Shoe prices in 2012
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2012, how that year ranks, and what 2012 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $146.75.
Ranks 32nd of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: +2.1%.
Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively dearer.
Each shoe group in 2012
- Men’s shoes +3.3% Average index 133.4 · $100 then = $121.25 now · 13th of 47 years
- Women’s shoes +2.9% Average index 127.2 · $100 then = $111.72 now · 12th of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes +1.0% Average index 137.6 · $100 then = $121.90 now · 24th of 47 years
- All footwear +2.6% Average index 131.8 · $100 then = $117.20 now · 32nd of 78 years
2012 in context
All footwear rose 2.6% in 2012, while the consumer price index for all items rose 2.1% and clothing rose 3.4%. That left shoes 0.5% dearer relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes rose 3.3% and women’s rose 2.9%, so men’s shoes rose faster by 0.4 points. Men’s vs women’s over time →
Before the store: the producer price index for footwear made in the United States rose 5.0%, and the import price index for footwear rose 4.1%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2012 sits between 1990 (+2.6%) and 1982 (+2.5%).
Month by month in 2012 (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