The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for New York-Newark-Jersey City increased 3.0 percent for the 12 months ending in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael G. Phinney noted that the index for all items less food and energy rose 2.5 percent over the year, and food prices increased 3.8 percent. Energy prices advanced 8.4 percent.

BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations. BLS was unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations. BLS was able to retroactively acquire most of the nonsurvey data for October. Accordingly, all analysis in this release is over the year and not seasonally adjusted.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Apr 2025	3.9	4.3
May 2025	3.4	3.6
Jun 2025	3.5	3.6
Jul 2025	3.2	3.1
Aug 2025	3.2	3.0
Sep 2025	3.0	2.8
Oct 2025	-	-
Nov 2025	3.0	2.5
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Food prices increased 3.8 percent over the year. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 3.9 percent as prices were higher in all six broad grocery categories. Within the food at home category, meats, poultry, fish, and eggs prices were up 5.8 percent. The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 3.5 percent.

The energy index advanced 8.4 percent from November 2024 to November 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index increased 1.6 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.5 percent over the year. An annual increase in the index for shelter (+3.4 percent) was a major contributing factor, with increases in owners’ equivalent rent (+3.4 percent), rent of primary residence (+3.7 percent), and lodging away from home. Among the index’s other components, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+5.5 percent) and education and communication (+2.9 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for December 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 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 November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		348.096	-	348.620	3.0	0.2	-
All items (1967=100)		1,006.297	-	1,007.813	-	-	-
Food and beverages		351.061	-	352.999	3.6	0.6	-
Food		353.326	-	355.302	3.8	0.6	-
Food at home		331.200	-	333.322	3.9	0.6	-
Cereals and bakery products		398.517	-	401.687	5.4	0.8	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		343.995	-	345.265	5.8	0.4	-
Dairy and related products		279.776	-	283.616	2.6	1.4	-
Fruits and vegetables		383.440	-	385.363	0.9	0.5	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		338.748	-	339.729	5.8	0.3	-
Other food at home		294.389	-	296.644	3.4	0.8	-
Food away from home		396.998	-	398.728	3.5	0.4	-
Alcoholic beverages		312.715	-	314.056	0.8	0.4	-
Housing		384.579	-	386.596	4.2	0.5	-
Shelter		479.592	-	481.077	3.4	0.3	-
Rent of primary residence		490.877	-	493.131	3.7	0.5	-
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		495.709	-	498.106	3.4	0.5	-
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		495.095	-	497.489	3.4	0.5	-
Household furnishings and operations		145.478	-	146.775	5.5	0.9	-
Apparel		133.757	-	123.090	-1.9	-8.0	-
Transportation		289.600	-	291.219	0.8	0.6	-
Private transportation		294.275	-	295.757	2.8	0.5	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		126.612	-	126.664	0.9	0.0	-
New vehicles(1)		259.301	259.287	259.487	0.7	0.1	0.1
Used cars and trucks(1)		368.496	368.433	368.601	3.5	0.0	0.0
Motor fuel		257.297	-	246.981	1.6	-4.0	-
Gasoline (all types)		256.205	246.090	245.854	1.6	-4.0	-0.1
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		252.709	241.911	241.356	1.5	-4.5	-0.2
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		276.523	269.057	268.854	1.8	-2.8	-0.1
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		283.821	277.284	278.986	2.3	-1.7	0.6
Medical care		571.179	-	569.345	1.2	-0.3	-
Recreation(3)		162.208	-	157.311	-0.2	-3.0	-
Education and communication(3)		167.281	-	168.886	2.9	1.0	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,491.894	-	1,489.972	4.1	-0.1	-
Other goods and services		522.172	-	526.485	4.3	0.8	-
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. NOTE: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

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

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		348.096	-	348.620	3.0	0.2	-
Food		353.326	-	355.302	3.8	0.6	-
Energy		273.256	-	274.019	8.4	0.3	-
All items less food and energy		361.572	-	361.843	2.5	0.1	-
All items less energy		358.181	-	358.694	2.7	0.1	-
All items less medical care		338.137	-	338.754	3.1	0.2	-
All items less shelter		295.383	-	295.519	2.7	0.0	-
Commodities		231.418	-	229.594	2.0	-0.8	-
Commodities less food		169.244	-	166.137	0.6	-1.8	-
Commodities less food & beverages		163.867	-	160.677	0.6	-1.9	-
Durables		112.872	-	111.586	0.7	-1.1	-
Nondurables		277.892	-	276.043	2.5	-0.7	-
Nondurables less food		209.582	-	204.491	0.6	-2.4	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		203.140	-	197.654	0.6	-2.7	-
Services		446.770	-	449.286	3.4	0.6	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		424.298	-	427.902	3.3	0.8	-
Services less medical care services		432.640	-	435.391	3.5	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. NOTE: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.