Size chart for Work Shoes and Work Boots
What size of Work shoe or boot suits you?
The Size Chart for Work Shoes and Boots is the answer to many questions we received at size-charts.com. You’ll discover how to find your perfect fitting Work shoe or Work boot you need to get through your working day.
Correctly sized boots should feel snug but not tight. Work Shoes or Work Boots should be small enough to keep your feet from moving around too much in your boots.
If your foot slides into a boot too easily, the boots are likely too large.
In this post we’ll handle the following items.
- How to measure your feet for work shoes or work boots?
- How to try your new safety shoes or safety boots
- The difference between Work shoes, Workboots, and working shoes or occupational shoes
- Women’s Work shoes and boots size chart
- Men’s Work shoes and boots size chart
- Unisex work shoes and boots size chart – men to women size converter
- Work Shoes Chart Width and effects of too narrow shoes
- Work Shoes and boots FAQ
Measure your feet when buying work shoes and boots online
Don’t count on your regular shoe size when you want to buy work shoes. Due to the shoe’s protective elements, the sizes and dimensions are slightly different from dressed or casual footwear.
Like in many posts, it all starts with measuring your feet.
To make it easy, we summed up our tips to measure your feet :
How to measure your size for a perfect fitting Work boot
- Measure your feet in the afternoon.
- Stand When Measuring
- Wear socks
- Be precise
- Measure both feet
- Stand on your piece of paper
- Start drawing
- Measure the length of your feet
- Find your width fitting by drawing or with measuring tape
- Determine your size in the conversion charts
How to find your Work Shoes Size
As you will be standing, walking, working for more than 10 hours with safety shoes, a good fit is essential. Do this thoroughly as you might get injured or fatigued faster than with perfect fitting work boots. Follow the below steps to determine what size of safety shoes will get you through the working day.
How to try on work shoes or work boots?
- Completely lace-up your footwear.
- Walk around briefly in your new footwear to feel and check the comfort.
- Ensure the boot/shoe and your foot bend in the same place.
- Pay attention if you don’t feel the protective toecap in the bending zone.
- The boot/shoe arch and your foot arch should line up perfectly.
- Your heel should be feeling well supported and sufficient grip in the heel cup.
- Make sure you have enough toe space (your toes shouldn’t touch the end)
Try on your new footwear on carpet or solid flooring to ensure a good fit and keep the soles clean if you need to make an exchange.
Work Shoes and Work Boots are not Working or Occupational shoes
Do not confuse Work shoes or boots (or safety shoes) with Working shoes:
- Work Shoes/Boots offer protection for toes and, in many cases, also with an anti-perforation plate.
Safety footwear comes mostly in 2 standards: ASTM 2413 & EN ISO 20345. - Working shoes (or occupational footwear) are designed and engineered to do your daily job with more focus and offer no toe protection. This kind of shoes comes with the ISO standard: EN ISO 20347
Many of the footwear styles in work shoes and boots are designed to be worn by both men and women. There is a difference of roughly 1.5 – 2 sizes between men’s and women’s boots and shoes, depending on the brand.
What size of work shoe or work boot you need to wear you can find in below charts.
Women’s Work Shoes and Boots Size Chart
How to measure your foot, you can find out here. You can find the correct women’s work shoe or boot size using the chart below. The Size Chart contains the international standards for US & CAN, Europe, The United Kingdom, and Mexico. The size in CM is the same as the Japanese Sizes.
| FOOT LENGTH (IN.) | FOOT LENGTH (CM) | SHOE SIZE (US & CAN) | SHOE SIZE (EU) | SHOE SIZE (UK) | SHOE SIZE (MEX) |
| 8 | 20.3 | 3 | 32.5 | 2 | 20 |
| 8-1/8 | 20.6 | 3.5 | 33 | 2.5 | |
| 8-3/8 | 21 | 4 | 33.5 | 3 | 21 |
| 8-1/2 | 216 | 4.5 | 34 | 3.5 | |
| 8-5/8 | 22 | 5 | 34.5 | 4 | 22 |
| 8-7/8 | 22.5 | 5.5 | 35.5 | 4.5 | |
| 9 | 22.9 | 6 | 36.5 | 5 | 23 |
| 9-1/8 | 23.2 | 6.5 | 37 | 5.5 | |
| 9-3/8 | 23.7 | 7 | 37.5 | 6 | 24 |
| 9-1/2 | 24.1 | 7.5 | 38 | 6.5 | 25 |
| 9-5/8 | 24.5 | 8 | 38.5 | 7 | |
| 9-7/8 | 25 | 8.5 | 39 | 7.5 | 26 |
| 10 | 25.4 | 9 | 39.5 | 8 | |
| 10-1/8 | 25.7 | 9.5 | 40 | 8.5 | 27 |
| 10-3/8 | 26.3 | 10 | 41 | 9 | |
| 10-1/2 | 26.7 | 10.5 | 42 | 9.5 | 28 |
Men’s Work Shoes and Boots Size Chart
How to measure your foot, you can find out here. You can find the correct Men’s work shoe or boot size using the chart below. The Size Chart contains the international standards for US & CAN, Europe, The United Kingdom, and Mexico. The size in CM is the same as the Japanese Sizes.
