Fashion designers

Detailed Occupation

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    2024 Workforce
    27.3k
    Average Age
    37.6
    Estimated Job Growth
    1.95%
    10-year projection
    Average Salary
    $65,501
    Average Male Salary
    $100,287
    Average Female Salary
    $59,034

    About

    Fashion designers are most often employed by the Clothing & clothing accessories retailers industry. The average yearly wage for Fashion designers was $65,501 in 2024.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Fashion designers workforce. Fashion designers workforce in 2024 was 27,259 people, of which 84.3% were women and 15.7% were men.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    4,273
    Male Workforce
    ± 1.6k
    22,986
    Female Workforce
    ± 3.72k

    The Fashion designers workforce in 2024 was 27,259 people (84.3% women and 15.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of 7.31% between 2018 (25,401) and 2024 (27,259).

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    Employment by Location

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    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Fashion designers.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Minnesota ($117,528), New York ($89,497), and California ($81,374).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $65,501
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #221 in the ranking (2018)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Fashion designers earned an average of $65,501, $4,377 less than the average national salary of $69,878

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.522
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Fashion designers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.522, which is higher than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly for Fashion designers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Fashion designers and on wages for those in the field. Clothing & clothing accessories retailers is the industry that employs the most Fashion designers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Fashion designers, by average wage, is Periodical, book, & directory & mailing list, & other publishers ($207,165).

    Occupations by Industries

    Metric
    Value
    27.3k
    2024 Workforce
    ± 4,053
    −0.507%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 21.1%

    This graphic shows the share of Fashion designers employed by various industries. Clothing & clothing accessories retailers employs the largest share of Fashion designers at 44.7%, followed by Specialized design services with 31.5% and Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing with 17.4%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Fashion designers in the US. The workforce of Fashion designers in 2024 was 27,259 people, with 84.3% woman, and 15.7% men. The average age of male Fashion designers in the workforce is 40.9 and of female Fashion designers is 36.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Fashion designers is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Fashion designers in 2024 was 27,259 people, with 84.3% woman, and 15.7% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (4,233 people), 25 to 29 years (3,578  people), and 20 to 24 years (3,288 people). Among them they concentrated 41.2% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 17.1% of Fashion designers workers were Hispanic and 82.9% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (42.8%), Puerto Rican (12)%, and Ecuadorian (10.4)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 59.3% of the Fashion designers workforce were White, of which 87.2% were women and 12.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (12.5%) and Asian (12.2%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Fashion designers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Fashion designers is Visual & Performing Arts but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Visual & Performing Arts.

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
    Type of Majors
    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Fashion designers in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (8,293 people), Business (2,877 people), and Communications (826 people).

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    Education Levels

    Metric

    The main educational levels achieved by the Fashion designers workers were Bachelors Degree (14,250 people), Some college (4,144 people), and Associates Degree (3,023 people).

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    Projections

    Projections on job growth for Fashion Designers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.07%, but Fashion Designers are expected to see a growth of 1.95% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow less than the national average.

    Job Growth

    1.95%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    3.07%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Fashion designers. This profession is expected to grow less than than 3.07%, the average rate of national job growth.

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