Tailors, Dressmakers, and Sewers

This post summarizes key statistics on Tailors, Dressmakers, and Sewers using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	15,637
25	31,764
30	22,681
35	32,957
40	25,748
45	20,805
50	28,630
55	26,877
60	26,990
65	22,681

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	19.2
High School Degree	28.9
Some College, No Degree	19.8
Associate's Degree	9.3
Bachelor's Degree	18.3
Master's Degree	4.1
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.2
PhD	0.2

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	22.60
20-39	23.60
39-41	39.50
41-50	8.80
50-60	3.70
More than 60	1.80

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Sewers.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
28.40	16,859	Miscellaneous repair services
20.30	32,957	Apparel and accessories, except knit
16.10	27,218	Apparel and accessory stores, except shoe
5.40	20,768	Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores
4.30	24,434	Laundry, cleaning, and garment services
2.80	28,098	Miscellaneous fabricated textile products
2.40	20,413	Furniture and home furnishings stores
1.60	29,661	Printing, publishing, and allied industries, except newspapers
1.60	34,207	Business services, n.e.c.
1.50	37,813	Department stores

This table highlights the top industries people working as Tailors, Dressmakers, and Sewers work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Tailors, Dressmakers, and Sewers. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
77.10	No 4-Year Degree	24,434
2.50	Commercial Art and Graphic Design	41,197
1.40	Family and Consumer Sciences	31,153
1.40	Business Management and Administration	56,180
1.20	General Education	18,145
1.20	Fine Arts	22,681
1.10	Marketing and Marketing Research	27,808
0.80	Drama and Theater Arts	38,210
0.80	General Business	17,691
0.70	Nursing	24,799

This table highlights the top majors people working as Tailors, Dressmakers, and Sewers received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Tailors, Dressmakers, and Sewers. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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