Shoe prices in 2024
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2024, how that year ranks, and what 2024 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $107.41.
Ranks 54th of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: +2.9%.
Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively cheaper.
Each shoe group in 2024
- Men’s shoes +2.0% Average index 151.6 · $100 then = $106.72 now · 17th of 47 years
- Women’s shoes +0.1% Average index 132.0 · $100 then = $107.61 now · 30th of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes −0.3% Average index 165.8 · $100 then = $101.13 now · 36th of 47 years
- All footwear +0.7% Average index 145.8 · $100 then = $105.98 now · 54th of 78 years
2024 in context
All footwear rose 0.7% in 2024, while the consumer price index for all items rose 2.9% and clothing rose 0.7%. That left shoes 2.2% cheaper relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes rose 2.0% and women’s rose 0.1%, so men’s shoes rose faster by 1.9 points. Men’s vs women’s over time →
Before the store: the producer price index for footwear made in the United States rose 1.9%, and the import price index for footwear rose 0.7%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2024 sits between 1983 (+0.7%) and 2019 (+0.5%).
Month by month in 2024 (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