Shoe prices in 2009
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2009, how that year ranks, and what 2009 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $157.05.
Ranks 35th of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: −0.4%.
Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively dearer.
Each shoe group in 2009
- Men’s shoes +2.8% Average index 126.4 · $100 then = $127.96 now · 14th of 47 years
- Women’s shoes +0.7% Average index 123.4 · $100 then = $115.16 now · 26th of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes +4.5% Average index 133.3 · $100 then = $125.85 now · 7th of 47 years
- All footwear +2.2% Average index 126.9 · $100 then = $121.80 now · 35th of 78 years
2009 in context
All footwear rose 2.2% in 2009, while the consumer price index for all items fell 0.4% and clothing rose 1.0%. That left shoes 2.5% dearer relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes rose 2.8% and women’s rose 0.7%, so men’s shoes rose faster by 2.2 points. Men’s vs women’s over time →
Before the store: the producer price index for footwear made in the United States rose 1.9%, and the import price index for footwear rose 2.2%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2009 sits between 2013 (+2.4%) and 1965 (+1.6%).
Month by month in 2009 (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