Shoe prices in 2006
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2006, how that year ranks, and what 2006 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $167.14.
Ranks 50th of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: +3.2%.
Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively cheaper.
Each shoe group in 2006
- Men’s shoes +1.8% Average index 123.5 · $100 then = $131.01 now · 20th of 47 years
- Women’s shoes +0.8% Average index 122.8 · $100 then = $115.69 now · 22nd of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes −0.8% Average index 123.3 · $100 then = $136.00 now · 41st of 47 years
- All footwear +0.7% Average index 123.5 · $100 then = $125.07 now · 50th of 78 years
2006 in context
All footwear rose 0.7% in 2006, while the consumer price index for all items rose 3.2% and clothing fell 0.1%. That left shoes 2.4% cheaper relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes rose 1.8% and women’s rose 0.8%, so men’s shoes rose faster by 1.0 points. Men’s vs women’s over time →
Before the store: the producer price index for footwear made in the United States rose 0.8%, and the import price index for footwear rose 0.5%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2006 sits between 1961 (+0.9%) and 1993 (+0.7%).
Month by month in 2006 (January = 100)
- Men’s shoes
- Women’s shoes
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes
Neighboring years
Yearly figures are averages of the twelve monthly BLS CPI-U values; 2026 uses the months published so far. How we calculate