Cut & sew apparel manufacturing

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
210k
2017
Average Employee Age
44
2017
Average Salary
$38,878
2017
Average Male Salary
$46,775
2017
Average Female Salary
$34,301
2017

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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 $42,787. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $14,227.

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

The workforce of Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group in 2017 was 210,222 people, with 63.3% woman, and 36.7% men.

In 2017, 56.7% of the workforce in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing Industry Group was White (119,115 people), of which 63% were women and 37% men.

dollarEmployment & 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 210,222 people and is concentrated in California (76,100 workers). The average annual salary was $38,878, being $20,717 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

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−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 $38,878, $20,717 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

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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 0.478. 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).

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

Sewing machine operators are the most common position with 75,794 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 (75,794 people), tailors, dressmakers, & sewers (12,606 people), and designers (12,449 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$46,775
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$5,614
$34,301
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$2,988

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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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.

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Intermediate Inputs

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

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.

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

Of the total workforce, 63.3% corresponds to women and 36.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $46,775 and $34,301.

59.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, bachelors degree or secondary education.

Gender and Age

133,084
Women
63.3%
77,138
Men
36.7%

The workforce of Cut & sew apparel manufacturing industry in 2017 was 210,222 people, with 63.3% woman, and 36.7% men.

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

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Races

In 2017, 56.7% of the workforce in the Cut & sew apparel manufacturing industry was White (119,115 people), of which 63% were women and 37% 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 (57,597 people), bachelors degree (34,452 people), and secondary education (32,871 people).

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