The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area ticked up 0.1 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that prices increased for the all items less food and energy index and the food index, while energy prices decreased. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The New York-Newark-Jersey City area all items CPI-U increased 3.8 percent for the 12 months ending in March. The index for all items less food and energy rose 4.2 percent over the year, and food prices advanced 3.2 percent. Energy prices rose 0.9 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Feb 2025	4.2	4.4
Mar 2025	3.8	4.2

Food prices rose 0.3 percent in March. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.4 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. Within the food at home group, categories experiencing increases included spices, seasonings, condiments, and sauces; cheese and related products; and frozen and freeze dried prepared foods. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.2 percent over the month.

Food prices advanced 3.2 percent over the year. The index for food at home increased 3.3 percent, and the index for food away from home increased 3.0 percent. Five of the six major grocery store food group indexes rose over the year, including the category of meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, which increased 8.9 percent.

The energy index declined 1.8 percent over the month. Gasoline prices decreased 1.8 percent.

Energy prices increased 0.9 percent over the year. The gasoline index fell 8.5 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy ticked up 0.1 percent in March. Shelter prices were unchanged over the month, following 38 consecutive increases. Within shelter, prices rose for owners’ equivalent rent of residence and for rent of primary residence (+0.4 percent each), while prices for lodging away from home declined. Among other categories, prices were higher for apparel (+2.3 percent) and motor vehicle insurance. In contrast, indexes with price declines included household furnishings and operations (-0.9 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.2 percent over the year. Shelter prices rose 5.2 percent, including price increases of 5.9 percent for owners’ equivalent rent and 5.4 percent for rent of primary residence. Among the other categories with annual increases were recreation (+9.3 percent) and education and communication (+3.8 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for April 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, May 13, 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.

Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.

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 March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All items		341.144	342.333	342.508	3.8	0.4	0.1
All items (1967=100)		986.199	989.636	990.142	-	-	-
Food and beverages		342.309	344.130	345.235	3.1	0.9	0.3
Food		344.081	345.956	347.076	3.2	0.9	0.3
Food at home		322.052	324.204	325.517	3.3	1.1	0.4
Cereals and bakery products		380.581	387.337	380.043	0.3	-0.1	-1.9
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		336.566	343.185	344.480	8.9	2.4	0.4
Dairy and related products		275.313	274.023	281.588	5.1	2.3	2.8
Fruits and vegetables		376.126	368.708	366.215	-1.3	-2.6	-0.7
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		327.048	328.685	331.181	2.5	1.3	0.8
Other food at home		285.421	289.184	293.553	3.0	2.8	1.5
Food away from home		387.488	388.878	389.654	3.0	0.6	0.2
Alcoholic beverages		311.330	312.326	313.207	1.9	0.6	0.3
Housing		374.771	376.471	375.818	5.1	0.3	-0.2
Shelter		468.314	470.263	470.491	5.2	0.5	0.0
Rent of primary residence		478.226	479.706	481.445	5.4	0.7	0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		483.201	484.669	486.562	5.9	0.7	0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		482.603	484.069	485.959	5.9	0.7	0.4
Household furnishings and operations		138.949	139.427	138.131	3.1	-0.6	-0.9
Apparel		129.782	129.286	132.198	-0.8	1.9	2.3
Transportation		286.937	286.262	286.987	2.2	0.0	0.3
Private transportation		289.104	288.587	289.662	3.6	0.2	0.4
New and used motor vehicles(3)		125.907	125.749	126.113	1.2	0.2	0.3
New vehicles(1)		257.885	257.827	257.784	-0.5	0.0	0.0
Used cars and trucks(1)		358.815	358.775	358.939	1.1	0.0	0.0
Motor fuel		247.330	248.450	244.060	-8.5	-1.3	-1.8
Gasoline (all types)		246.229	247.321	242.938	-8.5	-1.3	-1.8
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		242.288	243.383	238.849	-8.8	-1.4	-1.9
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		267.664	269.000	265.465	-7.1	-0.8	-1.3
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		276.106	277.195	273.526	-7.0	-0.9	-1.3
Medical care		566.648	569.056	567.687	0.4	0.2	-0.2
Recreation(3)		163.246	165.352	164.841	9.3	1.0	-0.3
Education and communication(3)		164.760	165.530	165.980	3.8	0.7	0.3
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,431.168	1,431.168	1,431.437	4.8	0.0	0.0
Other goods and services		507.397	504.143	505.015	-0.6	-0.5	0.2
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 March 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025
All items		341.144	342.333	342.508	3.8	0.4	0.1
Food		344.081	345.956	347.076	3.2	0.9	0.3
Energy		265.420	267.290	262.612	0.9	-1.1	-1.8
All items less food and energy		354.928	355.968	356.416	4.2	0.4	0.1
All items less energy		351.205	352.359	352.900	4.0	0.5	0.2
All items less medical care		331.109	332.246	332.482	4.1	0.4	0.1
All items less shelter		290.172	291.055	291.209	2.9	0.4	0.1
Commodities		227.203	227.834	227.808	0.7	0.3	0.0
Commodities less food		167.206	167.329	166.878	-1.3	-0.2	-0.3
Commodities less food & beverages		161.832	161.932	161.451	-1.5	-0.2	-0.3
Durables		111.126	111.040	110.732	0.2	-0.4	-0.3
Nondurables		272.564	273.662	273.883	0.9	0.5	0.1
Nondurables less food		207.673	208.091	207.543	-2.3	-0.1	-0.3
Nondurables less food & beverages		201.199	201.582	200.946	-2.6	-0.1	-0.3
Services		437.502	439.163	439.509	5.3	0.5	0.1
Services less rent of shelter(1)		416.874	418.238	418.731	5.3	0.4	0.1
Services less medical care services		423.593	425.072	425.462	5.6	0.4	0.1
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.