occupation · 51-6000 · minor
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers — wages and employment
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers earned a median annual wage of $35,580 in the United States in May 2024, with 464,330 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
What stands out
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers earned a median annual wage of $35,580 in the United States in May 2024, with 464,330 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $27,160 or less, the best-paid tenth $47,840 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $34,110 to $35,580, +4.3 %. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.
United States, year by year
Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.
| Reference | Employment | Median | Mean | 10th | 25th | 75th | 90th | Median hourly | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | 464,330 | $35,580 | $36,970 | $27,160 | $30,680 | $40,270 | $47,840 | $17.11 | evidence → |
| May 2023 | 473,970 | $34,110 | $35,210 | $24,970 | $29,260 | $38,340 | $46,310 | $16.40 | evidence → |
Occupations in this group
15 detailed occupations, largest first.
- Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011 · median $33,800 · 195,360 jobs
- Sewing Machine Operators 51-6031 · median $36,000 · 109,590 jobs
- Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 51-6021 · median $33,880 · 26,830 jobs
- Upholsterers 51-6093 · median $46,190 · 20,990 jobs
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-6064 · median $37,660 · 20,600 jobs
- Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers 51-6052 · median $40,860 · 16,290 jobs
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers 51-6091 · median $44,980 · 14,900 jobs
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-6063 · median $38,260 · 14,530 jobs
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other 51-6099 · median $37,010 · 14,450 jobs
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-6062 · median $37,940 · 8,960 jobs
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 51-6041 · median $35,950 · 7,640 jobs
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders 51-6061 · median $37,320 · 5,820 jobs
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders 51-6042 · median $38,160 · 3,270 jobs
- Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 51-6092 · median $67,670 · 2,860 jobs
- Sewers, Hand 51-6051 · median $33,760 · 2,240 jobs
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