Fashion designers

Detailed Occupation

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2023 Workforce
27.4k
Average Age
37.4
Estimated Job Growth
4.57%
10-year projection
Average Salary
$64,949
Average Male Salary
$95,989
Average Female Salary
$59,201

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Fashion designers are most often employed by the uninformed industry. The average yearly wage for Fashion designers was $64,949 in 2023.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Fashion designers workforce. Fashion designers workforce in 2023 was 27,398 people, of which 84.4% were women and 15.6% were men. Fashion designers are paid most in Los Angeles County (Northwest)--LA City (North Central/Van Nuys & North Sherman Oaks) PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in NYC-Manhattan Community District 7--Upper West Side PUMA, NY.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
4,281
Male Workforce
± 1.61k
23,117
Female Workforce
± 3.73k

The Fashion designers workforce in 2023 was 27,398 people (84.4% women and 15.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of 7.86% between 2018 (25,401) and 2023 (27,398).

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Employment by Location

Level
Metric

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

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Massachusetts ($93,453), New York ($91,984), and Connecticut ($88,053).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$64,949
AVERAGE WAGE
#220 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Fashion designers earned an average of $64,949, $2,778 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.518
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Fashion designers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.518, which is higher than the national average of 0.476. 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. uninformed 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 Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers ($83,260).

Occupations by Industries

Metric
Value
27.4k
2023 Workforce
± 4,063
8.15%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 19.8%

This graphic shows the share of Fashion designers employed by various industries. uninformed employs the largest share of Fashion designers at 53%, followed by Specialized design services with 27.6% and Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing with 13.8%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Fashion designers in the US. The workforce of Fashion designers in 2023 was 27,398 people, with 84.4% woman, and 15.6% men. The average age of male Fashion designers in the workforce is 40 and of female Fashion designers is 37, and the most common race/ethnicity for Fashion designers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Fashion designers in 2023 was 27,398 people, with 84.4% woman, and 15.6% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (4,330 people), 25 to 29 years (3,887  people), and 35 to 39 years (3,387 people). Among them they concentrated 42.8% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 17.4% of Fashion designers workers were Hispanic and 82.6% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (42.1%), Puerto Rican (11.9)%, and Ecuadorian (9.32)%

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Races

In 2023, 60.8% of the Fashion designers workforce were White, of which 87.6% were women and 12.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (12.7%) and Two or More Races (11.4%).

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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 2023 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 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (8,282 people), Business (2,390 people), and Social Sciences (895 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Fashion designers workers were Bachelors Degree (14,247 people), Some college (4,140 people), and Associates Degree (3,035 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 4.02%, but Fashion Designers are expected to see a growth of 4.57% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow more than the national average.

Job Growth

4.57%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
4.02%
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 more than than 4.02%, the average rate of national job growth.

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