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Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Northeast

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the United States and selected areas in the Northeast, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Area
(Links provide news releases)		 Back
data		 Annual
average
2025		 Aug
2026		 Sep
2026		 Percent change
Annual
average
2024 to
2025		 12 months
ended
Aug
2026		 Sep
2026

U.S. City Average

 321.943 334.980 336.940 2.6 3.4 3.7

Northeast region(1)

 334.618 349.921 351.570 3.2 3.9 4.2

Northeast City Size Class (population)

A (greater than 2,500,000)

 339.690 355.292 357.150 3.3 4.1 4.4

B/C (2,500,000 or less)(2)

 196.340 205.287 206.139 3.0 3.6 4.1

New England(3)(4)

 127.386 132.846 133.813 3.2 3.4 4.3

Middle Atlantic(4)(5)

 128.691 134.744 135.236 3.1 4.1 4.2

Metropolitan areas

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH(6)

 346.889   362.575 3.1   3.8

New York-Newark-Jersey City

 345.511 362.328 363.870 3.4 4.3 4.5

Footnotes
(1) The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) The New England division includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(4) December 2017=100.
(5) The Middle Atlantic division includes New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
(6) Published in alternate months.

Source: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.