Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2003

51-6052 Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
32,150	4.3 %	$11.62	$24,170	1.1 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$7.04	$8.40	$10.51	$14.04	$17.68
Annual Wage (2)	$14,650	$17,470	$21,850	$29,200	$36,770

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Clothing stores	13,340	$12.52	$26,040	1	8
Drycleaning and laundry services	3,500	$9.46	$19,670	2	31
Household goods repair and maintenance	2,900	$9.58	$19,920	3	30
Cut and sew apparel manufacturing	2,680	$11.64	$24,210	4	13
Department stores	1,740	$13.24	$27,540	5	3

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Management of companies and enterprises	490	$15.95	$33,180	8	1
Apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers	970	$13.80	$28,700	6	2
Department stores	1,740	$13.24	$27,540	5	3
Other general merchandise stores	60	$13.09	$27,230	19	4
Traveler accommodation	280	$12.94	$26,910	11	5

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
Louisiana	830	$9.11	$18,950	0.045%	599
New Jersey	1,350	$13.59	$28,270	0.035%	536
Florida	2,490	$10.57	$21,990	0.035%	609
Wisconsin	830	$9.70	$20,170	0.031%	662
Missouri	760	$10.42	$21,680	0.029%	599

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
Massachusetts	600	$15.18	$31,560	0.019%	487
Rhode Island	90	$14.09	$29,310	0.019%	364
New Jersey	1,350	$13.59	$28,270	0.035%	536
Connecticut	380	$13.29	$27,640	0.023%	502
New York	(6)	$13.28	$27,610	(6)	564

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Jackson, MI MSA	50	$10.22	$21,260	0.089%
New York, NY PMSA	3,440	$13.62	$28,340	0.087%
New Orleans, LA MSA	520	$8.69	$18,080	0.087%
Macon, GA MSA	120	$8.60	$17,890	0.084%
Eau Claire, WI MSA	60	$9.55	$19,860	0.083%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Atlantic-Cape May, NJ PMSA	50	$17.33	$36,050	0.027%
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA MSA	80	$17.30	$35,990	0.047%
Boston, MA-NH PMSA	450	$16.09	$33,470	0.023%
Orange County, CA PMSA	390	$15.32	$31,870	0.027%
Oakland, CA PMSA	340	$15.11	$31,420	0.033%

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Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.

(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

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Last Modified Date: May 7, 2004