Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers

Detailed Occupation

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2020 Workforce

51.6k

Average Age

50.5

Average Salary

$29,538

Average Male Salary

$38,890

Average Female Salary

$26,248

About

Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are most often employed by the Clothing stores industry. The average yearly wage for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers was $29,538 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers by wage are Religious workers, all other, Firstline supervisors of food preparation & serving workers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are part of the Production Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Engine & other machine assemblers, Structural metal fabricators & fitters, Other assemblers and fabricators, and 55 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA, LA City (East Central/Central City & Boyle Heights) PUMA, CA, and LA City (Central/Univ. of Southern California & Exposition Park) PUMA, CA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA, LA City (Central/Univ. of Southern California & Exposition Park) PUMA, CA, and LA City (East Central/Central City & Boyle Heights) PUMA, CA.

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers and on wages and locations 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. Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are paid most in Portland City (Northwest & Southwest) PUMA, OR but are relatively concentrated in LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA.

Yearly Wage

$29,538

AVERAGE SALARY

± $3,229

In 2020, Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers earned an average of $29,538, $26,416 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Religious workers, all other make somewhat more than Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers while Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.435

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.435, which is lower than 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).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, by number of employees, are Clothing stores, Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing, Personal & household goods repair & maintenance, Drycleaning & laundry services, Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores , Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers, Printing & related support activities, Department stores, Furniture & home furnishings stores, Specialized design services, and Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, by average wage, are Motion pictures & video industries, Automotive repair & maintenance, and Department stores.

Industries by Share

51.6k

2020 Workforce

± 5,576

−3.36%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 15.7%

The number of people employed as Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers has been declining at a rate of −3.36%, from 53,386 people in 2019 to 51,591 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers employed by various industries. Clothing stores employs the largest share of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers at 20.6%, followed by Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing with 20.5% and Personal & household goods repair & maintenance with 17.2%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers in the US. The average age of male Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers in the workforce is 50 and of female Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers is 50.6, and the most common race/ethnicity for Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

13.4k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 2,845

38.2k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 4,796

74% of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are Female, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers

White (Non-Hispanic)
Asian (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

42.4% of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 17.9% of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, Asian (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers.

Age by Sex

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 3.12

50.6

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.82

The median age of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers is 50.5, and Male employees are generally 0.627 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 Business but a relatively high number of Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers hold a major in 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.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

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, and Time Management. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.