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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
Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025

All items

 336.940 3.7 351.570 4.2 133.813 4.3 362.575 3.8 135.236 4.2 363.870 4.5

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 1,009.323   553.616       1,053.836       1,051.898  

Food and beverages

 347.662 2.4 349.333 2.3 134.068 1.0 366.703 2.5 137.108 2.8 360.497 2.7

Food

 350.905 2.5 352.359 2.3 135.275 1.1 372.377 2.7 138.065 2.8 362.903 2.7

Food at home

 321.758 1.8 324.216 1.6 126.401 0.5 324.360 3.2 133.673 2.1 338.169 2.1

Food away from home

 398.783 3.5 403.099 3.5 150.311 2.2 459.127 2.3 144.877 4.1 411.392 3.6

Alcoholic beverages

 301.738 1.4 307.426 1.9 119.654 0.3 312.401 0.6 123.214 2.4 320.186 2.4

Housing

 361.392 3.3 390.010 4.7 141.395 5.3 400.857 4.3 140.145 4.5 403.198 4.8

Shelter

 432.092 3.2 476.944 4.1 141.570 4.3 474.221 4.0 137.464 4.0 501.190 4.5

Rent of primary residence

 450.402 2.8 482.861 4.0 146.001 5.1 497.360 4.3 137.068 3.7 510.477 4.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)

 445.381 3.3 497.351 4.4 141.794 4.5 512.874 4.4 138.804 4.3 521.084 5.1

Fuels and utilities(4)

 354.210 5.8 365.841 12.1                

Household energy(4)

 297.942 6.2 331.382 13.6                

Energy services(4)

 300.013 4.6 317.469 7.9                

Electricity(4)

 309.852 4.4 327.099 7.1                

Utility (piped) gas service(4)

 264.250 5.0 276.301 9.6                

Household furnishings and operations

 156.418 1.6 155.112 2.1 118.751 4.6 153.538 2.2 137.021 0.9 146.264 0.5

Apparel

 140.043 3.4 141.948 1.7 116.661 3.0 139.718 -1.8 114.114 1.3 136.869 2.3

Transportation

 295.862 7.9 290.439 7.9 137.269 6.4 254.758 6.0 146.283 8.4    

Private transportation

 294.261 7.1 287.362 6.4 139.528 5.1 263.071 6.3 150.867 6.9 318.924 8.4

Motor fuel

 386.707 34.9 375.629 36.3 175.002 39.7 382.084 38.4 168.554 34.8 352.414 37.0

Gasoline

 383.182 34.2 373.679 35.8 174.935 38.8 378.343 38.3 168.435 34.5 350.730 36.9

Medical care

 593.651 1.5 594.422 1.0 126.325 0.8 766.087 -0.5 115.942 1.1 575.150 0.7

Recreation(5)

 145.854 2.8 150.143 2.8 113.934 2.7 122.033 3.2 124.506 2.8 165.346 1.9

Education and communication(5)

 150.903 2.3 165.659 3.7 115.017 5.4 191.497 5.2 119.133 2.8 170.510 1.9

Other goods and services

 610.165 4.1 655.302 3.1 144.713 4.9 710.027 3.0 133.168 2.4 528.838 1.3

Energy

 341.573 20.4 351.322 23.1 168.638 25.4 382.505 21.7 169.881 22.1 332.014 21.5

All items less food and energy

 339.287 2.6 359.448 3.1 130.746 3.1 368.165 2.8 132.185 3.0 375.068 3.7

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.
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
Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025		 Sep
2026		 Percent change from
Sep
2025

All items

 330.654 3.9 349.510 4.4 134.753 4.5 361.306 3.3 136.255 4.3 357.558 4.5

All items (1967 = 100)(2)

 984.917   545.915       1,044.305       1,018.057  

Food and beverages

 347.163 2.5 348.005 2.5 134.437 1.5 360.476 2.7 136.829 2.7 355.865 2.5

Food

 349.258 2.5 350.206 2.5 135.428 1.6 364.644 2.8 137.531 2.7 357.054 2.5

Food at home

 321.564 1.9 324.845 2.0 128.080 1.3 315.563 3.1 133.815 2.1 334.286 2.0

Food away from home

 399.451 3.5 403.473 3.6 149.072 2.4 460.795 2.5 144.633 4.1 407.139 3.7

Alcoholic beverages

 309.274 1.6 308.353 2.7 120.814 0.4 304.707 0.9 123.985 3.0 321.183 2.7

Housing

 356.610 3.2 390.548 4.7 142.365 5.4 412.897 4.4 141.429 4.5 396.703 4.6

Shelter

 423.246 3.1 473.144 4.1 142.398 4.5 483.753 4.0 137.847 4.0 492.973 4.5

Rent of primary residence

 448.431 2.8 475.940 3.9 146.178 5.0 497.360 4.3 137.090 3.7 501.831 4.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)

 401.847 3.3 438.259 4.4 141.607 4.5 450.728 4.4 138.996 4.4 465.620 5.1

Fuels and utilities(4)

 350.761 5.5 368.209 11.1                

Household energy(4)

 294.398 5.8 333.124 12.2                

Energy services(4)

 297.292 4.5 320.695 7.7                

Electricity(4)

 305.580 4.5 334.607 8.1                

Utility (piped) gas service(4)

 260.191 4.2 274.619 7.9                

Household furnishings and operations

 145.854 0.3 147.937 1.7 110.903 3.8 157.583 2.6 141.647 1.2 129.874 -0.9

Apparel

 139.154 2.5 139.535 -0.9 113.711 -3.4 140.377 -7.8 111.485 -0.1 121.890 0.2

Transportation

 303.573 8.8 300.308 8.8 138.293 7.6 249.196 5.5 149.659 9.0    

Private transportation

 302.098 8.4 296.453 7.9 139.970 7.4 250.746 6.1 152.891 7.9 332.621 8.9

Motor fuel

 389.497 35.1 375.953 36.6 174.727 40.0 381.998 38.3 169.764 35.5 352.852 37.0

Gasoline

 386.107 34.5 373.497 35.7 174.653 38.5 378.348 38.3 169.240 34.9 351.031 36.9

Medical care

 601.911 1.4 583.926 0.5 127.298 0.3 780.015 -1.1 113.221 0.7 574.062 0.2

Recreation(5)

 138.639 4.1 151.447 3.7 112.480 4.5 127.327 6.8 124.965 3.5 172.335 3.6

Education and communication(5)

 133.328 1.6 145.642 2.8 110.323 4.2 161.136 3.6 115.461 2.4 151.890 1.6

Other goods and services

 677.766 4.5 761.855 3.2 142.911 5.5 798.820 2.2 135.780 2.6 609.628 1.4

Energy

 342.192 21.5 353.029 23.3 172.573 26.6 387.974 24.5 169.175 22.3 330.623 21.4

All items less food and energy

 328.813 2.3 355.508 2.8 130.469 2.6 364.491 1.7 132.991 2.8 368.420 3.5

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.