Shoe prices in 2013
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2013, how that year ranks, and what 2013 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $144.64.
Ranks 34th of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: +1.5%.
Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively dearer.
Each shoe group in 2013
- Men’s shoes +2.5% Average index 136.8 · $100 then = $118.28 now · 15th of 47 years
- Women’s shoes +2.5% Average index 130.4 · $100 then = $108.99 now · 13th of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes +2.1% Average index 140.4 · $100 then = $119.41 now · 19th of 47 years
- All footwear +2.4% Average index 135.0 · $100 then = $114.44 now · 34th of 78 years
2013 in context
All footwear rose 2.4% in 2013, while the consumer price index for all items rose 1.5% and clothing rose 0.9%. That left shoes 0.9% dearer relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes rose 2.5% and women’s rose 2.5%, so the two moved together. Men’s vs women’s over time →
Before the store: the producer price index for footwear made in the United States rose 4.9%, and the import price index for footwear rose 0.9%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2013 sits between 1982 (+2.5%) and 2009 (+2.2%).
Month by month in 2013 (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