The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area rose 0.3 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Michael G. Phinney noted that the all items less food and energy index and the food index increased, while the energy index 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 2.9 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.8 percent. Over the same period, the indexes for food and energy increased 3.4 percent and 2.7 percent, respectively.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, January 2023–January 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Dec 2025	3.4	3.2
Jan 2026	2.9	2.8
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Food prices rose 0.3 percent in January, after edging down 0.2 percent in December. The upturn reflected price increases for food at home (grocery store purchases, up 0.3 percent) and for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases, also up 0.3 percent).

Food prices advanced 3.4 percent from January 2025 to January 2026. Prices for food at home rose 3.3 percent, and prices for food away from home increased 3.5 percent. All six major grocery store food group indexes increased over the year.

The energy index declined 0.7 percent over the month. Gasoline prices decreased 2.4 percent in January, marking the fourth consecutive decline.

Energy prices rose 2.7 percent over the year. In contrast, gasoline prices fell 4.7 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.3 percent in January. Apparel prices advanced 3.8 percent, and recreation prices rose 0.7 percent. Airline fares and intracity transportation prices were also higher in January. Shelter prices inched up 0.1 percent, with increases of 0.2 percent for rent of primary residence and 0.3 percent for owners’ equivalent rent. Prices for lodging away from home declined. Prices were also lower for household furnishings and operations (-0.7 percent) and for education and communication (-0.4 percent).

For the year ending in January 2026, the index for all items less food and energy increased 2.8 percent. The shelter index (+3.8 percent) was the largest contributor to the increase, as prices rose for owners’ equivalent rent (+4.1 percent) and rent of primary residence (+3.9 percent). Prices for household furnishings and operations increased 6.2 percent.

The Consumer Price Index for February 2026 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 11, 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.

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Table 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
All items		348.620	350.003	350.947	2.9	0.7	0.3
All items (1967=100)		1,007.813	1,011.811	1,014.540	-	-	-
Food and beverages		352.999	352.305	353.288	3.2	0.1	0.3
Food		355.302	354.588	355.665	3.4	0.1	0.3
Food at home		333.322	331.683	332.699	3.3	-0.2	0.3
Cereals and bakery products		401.687	397.307	400.859	5.3	-0.2	0.9
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		345.265	342.993	342.361	1.7	-0.8	-0.2
Dairy and related products		283.616	281.394	282.557	2.6	-0.4	0.4
Fruits and vegetables		385.363	383.073	387.010	2.9	0.4	1.0
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		339.729	338.262	346.477	5.9	2.0	2.4
Other food at home		296.644	297.085	294.386	3.1	-0.8	-0.9
Food away from home		398.728	399.692	400.890	3.5	0.5	0.3
Alcoholic beverages		314.056	313.677	313.576	0.7	-0.2	0.0
Housing		386.596	390.710	390.747	4.3	1.1	0.0
Shelter		481.077	486.062	486.339	3.8	1.1	0.1
Rent of primary residence		493.131	495.917	496.869	3.9	0.8	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		498.106	501.375	502.974	4.1	1.0	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		497.489	500.754	502.351	4.1	1.0	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		146.775	148.586	147.543	6.2	0.5	-0.7
Apparel		123.090	123.775	128.471	-1.0	4.4	3.8
Transportation		291.219	288.510	290.455	1.2	-0.3	0.7
Private transportation		295.757	292.820	292.240	1.1	-1.2	-0.2
New and used motor vehicles(3)		126.664	126.266	126.014	0.1	-0.5	-0.2
New vehicles(1)		259.487	258.806	259.851	0.8	0.1	0.4
Used cars and trucks(1)		368.601	362.995	351.444	-2.1	-4.7	-3.2
Motor fuel		246.981	241.452	235.641	-4.7	-4.6	-2.4
Gasoline (all types)		245.854	240.322	234.536	-4.7	-4.6	-2.4
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		241.356	235.630	229.679	-5.2	-4.8	-2.5
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		268.854	264.274	258.932	-3.3	-3.7	-2.0
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		278.986	274.407	269.447	-2.4	-3.4	-1.8
Medical care		569.345	571.262	571.091	0.8	0.3	0.0
Recreation(3)		157.311	159.526	160.720	-1.5	2.2	0.7
Education and communication(3)		168.886	167.828	167.181	1.5	-1.0	-0.4
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,489.972	1,484.394	1,484.404	3.7	-0.4	0.0
Other goods and services		526.485	526.742	528.352	4.1	0.4	0.3
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 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
All items		348.620	350.003	350.947	2.9	0.7	0.3
Food		355.302	354.588	355.665	3.4	0.1	0.3
Energy		274.019	274.426	272.501	2.7	-0.6	-0.7
All items less food and energy		361.843	363.695	364.888	2.8	0.8	0.3
All items less energy		358.694	360.168	361.335	2.9	0.7	0.3
All items less medical care		338.754	340.112	341.108	3.0	0.7	0.3
All items less shelter		295.519	295.445	296.677	2.2	0.4	0.4
Commodities		229.594	229.421	230.399	1.4	0.4	0.4
Commodities less food		166.137	166.178	167.068	-0.1	0.6	0.5
Commodities less food & beverages		160.677	160.728	161.657	-0.1	0.6	0.6
Durables		111.586	111.577	111.240	0.1	-0.3	-0.3
Nondurables		276.043	275.770	277.357	1.8	0.5	0.6
Nondurables less food		204.491	204.600	206.503	-0.6	1.0	0.9
Nondurables less food & beverages		197.654	197.793	199.852	-0.7	1.1	1.0
Services		449.286	451.988	452.891	3.5	0.8	0.2
Services less rent of shelter(1)		427.902	428.304	429.986	3.1	0.5	0.4
Services less medical care services		435.391	438.114	439.076	3.7	0.8	0.2
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.