NY Empire State Prices Paid Index in the United States increased to 49.10 points in February from 42.80 points in January of 2026. NY Empire State Prices Paid Index in the United States averaged 31.11 points from 2001 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 84.90 points in April of 2022 and a record low of -34.10 points in March of 2009. source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
NY Empire State Employment Index	4.00	-9.00	points	Feb 2026
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	7.10	7.70	points	Feb 2026
NY Empire State New Orders Index	5.80	6.60	points	Feb 2026
NY Empire State Prices Paid Index	49.10	42.80	points	Feb 2026
NY Empire State Shipments Index	-1.00	16.30	points	Feb 2026

United States NY Empire State Prices Paid Index

New York Empire State Manufacturing Index is based on data compiled from the survey of 200 executives from the companies in the manufacturing sector in the New York State. Participants report the change in 11 indicators including level of general business activity, new orders, shipments, inventories, number of employees, delivery time, capital expenditure from the previous month and the likely direction of these indicators in six months. A reading above 0 indicates manufacturing activity is expanding, below 0 is contracting.