The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area increased 0.7 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that prices for all items less food and energy increased 0.8 percent over the month. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The New York area all items CPI-U increased 4.0 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy increased 4.4 percent over the year. Food prices rose 1.7 percent. Energy prices increased 3.3 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, January 2022–January 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jan 2022	5.1	3.3
Feb 2022	5.1	4.0
Mar 2022	6.1	4.1
Apr 2022	6.3	4.4
May 2022	6.3	3.6
Jun 2022	6.7	4.1
Jul 2022	6.5	4.2
Aug 2022	6.6	4.6
Sep 2022	6.2	5.0
Oct 2022	6.0	4.9
Nov 2022	5.9	4.5
Dec 2022	6.3	5.4
Jan 2023	6.0	5.7
Feb 2023	6.0	5.6
Mar 2023	4.6	5.1
Apr 2023	3.7	4.4
May 2023	3.5	5.1
Jun 2023	2.5	3.8
Jul 2023	3.2	4.4
Aug 2023	3.5	4.5
Sep 2023	3.7	4.1
Oct 2023	3.5	4.0
Nov 2023	3.0	3.9
Dec 2023	2.9	3.4
Jan 2024	3.1	3.7
Feb 2024	2.9	3.4
Mar 2024	3.4	3.5
Apr 2024	3.8	3.9
May 2024	3.9	4.0
Jun 2024	4.2	4.4
Jul 2024	4.1	4.3
Aug 2024	3.7	4.4
Sep 2024	3.8	4.5
Oct 2024	4.0	4.7
Nov 2024	4.3	5.2
Dec 2024	4.3	4.7
Jan 2025	4.0	4.4

Food prices were unchanged for the month of January, as prices for food at home and for food away from home were flat. Grocery categories with higher January prices included meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, while those with lower prices included fruits and vegetables.

Food prices increased 1.7 percent over the year. Prices for food away from home rose 2.3 percent, and prices for food at home increased 1.3 percent.

The energy index advanced 2.6 percent in January. Gasoline prices increased 1.7 percent.

The energy index increased 3.3 percent from January 2024 to January 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index declined 4.0 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.8 percent in January. Components contributing to the increase included recreation (+4.9 percent), apparel (+6.4 percent), and shelter (+0.4 percent). Within shelter, prices rose for rent of primary residence (+0.2 percent) and lodging away from home.

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy rose 4.4 percent. A 5.4-percent advance in shelter prices included increases of 5.9 percent for owners’ equivalent rent and 5.5 percent for rent of primary residence. Among the other price categories with annual increases were recreation (+9.2 percent) and education and communication (+3.0 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for February 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for New York is published monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Core Based Statistical Area 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.

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Table 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		338.535	338.610	341.144	4.0	0.8	0.7
All items (1967=100)		978.659	978.873	986.199	-	-	-
Food and beverages		340.701	342.285	342.309	1.7	0.5	0.0
Food		342.364	344.065	344.081	1.7	0.5	0.0
Food at home		320.692	321.974	322.052	1.3	0.4	0.0
Cereals and bakery products		380.991	380.830	380.581	-1.4	-0.1	-0.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		326.319	328.336	336.566	5.9	3.1	2.5
Dairy and related products		276.359	277.344	275.313	-0.2	-0.4	-0.7
Fruits and vegetables		381.786	384.443	376.126	-1.6	-1.5	-2.2
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		320.977	321.879	327.048	1.4	1.9	1.6
Other food at home		286.826	287.548	285.421	1.8	-0.5	-0.7
Food away from home		385.128	387.583	387.488	2.3	0.6	0.0
Alcoholic beverages		311.501	311.197	311.330	1.0	-0.1	0.0
Housing		371.019	372.852	374.771	5.5	1.0	0.5
Shelter		465.192	466.673	468.314	5.4	0.7	0.4
Rent of primary residence		475.507	477.103	478.226	5.5	0.6	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		481.683	483.044	483.201	5.9	0.3	0.0
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		481.086	482.446	482.603	5.9	0.3	0.0
Household furnishings and operations		139.163	138.969	138.949	4.1	-0.2	0.0
Apparel		125.464	121.950	129.782	-1.0	3.4	6.4
Transportation		288.916	286.999	286.937	3.6	-0.7	0.0
Private transportation		287.747	287.235	289.104	4.2	0.5	0.7
New and used motor vehicles(3)		125.506	125.200	125.907	2.0	0.3	0.6
New vehicles(1)		257.797	257.727	257.885	-0.4	0.0	0.1
Used cars and trucks(1)		355.990	356.834	358.815	2.4	0.8	0.6
Motor fuel		243.025	243.121	247.330	-4.1	1.8	1.7
Gasoline (all types)		241.961	242.065	246.229	-4.0	1.8	1.7
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		237.852	237.968	242.288	-4.0	1.9	1.8
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		264.208	264.129	267.664	-4.3	1.3	1.3
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		272.663	272.708	276.106	-4.1	1.3	1.2
Medical care		562.489	561.359	566.648	0.3	0.7	0.9
Recreation(3)		157.552	155.615	163.246	9.2	3.6	4.9
Education and communication(3)		164.166	164.431	164.760	3.0	0.4	0.2
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,431.584	1,430.366	1,431.168	4.9	0.0	0.1
Other goods and services		504.755	495.207	507.397	2.0	0.5	2.5
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
All items		338.535	338.610	341.144	4.0	0.8	0.7
Food		342.364	344.065	344.081	1.7	0.5	0.0
Energy		252.766	258.750	265.420	3.3	5.0	2.6
All items less food and energy		352.992	352.278	354.928	4.4	0.5	0.8
All items less energy		349.302	348.949	351.205	4.0	0.5	0.6
All items less medical care		328.575	328.693	331.109	4.2	0.8	0.7
All items less shelter		287.782	287.272	290.172	3.1	0.8	1.0
Commodities		225.024	224.484	227.203	0.6	1.0	1.2
Commodities less food		165.086	163.679	167.206	-0.4	1.3	2.2
Commodities less food & beverages		159.673	158.253	161.832	-0.4	1.4	2.3
Durables		110.776	110.509	111.126	0.4	0.3	0.6
Nondurables		269.334	268.689	272.564	0.7	1.2	1.4
Nondurables less food		203.253	200.557	207.673	-0.8	2.2	3.5
Nondurables less food & beverages		196.479	193.654	201.199	-1.0	2.4	3.9
Services		434.537	435.127	437.502	5.6	0.7	0.5
Services less rent of shelter(1)		414.035	413.572	416.874	5.7	0.7	0.8
Services less medical care services		420.637	421.223	423.593	6.0	0.7	0.6
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.