The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for New York-Newark-Jersey City was up 0.4 percent from August to September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that energy prices advanced 3.8 percent, while the all items less food and energy index rose 0.2 percent and the food index ticked up 0.1 percent. (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 4.5 percent for the 12 months ending in September. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.7 percent. Over the same period, the energy index increased 21.5 percent, while the food index increased 2.7 percent.

Food

The food index was little changed from August to September, up 0.1 percent. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) ticked up 0.1 percent, with higher prices in 3 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) also inched up 0.1 percent.

The food index rose 2.7 percent over the year. The food away from home index increased 3.6 percent. Prices for food at home increased 2.1 percent. Five of the six major grocery store food group indexes rose over the year, including fruits and vegetables (+3.8 percent) and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage material (+5.6 percent).

Energy

The energy index rose 3.8 percent in September after declining 2.5 percent in August. Gasoline prices increased 7.0 percent.

The energy index increased 21.5 percent from September 2025 to September 2026. Over the year, the gasoline index advanced 36.9 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent from August to September. Higher prices for owners’ equivalent rent (+0.6 percent) and rent of primary residence (+0.2 percent) contributed to a 0.3-percent increase in the shelter index. Following seasonal trends, apparel prices increased 1.9 percent over the month. In contrast, prices for education and communication declined 1.5 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.7 percent over the year. A 4.5-percent rise in shelter prices included increases in owners’ equivalent rent (+5.1 percent) and rent of primary residence (+4.0 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for October 2026 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

Technical Note

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 September 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jul. 2026	Aug. 2026	Sep. 2026	Sep. 2025	Jul. 2026	Aug. 2026
All items		362.189	362.328	363.870	4.5	0.5	0.4
All items (1967=100)		1,047.039	1,047.439	1,051.898	-	-	-
Food and beverages		359.853	360.130	360.497	2.7	0.2	0.1
Food		362.221	362.487	362.903	2.7	0.2	0.1
Food at home		338.451	337.790	338.169	2.1	-0.1	0.1
Cereals and bakery products		407.011	408.518	406.172	1.9	-0.2	-0.6
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		345.414	344.621	347.685	1.1	0.7	0.9
Dairy and related products		282.059	280.842	279.394	-0.1	-0.9	-0.5
Fruits and vegetables		399.995	393.576	398.068	3.8	-0.5	1.1
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		349.992	350.765	357.681	5.6	2.2	2.0
Other food at home		301.925	303.321	298.220	1.3	-1.2	-1.7
Food away from home		408.965	410.906	411.392	3.6	0.6	0.1
Alcoholic beverages		319.994	320.376	320.186	2.4	0.1	-0.1
Housing		402.380	401.586	403.198	4.8	0.2	0.4
Shelter		498.478	499.903	501.190	4.5	0.5	0.3
Rent of primary residence		508.793	509.228	510.477	4.0	0.3	0.2
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		516.170	517.952	521.084	5.1	1.0	0.6
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		515.531	517.311	520.439	5.1	1.0	0.6
Household furnishings and operations		146.698	145.527	146.264	0.5	-0.3	0.5
Apparel		127.149	134.341	136.869	2.3	7.6	1.9
Transportation		319.359	315.380	321.507	11.0	0.7	1.9
Private transportation		317.163	312.496	318.924	8.4	0.6	2.1
New and used motor vehicles(3)		129.656	128.758	128.884	1.8	-0.6	0.1
New vehicles(1)		261.976	262.410	262.462	1.2	0.2	0.0
Used cars and trucks(1)		363.370	363.466	363.042	-1.5	-0.1	-0.1
Motor fuel		325.041	329.205	352.414	37.0	8.4	7.1
Gasoline (all types)		323.520	327.640	350.730	36.9	8.4	7.0
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		320.579	324.680	348.562	37.9	8.7	7.4
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		341.531	345.945	366.323	32.5	7.3	5.9
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		350.346	354.692	374.256	31.9	6.8	5.5
Medical care		576.517	575.484	575.150	0.7	-0.2	-0.1
Recreation(3)		165.495	163.998	165.346	1.9	-0.1	0.8
Education and communication(3)		168.699	173.190	170.510	1.9	1.1	-1.5
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(6)		103.980	106.958	107.375	2.9	3.3	0.4
Other goods and services		535.708	535.794	528.838	1.3	-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 September 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jul. 2026	Aug. 2026	Sep. 2026	Sep. 2025	Jul. 2026	Aug. 2026
All items		362.189	362.328	363.870	4.5	0.5	0.4
Food		362.221	362.487	362.903	2.7	0.2	0.1
Energy		328.040	319.762	332.014	21.5	1.2	3.8
All items less food and energy		373.366	374.222	375.068	3.7	0.5	0.2
All items less energy		369.466	370.225	371.000	3.6	0.4	0.2
All items less medical care		352.627	352.820	354.450	4.8	0.5	0.5
All items less shelter		307.629	307.227	308.889	4.6	0.4	0.5
Commodities		238.058	239.793	242.172	4.6	1.7	1.0
Commodities less food		174.810	177.071	180.148	6.4	3.1	1.7
Commodities less food & beverages		169.464	171.801	175.010	6.8	3.3	1.9
Durables		112.150	111.799	112.643	-0.2	0.4	0.8
Nondurables		287.987	290.676	293.693	5.7	2.0	1.0
Nondurables less food		219.742	224.140	228.985	9.3	4.2	2.2
Nondurables less food & beverages		213.661	218.376	223.615	10.1	4.7	2.4
Services		467.154	465.890	466.681	4.5	-0.1	0.2
Services less rent of shelter(1)		447.476	442.768	442.961	4.4	-1.0	0.0
Services less medical care services		453.593	452.314	453.111	4.7	-0.1	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.