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 locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group are Los Angeles County (Central)--LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA, Los Angeles County--LA City (East Central/Silver Lake, Echo Park & Westlake) PUMA, CA, and Los Angeles County (Central)--Huntington Park City, Florence-Graham & Walnut Park PUMA, CA.

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.

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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 $26,235 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

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.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2017, Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $38,448, $26,235 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

The graph shows the position of Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

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 0.478. 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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

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

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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.

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.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Cut & sew apparel manufacturing industry.

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.

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).

The chart shows the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing workforce by gender and educational level.

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