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Shoe prices in 1977

What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 1977, how that year ranks, and what 1977 prices come to in September 2026 money.

$100 of shoes in 1977

$204.08

at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $555.93.

1977 vs 1976

+4.6%

Ranks 13th of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: +6.5%.

Real change in 1977

−1.7%

Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively cheaper.

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Each shoe group in 1977

All footwear +4.6% Average index 75.7 · $100 then = $204.08 now · 13th of 78 years

BLS began separate men’s, women’s, and boys’ and girls’ footwear indexes in December 1977, so 1977 has the all-footwear index only.

1977 in context

All footwear rose 4.6% in 1977, while the consumer price index for all items rose 6.5% and clothing rose 4.5%. That left shoes 1.7% cheaper relative to everything else people bought.

Before the store: the producer price index for footwear made in the United States rose 6.2%. Factory to store →

Ranked by yearly change, 1977 sits between 1967 (+5.0%) and 2022 (+4.6%).

Month by month in 1977 (January = 100)

All footwear

Not seasonally adjusted BLS CPI indexes.

Neighboring years

1970+5.2%1971+3.3%1972+2.8%1973+4.2%1974+6.1%1975+4.5%1976+4.0%1978+4.4%1979+7.9%

← 1976 · 1978 →

Yearly figures are averages of the twelve monthly BLS CPI-U values; 2026 uses the months published so far. How we calculate