Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers

Detailed Occupation

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2022 Workforce
48.4k
Average Age
50.3
Average Salary
$33,159
Average Male Salary
$40,564
Average Female Salary
$30,382

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers workforce. Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers workforce in 2022 was 48,426 people, of which 72.7% were women and 27.3% were men. Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are paid most in NYC-Staten Island Community District 2--Mid-Island PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Los Angeles County (Central)--LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
13,206
Male Workforce
± 2.82k
35,220
Female Workforce
± 4.61k

The Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers workforce in 2022 was 48,426 people (72.7% women and 27.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of −14.9% between 2014 (56,926) and 2022 (48,426).

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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 Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers.

During 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Kansas ($59,237), New Jersey ($45,235), and Massachusetts ($44,747).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$33,159
AVERAGE WAGE
#454 in the ranking (2022)
$64,683
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2022, Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers earned an average of $33,159, $31,524 less than the average national salary of $64,683

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.407
WAGE GINI

In 2022, Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.407, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers and on wages for those in the field. Clothing stores is the industry that employs the most Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, by average wage, is Motion pictures & video industries ($81,847).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
48.4k
2022 Workforce
± 5,402
−2.91%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 16.1%

This graphic shows the share of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers employed by various industries. Clothing stores employs the largest share of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers at 35.4%, followed by Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing with 34% and Personal & household goods repair & maintenance with 30.5%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers in the US. The workforce of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers in 2022 was 48,426 people, with 72.7% woman, and 27.3% men. The average age of male Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers in the workforce is 48.5 and of female Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers is 51, and the most common race/ethnicity for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers in 2022 was 48,426 people, with 72.7% woman, and 27.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 60 to 64 years (6,872 people), 55 to 59 years (6,258  people), and 50 to 54 years (5,687 people). Among them they concentrated 39.2% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2022, 27.3% of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers workers were Hispanic and 72.7% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (74.6%), Salvadoran (13.8)%, and Dominican (11.7)%

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Races

In 2022, 53.1% of the Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers workforce were White, of which 77.1% were women and 22.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (16.2%) and Other (11.6%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers is Visual & Performing Arts but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2022 were Library Science.

Among the necessary skills for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection.

Majors

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The most common majors achieved by Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (2,279 people), Business (1,764 people), and Education (1,144 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers workers were High School or Equivalent (15,654 people), Some college (8,721 people), and Bachelors Degree (7,575 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Time Management.

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