Shoe prices in 2015
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2015, how that year ranks, and what 2015 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $142.16.
Ranks 46th of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: +0.1%.
Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively dearer.
Each shoe group in 2015
- Men’s shoes −0.1% Average index 137.9 · $100 then = $117.34 now · 35th of 47 years
- Women’s shoes +0.7% Average index 128.9 · $100 then = $110.25 now · 25th of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes +3.0% Average index 150.6 · $100 then = $111.33 now · 16th of 47 years
- All footwear +1.0% Average index 136.8 · $100 then = $112.95 now · 46th of 78 years
2015 in context
All footwear rose 1.0% in 2015, while the consumer price index for all items rose 0.1% and clothing fell 1.3%. That left shoes 0.9% dearer relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes fell 0.1% and women’s rose 0.7%, so women’s shoes rose faster by 0.8 points. Men’s vs women’s over time →
Before the store: the producer price index for footwear made in the United States rose 2.5%, and the import price index for footwear rose 1.0%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2015 sits between 1955 (+1.0%) and 1996 (+1.0%).
Month by month in 2015 (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