Cut & sew apparel manufacturing

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    214k
    2017
    Average Employee Age
    44.1
    2017
    Average Salary
    $38,448
    2017
    Average Male Salary
    $46,276
    2017
    Average Female Salary
    $33,921
    2017

    About

    The top three occupations in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group are sewing machine operators, tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, and designers. On average, full-time employees in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group work 42.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $42,350. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $14,117.

    The workforce of Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group in 2017 was 214,310 people, with 63.4% woman, and 36.6% men.

    In 2017, 57% of the workforce in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group was White (122,155 people), of which 63.1% were women and 36.9% men.

    Manufacturing

    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group.

    The workforce in Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group was 214,310 people and is concentrated in California (76,100 workers). The average annual salary was $38,448, being $31,430 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

    Start Year
    Y-Axis
    −4.81%
    Year-over-year decline
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 25.7k people employed in the Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing industry. This represents a −4.81% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2017 were California (76.1k), New York (25.3k), and New Jersey (9.5k).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2017, Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $38,448, $31,430 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.491
    WAGE GINI

    Cut & sew apparel manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.491, which is more than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Cut & sew apparel manufacturing (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group.

    Sewing machine operators are the most common position with 78,163 workers, but the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers and Designers.

    The highest average salary in Cut & sew apparel manufacturing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2017, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were sewing machine operators (78,163 people), tailors, dressmakers, & sewers (12,672 people), and designers (12,486 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $46,276
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$5,527
    $33,921
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$2,935

    On average, Male workers in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group make 1.36 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

    The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group.

    The Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

    California and New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Cut & sew apparel manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

    Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group is Manufacturing.

    In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Cut & sew apparel manufacturing is from Manufacturing.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Wholesale trade
    3. Mining

    The Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Cut & sew apparel manufacturing is from Manufacturing.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Construction
    3. Professional and business services

    The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. California
      1,696
    2. New York
      583
    3. Texas
      176

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 63.4% corresponds to women and 36.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $46,276 and $33,921.

    59.6% of workers have a high school or equivalent, bachelors degree or secondary education.

    Gender and Age

    135,790
    Women
    63.4%
    78,520
    Men
    36.6%

    The workforce of Cut & sew apparel manufacturing industry in 2017 was 214,310 people, with 63.4% woman, and 36.6% men.

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    Races

    In 2017, 57% of the workforce in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing industry was White (122,155 people), of which 63.1% were women and 36.9% men.

    Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian and Other.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing workers in 2017 were high school or equivalent (59,703 people), bachelors degree (34,714 people), and secondary education (33,384 people).

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