Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers Salary in the US
A tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers earns a national median of $41,640 a year (mean $45,140) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #709 of 825.
How much does a tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers earn in the US?
A tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers in the United States earns a median of $41,640 a year (mean $45,140), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 18% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 13,920 people work in this occupation (SOC 51-6052), ranked #709 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$41,640
per year
Mean
$45,140
per year
Employment
13,920
US workers
National rank
#709
of 825 by median
What a tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers (SOC 51-6052) earns a median annual wage of $41,640 and a mean (average) of $45,140. The median is the midpoint — half of tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers earn more and half earn less — and is 18% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers is $41,640, and the mean (average) is $45,140. The median is the midpoint — half of tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers earn more and half earn less.
- How does tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers pay compare to the US average?
- At $41,640, a tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers earns 18% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 13,920 tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers employed nationally (SOC 51-6052), across all industries.
- Where does this tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 51-6052. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 51-6052 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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