The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area advanced 1.0 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that the indexes for all items less food and energy (+0.6 percent), energy (+7.1 percent), and food (+1.0 percent) rose 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 advanced 4.6 percent for the 12 months ending in April. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.3 percent. Over the same period, the energy index advanced 24.0 percent, and the food index increased 4.9 percent.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Feb 2026	3.2	3.1
Mar 2026	4.0	3.3
Apr 2026	4.6	3.3
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Food prices rose 1.0 percent for the month of April. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 1.5 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. Within the food at home group, categories experiencing increases included processed fish and seafood; bread; cakes, cupcakes, and cookies; and other fresh fruits. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.3 percent.

The food index rose 4.9 percent over the year. Prices for food at home advanced 5.9 percent, and prices for food away from home increased 3.4 percent. All six major grocery store food group indexes rose over the year, led by fruits and vegetables (+11.8 percent).

The energy index increased 7.1 percent over the month. Gasoline prices rose 13.5 percent.

Energy prices advanced 24.0 percent from April 2025 to April 2026. Gasoline prices advanced 33.9 percent, the largest over-the-year increase since July 2022.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.6 percent in April. The index for shelter advanced 0.8 percent, with increases in owners’ equivalent rent (+0.7 percent), rent of primary residence (+0.9 percent), and prices for lodging away from home. Other indexes contributing to the increase included medical care (+0.6 percent) and airline fares.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.3 percent over the year. A 4.1-percent rise in shelter prices included increases in owners’ equivalent rent (+4.1 percent), rent of primary residence (+4.3 percent), and prices for lodging away from home.

The Consumer Price Index for May 2026 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 10, 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 April 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026
All items		353.366	356.169	359.774	4.6	1.8	1.0
All items (1967=100)		1,021.531	1,029.634	1,040.057	-	-	-
Food and beverages		355.299	355.870	359.313	4.7	1.1	1.0
Food		357.858	358.434	362.020	4.9	1.2	1.0
Food at home		335.211	335.931	340.829	5.9	1.7	1.5
Cereals and bakery products		390.748	391.429	406.476	5.0	4.0	3.8
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		346.886	340.735	348.519	2.8	0.5	2.3
Dairy and related products		280.535	287.109	283.671	3.0	1.1	-1.2
Fruits and vegetables		395.208	406.106	412.623	11.8	4.4	1.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		352.063	348.598	354.106	8.6	0.6	1.6
Other food at home		297.176	298.248	298.901	5.3	0.6	0.2
Food away from home		402.531	402.854	404.114	3.4	0.4	0.3
Alcoholic beverages		313.484	313.975	315.693	1.1	0.7	0.5
Housing		393.104	394.850	398.526	5.1	1.4	0.9
Shelter		488.397	488.890	492.646	4.1	0.9	0.8
Rent of primary residence		497.593	499.433	504.077	4.3	1.3	0.9
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		503.468	504.582	508.164	4.1	0.9	0.7
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		502.845	503.957	507.535	4.1	0.9	0.7
Household furnishings and operations		146.184	147.387	147.339	2.7	0.8	0.0
Apparel		131.946	133.621	131.944	1.3	0.0	-1.3
Transportation		294.524	305.372	313.864	9.0	6.6	2.8
Private transportation		292.457	305.584	314.761	8.3	7.6	3.0
New and used motor vehicles(3)		125.252	125.544	126.157	-0.6	0.7	0.5
New vehicles(1)		260.202	260.777	261.150	0.9	0.4	0.1
Used cars and trucks(1)		346.074	347.222	350.668	-2.7	1.3	1.0
Motor fuel		237.777	288.597	327.438	34.0	37.7	13.5
Gasoline (all types)		236.658	287.225	325.873	33.9	37.7	13.5
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		231.836	283.993	323.573	35.2	39.6	13.9
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		260.861	305.087	340.882	28.5	30.7	11.7
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		271.428	314.516	349.322	27.8	28.7	11.1
Medical care		573.761	582.640	585.865	2.7	2.1	0.6
Recreation(3)		161.013	159.005	159.405	-3.9	-1.0	0.3
Education and communication(3)		167.418	167.404	167.891	1.4	0.3	0.3
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(6)		103.778	103.791	104.032	4.0	0.2	0.2
Other goods and services		527.542	527.578	534.310	4.6	1.3	1.3
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. (6) Index on a December 2024=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 April 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026
All items		353.366	356.169	359.774	4.6	1.8	1.0
Food		357.858	358.434	362.020	4.9	1.2	1.0
Energy		280.711	307.478	329.275	24.0	17.3	7.1
All items less food and energy		366.894	368.071	370.165	3.3	0.9	0.6
All items less energy		363.359	364.436	366.750	3.5	0.9	0.6
All items less medical care		343.517	346.043	349.669	4.7	1.8	1.0
All items less shelter		299.266	303.064	306.634	4.9	2.5	1.2
Commodities		231.614	235.782	238.530	5.1	3.0	1.2
Commodities less food		167.816	173.274	175.538	5.3	4.6	1.3
Commodities less food & beverages		162.439	168.099	170.388	5.7	4.9	1.4
Durables		109.983	110.580	110.474	-0.2	0.4	-0.1
Nondurables		279.751	285.485	289.516	6.2	3.5	1.4
Nondurables less food		208.944	218.315	222.509	7.5	6.5	1.9
Nondurables less food & beverages		202.492	212.561	216.959	8.3	7.1	2.1
Services		456.340	457.913	462.232	4.3	1.3	0.9
Services less rent of shelter(1)		435.311	438.303	443.496	4.8	1.9	1.2
Services less medical care services		442.472	443.369	447.628	4.4	1.2	1.0
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.