Shoe prices in 2016
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2016, how that year ranks, and what 2016 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $140.39.
Ranks 57th of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: +1.3%.
Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively cheaper.
Each shoe group in 2016
- Men’s shoes +0.7% Average index 138.8 · $100 then = $116.55 now · 29th of 47 years
- Women’s shoes −0.2% Average index 128.6 · $100 then = $110.49 now · 33rd of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes +1.1% Average index 152.3 · $100 then = $110.13 now · 23rd of 47 years
- All footwear +0.4% Average index 137.3 · $100 then = $112.52 now · 57th of 78 years
2016 in context
All footwear rose 0.4% in 2016, while the consumer price index for all items rose 1.3% and clothing rose 0.1%. That left shoes 0.9% cheaper relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes rose 0.7% and women’s fell 0.2%, so men’s shoes rose faster by 0.9 points. Men’s vs women’s over time →
Before the store: the producer price index for footwear made in the United States rose 1.8%, and the import price index for footwear fell 0.4%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2016 sits between 1964 (+0.5%) and 2011 (+0.4%).
Month by month in 2016 (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