Boys' and girls' footwear priced at $20 in 2013 $23.19 in 2025

Boys' And Girls' Footwear Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Boys' And Girls' Footwear, 2013-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for boys' and girls' footwear are 15.96% higher in 2025 versus 2013 (a $3.19 difference in value).

Between 2013 and 2025: Boys' and girls' footwear experienced an average inflation rate of 1.24% per year. In other words, boys' and girls' footwear costing $20 in the year 2013 would cost $23.19 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.65% during this same period, inflation for boys' and girls' footwear was lower.

In the year 2013: Pricing changed by 2.09%, which is above the average yearly change for boys' and girls' footwear during the 2013-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2013 (1.46%), inflation for boys' and girls' footwear was higher.

Price Inflation for Boys' and girls' footwear since 1977

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1980 (10.48%), 1979 (8.08%), and 2022 (5.78%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2013

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Boys' and girls' footwear, over time, for $20 beginning in 2013. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2013$20.002.09%
2014$20.844.19%
2015$21.452.95%
2016$21.691.09%
2017$21.770.39%
2018$21.790.06%
2019$22.342.55%
2020$21.66-3.05%
2021$22.302.97%
2022$23.595.78%
2023$23.690.43%
2024$23.62-0.33%
2025$23.19-1.79%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.


Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Boys' and girls' footwear:

Year1977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI76.20077.85484.14692.96298.32399.03899.700101.238102.423101.977105.608111.077115.500120.031121.254122.338121.985125.585123.531128.885131.008131.362127.692123.238122.392117.954118.600118.608124.362123.315122.418127.548133.263132.604136.184137.575140.445146.329150.647152.288152.887152.986156.884152.106156.627165.683166.392165.836162.862

Adjust boys' and girls' footwear prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2013 * 2013 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Boys' and girls' footwear was 140.445 in the year 2013 and 162.862 in 2025:

162.862 / 140.445 * $20 = $23.19

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2013 has the same "purchasing power" as $23.19 in 2025 (in the CPI category of Boys' and girls' footwear).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Boys' and girls' footwear in 1977. In addition to boys' and girls' footwear, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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