Shoe prices in 2018
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2018, how that year ranks, and what 2018 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $134.18.
Ranks 69th of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: +2.4%.
Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively cheaper.
Each shoe group in 2018
- Men’s shoes +0.8% Average index 139.7 · $100 then = $115.77 now · 28th of 47 years
- Women’s shoes −1.8% Average index 124.9 · $100 then = $113.80 now · 44th of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes +0.1% Average index 153.0 · $100 then = $109.62 now · 33rd of 47 years
- All footwear −0.5% Average index 136.1 · $100 then = $113.56 now · 69th of 78 years
2018 in context
All footwear fell 0.5% in 2018, while the consumer price index for all items rose 2.4% and clothing rose 0.0%. That left shoes 2.8% cheaper relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes rose 0.8% and women’s fell 1.8%, 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 0.8%, and the import price index for footwear rose 0.1%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2018 sits between 1995 (−0.5%) and 2001 (−0.6%).
Month by month in 2018 (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