Department of Labor Logo United States Department of Labor
Dot gov

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

News Release Information

25-191-BOS
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Contacts Technical information: Media contact:
  • (617) 565-4141

Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City — January 2025

Area prices were up 0.7 percent in January, 4.0 percent over the year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area increased 0.7 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that prices for all items less food and energy increased 0.8 percent 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 increased 4.0 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy increased 4.4 percent over the year. Food prices rose 1.7 percent. Energy prices increased 3.3 percent.

Food

Food prices were unchanged for the month of January, as prices for food at home and for food away from home were flat. Grocery categories with higher January prices included meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, while those with lower prices included fruits and vegetables.

Food prices increased 1.7 percent over the year. Prices for food away from home rose 2.3 percent, and prices for food at home increased 1.3 percent.

Energy

The energy index advanced 2.6 percent in January. Gasoline prices increased 1.7 percent.

The energy index increased 3.3 percent from January 2024 to January 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index declined 4.0 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.8 percent in January. Components contributing to the increase included recreation (+4.9 percent), apparel (+6.4 percent), and shelter (+0.4 percent). Within shelter, prices rose for rent of primary residence (+0.2 percent) and lodging away from home.

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy rose 4.4 percent. A 5.4-percent advance in shelter prices included increases of 5.9 percent for owners’ equivalent rent and 5.5 percent for rent of primary residence. Among the other price categories with annual increases were recreation (+9.2 percent) and education and communication (+3.0 percent).

The Consumer Price Index for February 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

Publication updates and changes

In accordance with annual practice, relative importance weights have been updated and are available online in the CPI Supplemental Table of Contents.

Effective with the January 2025 data release, several indexes and average price series were discontinued. More information is available on the CPI discontinued series page. Direct any inquiries to the CPI office using one of the CPI contact information options listed online.


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.

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.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024

All items

338.535 338.610 341.144 4.0 0.8 0.7

All items (1967=100)

978.659 978.873 986.199 - - -

Food and beverages

340.701 342.285 342.309 1.7 0.5 0.0

Food

342.364 344.065 344.081 1.7 0.5 0.0

Food at home

320.692 321.974 322.052 1.3 0.4 0.0

Cereals and bakery products

380.991 380.830 380.581 -1.4 -0.1 -0.1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

326.319 328.336 336.566 5.9 3.1 2.5

Dairy and related products

276.359 277.344 275.313 -0.2 -0.4 -0.7

Fruits and vegetables

381.786 384.443 376.126 -1.6 -1.5 -2.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

320.977 321.879 327.048 1.4 1.9 1.6

Other food at home

286.826 287.548 285.421 1.8 -0.5 -0.7

Food away from home

385.128 387.583 387.488 2.3 0.6 0.0

Alcoholic beverages

311.501 311.197 311.330 1.0 -0.1 0.0

Housing

371.019 372.852 374.771 5.5 1.0 0.5

Shelter

465.192 466.673 468.314 5.4 0.7 0.4

Rent of primary residence

475.507 477.103 478.226 5.5 0.6 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

481.683 483.044 483.201 5.9 0.3 0.0

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

481.086 482.446 482.603 5.9 0.3 0.0

Household furnishings and operations

139.163 138.969 138.949 4.1 -0.2 0.0

Apparel

125.464 121.950 129.782 -1.0 3.4 6.4

Transportation

288.916 286.999 286.937 3.6 -0.7 0.0

Private transportation

287.747 287.235 289.104 4.2 0.5 0.7

New and used motor vehicles(3)

125.506 125.200 125.907 2.0 0.3 0.6

New vehicles(1)

257.797 257.727 257.885 -0.4 0.0 0.1

Used cars and trucks(1)

355.990 356.834 358.815 2.4 0.8 0.6

Motor fuel

243.025 243.121 247.330 -4.1 1.8 1.7

Gasoline (all types)

241.961 242.065 246.229 -4.0 1.8 1.7

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

237.852 237.968 242.288 -4.0 1.9 1.8

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

264.208 264.129 267.664 -4.3 1.3 1.3

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

272.663 272.708 276.106 -4.1 1.3 1.2

Medical care

562.489 561.359 566.648 0.3 0.7 0.9

Recreation(3)

157.552 155.615 163.246 9.2 3.6 4.9

Education and communication(3)

164.166 164.431 164.760 3.0 0.4 0.2

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

1,431.584 1,430.366 1,431.168 4.9 0.0 0.1

Other goods and services

504.755 495.207 507.397 2.0 0.5 2.5

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 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index

Indexes Percent change from:
Historical
data
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024

All items

338.535 338.610 341.144 4.0 0.8 0.7

Food

342.364 344.065 344.081 1.7 0.5 0.0

Energy

252.766 258.750 265.420 3.3 5.0 2.6

All items less food and energy

352.992 352.278 354.928 4.4 0.5 0.8

All items less energy

349.302 348.949 351.205 4.0 0.5 0.6

All items less medical care

328.575 328.693 331.109 4.2 0.8 0.7

All items less shelter

287.782 287.272 290.172 3.1 0.8 1.0

Commodities

225.024 224.484 227.203 0.6 1.0 1.2

Commodities less food

165.086 163.679 167.206 -0.4 1.3 2.2

Commodities less food & beverages

159.673 158.253 161.832 -0.4 1.4 2.3

Durables

110.776 110.509 111.126 0.4 0.3 0.6

Nondurables

269.334 268.689 272.564 0.7 1.2 1.4

Nondurables less food

203.253 200.557 207.673 -0.8 2.2 3.5

Nondurables less food & beverages

196.479 193.654 201.199 -1.0 2.4 3.9

Services

434.537 435.127 437.502 5.6 0.7 0.5

Services less rent of shelter(1)

414.035 413.572 416.874 5.7 0.7 0.8

Services less medical care services

420.637 421.223 423.593 6.0 0.7 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.

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025