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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
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024

All items

320.795 2.3 333.065 3.1 126.900 3.0     128.048 3.2 344.047 3.9

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

960.958   524.475               994.592  

Food and beverages

334.918 2.7 335.870 2.3 130.737 2.4     131.077 2.2 343.275 1.8

Food

337.747 2.8 338.507 2.2 131.792 2.1     131.885 2.3 345.045 1.8

Food at home

311.840 2.0 312.927 1.1 123.822 0.5 314.037 -0.1 128.254 1.3 321.696 1.1

Food away from home

380.039 3.9 384.341 4.0 144.935 4.7     137.444 3.7 390.866 3.0

Alcoholic beverages

294.880 1.8 299.600 2.8 118.213 5.6     119.641 1.3 312.306 1.1

Housing

344.801 4.0 367.625 5.3 133.792 5.0     131.869 5.4 379.339 5.9

Shelter

413.389 4.0 452.830 5.3 135.369 6.2 455.081 5.4 130.101 4.9 473.400 5.5

Rent of primary residence(3)

432.956 4.0 455.951 5.6 136.444 5.8 469.733 4.8 129.890 5.5 483.517 5.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)(4)

425.106 4.3 469.557 5.5 134.512 6.1 480.378 5.1 130.780 5.2 488.264 6.0

Fuels and utilities

328.138 5.4 322.576 8.8                

Household energy

274.805 5.5 288.570 9.1                

Energy services(3)

280.577 6.2 291.487 12.5                

Electricity(3)

286.652 3.6 295.536 9.0                

Utility (piped) gas service(3)

256.501 15.7 263.189 20.8                

Household furnishings and operations

150.485 2.3 148.388 2.2 111.380 -0.5     132.312 3.4 143.436 5.6

Apparel

132.544 -0.7 135.322 -0.1 110.613 3.8     108.776 -1.5 130.240 -1.9

Transportation

272.503 -1.5 265.726 -0.8 125.145 -2.0     134.143 -0.2    

Private transportation

272.793 -1.1 265.640 -0.1 128.339 -1.6     139.814 0.6 290.569 1.7

Motor fuel

285.351 -11.7 267.294 -11.6 120.406 -13.4 262.111 -13.8 121.768 -10.7 244.436 -13.2

Gasoline

284.526 -11.8 266.658 -11.6 121.081 -13.4 259.559 -13.8 121.855 -10.7 243.323 -13.2

Medical care

576.988 2.7 584.462 2.1 124.626 4.2     113.836 1.2 570.208 2.3

Recreation(5)

140.627 1.6 145.842 2.9 108.563 -0.9     122.123 4.8 165.835 9.3

Education and communication(5)

146.354 0.2 158.726 2.1 109.189 2.5     114.685 1.9 165.511 3.6

Other goods and services

576.398 3.6 626.057 2.6 137.380 5.1     127.535 1.8 510.748 0.8

Energy

279.888 -3.7 280.382 -0.2 132.734 -6.1 298.019 -8.8 136.399 2.5 265.506 1.7

All items less food and energy

326.815 2.8 344.751 3.5 125.483 3.9     126.734 3.4 358.470 4.3

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a December 2017=100 base.
(2) For the Northeast, December 1977=100.
(3) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(4) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(5) Index is 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
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024
Apr
2025
Percent change from
Apr
2024

All items

314.243 2.1 330.673 3.1 127.573 2.9     128.881 3.2 338.206 3.8

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

936.033   516.493               962.958  

Food and beverages

334.475 2.7 334.359 2.2 130.701 2.5     131.061 2.1 339.307 1.5

Food

336.271 2.7 336.413 2.1 131.594 2.3     131.715 2.1 340.203 1.5

Food at home

311.496 2.0 312.896 1.2 124.707 0.5 306.854 -0.1 128.580 1.5 318.661 1.0

Food away from home

381.024 3.8 385.223 3.9 143.924 5.2     137.491 3.4 387.374 2.6

Alcoholic beverages

302.028 1.7 297.827 3.0 118.733 4.8     119.700 1.5 312.364 1.3

Housing

340.673 3.9 367.161 5.3 134.250 4.8     132.822 5.5 373.333 5.7

Shelter

405.120 4.0 448.087 5.3 135.571 6.2 462.154 5.3 130.346 5.1 465.236 5.6

Rent of primary residence(3)

430.888 4.0 449.782 5.6 136.740 5.8 469.733 4.8 129.909 5.5 475.327 5.5

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)(4)

383.579 4.3 413.375 5.6 134.561 6.2 422.170 5.1 130.831 5.3 436.294 6.0

Fuels and utilities

326.224 5.6 327.102 10.1                

Household energy

272.882 5.7 293.121 10.5                

Energy services(3)

278.636 6.1 293.766 13.1                

Electricity(3)

283.225 3.7 299.468 9.9                

Utility (piped) gas service(3)

254.241 16.2 263.768 21.4                

Household furnishings and operations

142.030 1.1 140.951 0.0 104.368 -4.4     135.248 1.6 127.069 2.8

Apparel

132.465 -1.0 137.479 0.4 114.290 3.9     109.202 -0.8 119.621 -0.9

Transportation

277.277 -1.7 272.920 -0.6 125.069 -2.1     136.307 0.1    

Private transportation

276.960 -1.5 271.004 -0.2 126.814 -1.9     140.237 0.4 300.342 1.9

Motor fuel

286.877 -11.8 267.523 -11.3 119.994 -13.4 262.052 -13.7 122.130 -10.6 244.714 -13.2

Gasoline

286.134 -11.8 267.024 -11.4 121.237 -13.5 259.562 -13.8 122.096 -10.7 243.532 -13.2

Medical care

584.610 2.8 576.839 2.5 126.270 4.4     111.657 1.6 573.012 2.4

Recreation(5)

132.056 0.9 147.336 3.4 106.401 -1.4     122.720 5.1 173.582 10.9

Education and communication(5)

130.568 -0.3 141.548 1.6 106.585 1.9     112.447 1.5 151.758 3.7

Other goods and services

636.197 3.5 726.750 2.6 136.024 3.2     129.600 2.5 590.668 1.4

Energy

278.221 -4.4 280.966 0.0 135.077 -5.0 297.235 -8.2 135.356 1.6 264.480 1.3

All items less food and energy

317.593 2.7 341.960 3.7 125.825 3.8     127.830 3.7 353.342 4.6

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a December 2017=100 base.
(2) For the Northeast, December 1977=100.
(3) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
(4) Index is on a December 1982=100 base.
(5) Index is 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.