Inflation in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Consumer prices in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH: the annual inflation rate since 1991 and the monthly index. Area code S11A in the BLS CPI program.

BLS CPI-U · metro areaLatest: September 2026

12 months to September 2026+3.8%US +3.7% to September 2026

Annual average, 2025+3.1%US +2.6%

A year since 2020+4.1%compound average

Index, September 2026362.6base 1982–84 = 100

Fig. 1Inflation by yearChange in the annual average CPI, percent; dashed — US city average

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHUS city average

Year	Annual average CPI	Inflation	US	Gap, pt
2025	346.9	+3.1%	+2.6%	+0.5 pt
2024	336.4	+3.2%	+2.9%	+0.2 pt
2023	326.0	+3.7%	+4.1%	−0.4 pt
2022	314.4	+7.1%	+8.0%	−0.9 pt
2021	293.5	+3.3%	+4.7%	−1.4 pt
2020	284.3	+1.1%	+1.2%	−0.1 pt
2019	281.1	+1.9%	+1.8%	+0.1 pt
2018	275.8	+3.3%	+2.4%	+0.8 pt
2017	267.0	+2.5%	+2.1%	+0.4 pt
2016	260.5	+1.5%	+1.3%	+0.2 pt
2015	256.7	+0.6%	+0.1%	+0.5 pt
2014	255.2	+1.6%	+1.6%	0.0 pt
2013	251.1	+1.4%	+1.5%	−0.1 pt
2012	247.7	+1.6%	+2.1%	−0.5 pt
2011	243.9	+2.7%	+3.2%	−0.4 pt
2010	237.4	+1.6%	+1.6%	−0.1 pt
2009	233.8	−0.7%	−0.4%	−0.3 pt
2008	235.4	+3.5%	+3.8%	−0.3 pt
2007	227.4	+1.9%	+2.8%	−0.9 pt
2006	223.1	+3.1%	+3.2%	−0.1 pt
2005	216.4	+3.3%	+3.4%	−0.1 pt
2004	209.5	+2.7%	+2.7%	+0.1 pt
2003	203.9	+3.8%	+2.3%	+1.5 pt
2002	196.5	+2.6%	+1.6%	+1.0 pt
2001	191.5	+4.3%	+2.8%	+1.5 pt
2000	183.6	+4.3%	+3.4%	+1.0 pt
1999	176.0	+2.5%	+2.2%	+0.3 pt
1998	171.7	+2.3%	+1.6%	+0.7 pt
1997	167.9	+2.8%	+2.3%	+0.5 pt
1996	163.3	+3.0%	+3.0%	0.0 pt
1995	158.6	+2.4%	+2.8%	−0.4 pt
1994	154.9	+1.3%	+2.6%	−1.3 pt
1993	152.9	+2.9%	+3.0%	−0.1 pt
1992	148.6	+2.5%	+3.0%	−0.5 pt
1991	145.0	+4.4%	+4.2%	+0.2 pt

BLS CPI-U, all items, not seasonally adjusted; annual averages as published (period M13).