The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area increased 0.3 percent in August after no change in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that the indexes for food and for all items less food and energy rose, while the energy index declined. (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 3.2 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.0 percent over the year. Food prices rose 3.6 percent. Energy prices advanced 5.4 percent over the year.

  

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

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
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

Food prices rose 0.2 percent for the month of August. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.5 percent, and prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) were unchanged.

Food prices rose 3.6 percent over the year. Prices for food at home increased 3.5 percent as prices were higher in all six broad grocery categories. Prices for food away from home rose 3.8 percent.

The energy index decreased 2.3 percent over the month. Gasoline prices were unchanged.

The energy index advanced 5.4 percent for the year ending in August 2025. Gasoline prices fell 8.5 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.4 percent in August. A 0.7-percent increase in shelter included increases in owners’ equivalent rent (+0.4 percent) and rent of primary residence (+0.4 percent). Prices also rose for lodging away from home. Additional indexes contributing to the increase included medical care (+1.0 percent) and recreation (+1.4 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for household furnishings and operations (-1.2 percent) and communication.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.0 percent over the year. Shelter prices were up 4.0 percent, with increases of 3.9 percent for owners’ equivalent rent and 4.7 percent for rent of primary residence. Prices rose for education and communication (+3.4 percent), with a 6.0-percent rise in tuition, other school fees, and childcare.

The September 2025 Consumer Price Index for the New York-Newark-Jersey City area is scheduled to be released on October 15, 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.

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

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All items		346.332	346.385	347.266	3.2	0.3	0.3
All items (1967=100)		1,001.197	1,001.350	1,003.899	-	-	-
Food and beverages		345.624	348.133	348.831	3.5	0.9	0.2
Food		347.573	350.252	350.956	3.6	1.0	0.2
Food at home		323.980	327.698	327.652	3.5	1.1	0.0
Cereals and bakery products		395.708	399.466	396.142	3.5	0.1	-0.8
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		335.280	338.600	339.611	5.5	1.3	0.3
Dairy and related products		278.572	279.852	283.659	2.7	1.8	1.4
Fruits and vegetables		367.486	373.977	377.727	0.7	2.8	1.0
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		324.429	324.746	330.699	6.6	1.9	1.8
Other food at home		291.158	295.859	290.784	2.8	-0.1	-1.7
Food away from home		393.863	394.673	396.751	3.8	0.7	0.5
Alcoholic beverages		311.991	311.976	312.582	1.3	0.2	0.2
Housing		383.436	383.797	384.527	4.6	0.3	0.2
Shelter		475.889	475.826	479.001	4.0	0.7	0.7
Rent of primary residence		486.164	487.723	489.523	4.7	0.7	0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		490.828	491.892	493.855	3.9	0.6	0.4
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		490.220	491.283	493.244	3.9	0.6	0.4
Household furnishings and operations		143.636	144.476	142.775	3.2	-0.6	-1.2
Apparel		128.135	126.530	128.367	-3.5	0.2	1.5
Transportation		292.019	290.045	289.711	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1
Private transportation		293.752	293.880	293.566	0.3	-0.1	-0.1
New and used motor vehicles(3)		127.405	127.249	127.037	1.3	-0.3	-0.2
New vehicles(1)		258.357	258.415	258.956	0.4	0.2	0.2
Used cars and trucks(1)		368.274	370.031	370.885	5.3	0.7	0.2
Motor fuel		250.252	251.347	251.279	-8.5	0.4	0.0
Gasoline (all types)		249.171	250.224	250.165	-8.5	0.4	0.0
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		245.498	246.472	246.341	-8.8	0.3	-0.1
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		270.445	271.829	271.973	-7.1	0.6	0.1
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		277.543	279.075	279.431	-7.2	0.7	0.1
Medical care		568.097	564.490	570.276	2.8	0.4	1.0
Recreation(3)		161.094	160.071	162.257	1.6	0.7	1.4
Education and communication(3)		166.671	167.361	166.604	3.4	0.0	-0.5
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,457.528	1,461.167	1,473.753	6.0	1.1	0.9
Other goods and services		509.211	515.907	520.903	5.2	2.3	1.0
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 August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All items		346.332	346.385	347.266	3.2	0.3	0.3
Food		347.573	350.252	350.956	3.6	1.0	0.2
Energy		282.062	283.592	277.146	5.4	-1.7	-2.3
All items less food and energy		359.507	358.990	360.567	3.0	0.3	0.4
All items less energy		355.601	355.544	356.987	3.1	0.4	0.4
All items less medical care		336.431	336.630	337.313	3.2	0.3	0.2
All items less shelter		294.402	294.502	294.456	2.6	0.0	0.0
Commodities		227.572	228.485	229.174	0.8	0.7	0.3
Commodities less food		166.387	166.575	167.209	-1.5	0.5	0.4
Commodities less food & beverages		160.983	161.175	161.803	-1.6	0.5	0.4
Durables		111.222	111.709	111.913	0.1	0.6	0.2
Nondurables		273.080	274.140	275.081	1.0	0.7	0.3
Nondurables less food		205.640	205.303	206.433	-2.6	0.4	0.6
Nondurables less food & beverages		199.001	198.643	199.806	-2.9	0.4	0.6
Services		446.773	446.097	447.141	4.3	0.1	0.2
Services less rent of shelter(1)		428.435	427.031	425.799	4.7	-0.6	-0.3
Services less medical care services		432.940	432.457	433.149	4.3	0.0	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.