Shoe prices in 2023
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2023, how that year ranks, and what 2023 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $110.58.
Ranks 61st of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: +4.1%.
Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively cheaper.
Each shoe group in 2023
- Men’s shoes −0.5% Average index 148.6 · $100 then = $108.84 now · 40th of 47 years
- Women’s shoes +1.1% Average index 131.9 · $100 then = $107.71 now · 19th of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes +0.4% Average index 166.4 · $100 then = $100.79 now · 30th of 47 years
- All footwear +0.2% Average index 144.8 · $100 then = $106.67 now · 61st of 78 years
2023 in context
All footwear rose 0.2% in 2023, while the consumer price index for all items rose 4.1% and clothing rose 2.8%. That left shoes 3.7% cheaper relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes fell 0.5% and women’s rose 1.1%, so women’s shoes rose faster by 1.5 points. Men’s vs women’s over time →
Before the store: the producer price index for footwear made in the United States rose 6.4%, and the import price index for footwear fell 0.3%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2023 sits between 2014 (+0.3%) and 1994 (+0.1%).
Month by month in 2023 (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