Shoe prices in 2019
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2019, how that year ranks, and what 2019 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $131.79.
Ranks 55th of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: +1.8%.
Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively cheaper.
Each shoe group in 2019
- Men’s shoes +0.3% Average index 140.2 · $100 then = $115.37 now · 31st of 47 years
- Women’s shoes −0.5% Average index 124.2 · $100 then = $114.43 now · 36th of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes +2.5% Average index 156.9 · $100 then = $106.90 now · 18th of 47 years
- All footwear +0.5% Average index 136.7 · $100 then = $113.03 now · 55th of 78 years
2019 in context
All footwear rose 0.5% in 2019, while the consumer price index for all items rose 1.8% and clothing fell 1.3%. That left shoes 1.3% cheaper relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes rose 0.3% and women’s fell 0.5%, 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 2.6%, and the import price index for footwear fell 0.1%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2019 sits between 2024 (+0.7%) and 1964 (+0.5%).
Month by month in 2019 (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