Shoe prices in 2025
What happened to U.S. shoe prices in 2025, how that year ranks, and what 2025 prices come to in September 2026 money.
at September 2026 shoe prices (all footwear). Overall inflation would make it $104.66.
Ranks 63rd of 78 years since 1948, largest rise first. All items: +2.6%.
Shoes measured against everything else. Shoes got relatively cheaper.
Each shoe group in 2025
- Men’s shoes −0.2% Average index 151.3 · $100 then = $106.92 now · 37th of 47 years
- Women’s shoes +0.7% Average index 132.9 · $100 then = $106.90 now · 27th of 47 years
- Boys’ and girls’ shoes −1.5% Average index 163.4 · $100 then = $102.67 now · 42nd of 47 years
- All footwear −0.0% Average index 145.7 · $100 then = $106.01 now · 63rd of 78 years
2025 in context
All footwear fell 0.0% in 2025, while the consumer price index for all items rose 2.6% and clothing fell 0.1%. That left shoes 2.6% cheaper relative to everything else people bought.
Men’s shoes fell 0.2% and women’s rose 0.7%, so women’s shoes rose faster by 0.8 points. Men’s vs women’s over time →
Before the store: the producer price index for footwear made in the United States rose 2.2%, and the import price index for footwear fell 0.7%. Factory to store →
Ranked by yearly change, 2025 sits between 1994 (+0.1%) and 1953 (−0.1%).
Month by month in 2025 (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 (eleven for 2025, since October was not collected); 2026 uses the months published so far. How we calculate