Factory-gate footwear prices
This index tracks what U.S. producers receive for footwear of all kinds when it leaves the plant. Below it is set against what shoppers paid in stores for all footwear.
September 2026. Store prices (all footwear): +3.4%.
Against +157% in stores over the same years: 3.2% vs 1.7% a year.
Index 269.832. Latest is the record itself. Low since 1970: January 1970.
Factory-gate footwear prices vs store prices, 1970 = 100
- Factory-gate footwear prices
- All footwear in stores (CPI)
Last ten years, stage by stage
- 2016+1.8%In stores: +0.4%
- 2017+1.2%In stores: −0.5%
- 2018+0.8%In stores: −0.5%
- 2019+2.6%In stores: +0.5%
- 2020+0.5%In stores: −2.5%
- 2021+3.0%In stores: +3.7%
- 2022+9.0%In stores: +4.6%
- 2023+6.4%In stores: +0.2%
- 2024+1.9%In stores: +0.7%
- 2025+2.2%In stores: −0.0%
In 6 of the last 10 years this index and store prices moved in the same direction. Producer prices cover footwear made in the United States. Store prices also cover imported shoes, freight and retail markup, so the factory-gate index and store prices can drift apart for years.
Other stages
- Men’s shoes at the factory gate+3.7%12 months to September 2026
- Women’s shoes at the factory gate+1.2%12 months to September 2026
- Athletic, rubber and plastic shoes at the factory gate+1.2%12 months to September 2026
- Shoe store margins−41.3%12 months to September 2026
- Imported footwear prices+1.9%12 months to September 2026
- Imported leather-upper footwear+1.2%12 months to September 2026
- Footwear imported from China+4.0%12 months to September 2026
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, series WPU159F2 (Footwear at the factory gate (PPI commodity)), base 1982=100. How we calculate