| FOOT LENGTH (IN.) | FOOT LENGTH (CM) | SHOE SIZE (US & CAN) | SHOE SIZE (EU) | SHOE SIZE (UK) | SHOE SIZE (MEX) | MONDO POINT |
| 9-1/2 | 24.1 | 6 | 38 | 5.5 | 24.5 | 24 |
| 9-5/8 | 24.5 | 6.5 | 38.5 | 6 | 25 | 24.5 |
| 9-7/8 | 25.0 | 7 | 39 | 6.5 | 25.5 | 25 |
| 10 | 25.4 | 7.5 | 39.5 | 7 | 26 | 25.5 |
| 10-1/8 | 25.7 | 8 | 40 | 7.5 | 26.5 | 26 |
| 10-3/8 | 26.3 | 8.5 | 41 | 8 | 27 | 26.5 |
| 10-1/2 | 26.7 | 9 | 42 | 9 | 27.5 | 27 |
| 10-5/8 | 27.0 | 9.5 | 42.5 | 9.5 | 28 | 27.5 |
| 10-7/8 | 27.5 | 10 | 43 | 10 | 28.5 | 28 |
| 11 | 28.0 | 10.5 | 43 | 10 | 29 | 28.5 |
| 11-1/4 | 28.7 | 11 | 44 | 10.5 | 29.5 | 29 |
| 11-3/8 | 29.5 | 11.5 | 45 | 11 | 30 | 29.5 |
| 11-7/8 | 30.1 | 12 | 46 | 11.5 | 30.5 | 30 |
| 12-1/4 | 31.0 | 13 | 47 | 12.5 | 31.5 | 31 |
| 12-3/4 | 31.6 | 13.5 | 48 | 13 | 32 | 31.5 |
Unisex Work Shoes and Boots Size Chart
Convert the men’s sizes into women’s sizes. The width in Work shoes and boots mainly remains the same, so a D remains a D width Work shoes.
| MEN’S SIZE | WOMENS’ SIZE |
| 8 | 9.5 – 10 |
| 8.5 | 10 – 10.5 |
| 9 | 10.5 – 11 |
| 9.5 | 11 – 11.5 |
| 10 | 11.5 – 12 |
| 10.5 | 12.- 12.5 |
| 11 | 12.5 -13 |
| 11.5 | 13 – 13.5 |
| 12 | 14 – 14.5 |
| 12.5 | 14.5 – 15 |
| 13 | 15 – 15.5 |
Work Shoes and Boots Size Chart: the width
Work Shoes and Work Boots‘ width is incredibly important when achieving the correct fit, as you are wearing them the whole day long.
A great rule of thumb (or toe, in this case) is that the ball of your foot should sit at the widest part of the shoe. To illustrate the importance of the correct width in your work shoes or work boots.
- if it’s too narrow, you can develop blisters
- it’s too narrow it will be impossible to stay a full day with them
- if it’s too narrow you can have blood circulation problems
- if you have diabetes, you can have serious circulation problems
- if it’s too wide you can twist your ankle or fall
- if it’s too wide, you are not safe, and you might slip or cause accidents
- if it’s too wide, the inside materials will break
| Shoe Size US | Shoe Size EU | Shoe Size UK | Width mm | Width mm | Width mm | Width mm | |
| W: 9 M: 7 | 39 | 6-7 | 234 240 | 241 246 | 254 258 | 266 270 | |
| W: 10 M: 8 | 40 | 7-8 | 241 246 | 247 252 | 260 264 | 272 276 | |
| W: 11 M: 9 | 41-42 | 8 | 247 252 | 254 258 | 266 270 | 278 282 | |
| W: 12 M: 10 | 42-43 | 8-9 | 254 258 | 260 264 | 272 276 | 284 288 | |
| TRADITIONAL US NAME ABBREVIATED | D FIT Standard MEDIUM (M) | E FIT Wide WIDE (W) | EEE FIT Extra Wide (WW, XW, 2W) | EEEEE FIT Ultra Wide (XXW, 4W) |
Different Work Shoes or Work boots width indications are:
- A = Extra Narrow
- B = Narrow
- D / M = Medium or Standard
- E / EE / W = Wide
- EEE / EW / WW = Extra Wide
- 4E / EEEE = Extra Extra Wide (or Ultra Wide)
Why is my Work boot size different than my shoe size?
Depending on the boot, you may more often go down 1/2 size because they are made to wear thick socks in and they are more high volume than shoes. What this means is there is more volume or space inside the boot to account for the need to wear thick socks.
 | The Work Boot in this post is the Caterpillar Excavator Superlite: A great fitting superlight workboot which comes in US size 7 to 14 You can choose from 2 widths: Medium and Wide. | Buy now |
