Shoe prices in 2011
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2011, how that year ranks, and what 2011 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $149.79.
Ranks 58th 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 2011
- Men’s shoes +1.3% Average index 129.2 · $100 then = $125.22 now · 23rd of 47 years
- Women’s shoes −1.3% Average index 123.7 · $100 then = $114.91 now · 40th of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes +2.7% Average index 136.2 · $100 then = $123.15 now · 17th of 47 years
- All footwear +0.4% Average index 128.5 · $100 then = $120.25 now · 58th of 78 years
2011 in context
All footwear rose 0.4% in 2011, while the consumer price index for all items rose 3.2% and clothing rose 2.2%. That left shoes 2.7% cheaper relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes rose 1.3% and women’s fell 1.3%, so men’s shoes rose faster by 2.6 points. Men’s vs women’s over time →
Before the store: the producer price index for footwear made in the United States rose 3.4%, and the import price index for footwear rose 4.0%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2011 sits between 2016 (+0.4%) and 1998 (+0.4%).
Month by month in 2011 (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