnishings and operations

 145.429 3.3 147.493 4.7 107.533 -0.5 154.095 1.8 142.253 6.6 130.919 3.9

Apparel

 130.660 1.7 134.997 1.6 109.466 -1.6 140.431 -6.8 107.957 2.7 116.969 0.0

Transportation

 270.566 -1.4 273.082 0.6 124.750 -0.4 233.530 0.6 136.462 0.8    

Private transportation

 268.987 -1.7 269.771 0.2 126.494 -0.3 234.547 0.0 139.482 0.3 302.359 1.2

Motor fuel

 256.784 -7.5 254.715 -4.9 116.300 -3.7 262.080 -2.5 115.680 -5.2 235.934 -4.7

Gasoline

 255.394 -7.7 253.838 -5.1 117.375 -3.8 259.586 -2.5 115.429 -5.4 234.737 -4.7

Medical care

 598.502 3.2 578.136 1.3 126.061 1.1 770.996 -1.8 112.088 1.3 570.847 0.1

Recreation(5)

 135.125 2.7 148.352 2.0 114.144 7.0 126.700 7.0 121.190 0.5 165.492 -2.2

Education and communication(5)

 130.143 -0.2 140.616 -0.5 105.554 -0.7 156.600 2.5 111.780 -0.5 149.620 -0.6

Other goods and services

 663.773 6.2 749.712 4.9 139.934 5.3 776.493 4.2 133.770 4.8 608.212 4.4

Energy

 268.427 -0.8 285.782 2.4 135.797 -3.2 317.036 -0.4 138.130 4.1 270.507 2.4

All items less food and energy

 322.310 2.4 347.807 2.8 127.094 1.9 356.461 1.4 130.272 3.0 359.207 2.7

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.