Women’s shoes at the factory gate
This index tracks what U.S. footwear makers receive for women’s shoes (size 4 and larger), athletic shoes excluded. Below it is set against what shoppers paid in stores for women’s shoes.
September 2026. Store prices (women’s shoes): +3.9%.
Against +10% in stores over the same years: 1.4% vs 0.3% a year.
Index 157.551. Latest is the record itself. Low since 1994: October 2003.
Women’s shoes at the factory gate vs store prices, 1994 = 100
- Women’s shoes at the factory gate
- Women’s shoes in stores (CPI)
Last ten years, stage by stage
- 2016+2.2%In stores: −0.2%
- 2017+1.1%In stores: −1.2%
- 2018+0.2%In stores: −1.8%
- 2019+3.5%In stores: −0.5%
- 2020+1.0%In stores: −2.9%
- 2021+1.1%In stores: +3.2%
- 2022+4.9%In stores: +4.9%
- 2023+2.2%In stores: +1.1%
- 2024+2.9%In stores: +0.1%
- 2025+2.1%In stores: +0.7%
In 5 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
- Factory-gate footwear prices+3.1%12 months to September 2026
- Men’s shoes at the factory gate+3.7%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 PCU3162103162105 (Women’s footwear, excluding athletic (PPI)), base Dec 1993=100. How we calculate