Highest-paying Cities for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

The top 100 highest paying cities for tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $60,530, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers. It is followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia (average annual salary $52,000). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$60,530	$39,580	150
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$52,000	$26,000	460
3	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$51,470	$41,810	220
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$50,050	$38,820	350
5	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$47,640	$26,000	40
6	Gary, Indiana	$44,770	$22,430	n/a
7	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$44,470	$33,050	250
8	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$44,200	$32,240	170
9	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$42,410	$38,820	40
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$42,310	$33,850	700
11	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$42,160	$34,040	80
12	Corpus Christi, Texas	$41,970	$27,500	70
13	Springfield, Massachusetts	$41,600	$36,400	n/a
14	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$41,400	$27,560	390
15	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$40,790	$28,160	270
16	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$40,080	$24,620	n/a
17	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,850	$31,810	170
18	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$39,730	$26,010	50
19	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$39,650	$30,710	210
20	Columbus, Ohio	$38,900	$24,010	130
21	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$38,790	$31,970	350
22	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$38,680	$21,340	240
23	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$37,900	$26,700	220
24	Rochester, New York	$37,720	$26,000	60
25	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$37,710	$22,130	40
26	Salt Lake City, Utah	$37,600	$30,320	90
27	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$37,570	$25,690	110
28	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$37,570	$23,730	40
29	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$36,830	$35,670	350
30	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$36,510	$23,650	n/a
31	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$36,460	$29,350	210
32	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$36,370	$17,520	1,020
33	St Louis, Missouri	$36,200	$29,570	110
34	Provo-Orem, Utah	$36,040	$30,730	110
35	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$35,900	$27,990	80
36	Montgomery, Alabama	$35,850	$22,530	170
37	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$35,840	$23,380	30
38	Stockton, California	$35,840	$29,900	30
39	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$35,690	$27,520	40
40	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$35,660	$24,770	70
41	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$35,580	$31,290	50
42	Columbia, South Carolina	$35,570	$24,950	60
43	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$35,550	$31,040	100
44	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$35,390	$26,580	50
45	Jacksonville, Florida	$35,350	$29,040	n/a
46	Kansas City, Missouri	$35,230	$26,010	50
47	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$35,160	$26,390	50
48	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$34,940	$24,500	n/a
49	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$34,640	$21,870	n/a
50	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$34,310	$20,250	200
51	Springfield, Missouri	$34,280	$28,050	n/a
52	Wilmington, New Jersey	$34,260	$26,020	n/a
53	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$34,240	$27,580	150
54	Florence, South Carolina	$34,220	$22,070	70
55	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$34,130	$25,130	130
56	Wausau, Wisconsin	$33,980	$17,880	n/a
57	Camden, New Jersey	$33,930	$21,900	70
58	Fresno, California	$33,600	$18,070	n/a
59	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$33,550	$18,970	70
60	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$33,450	$24,860	330
61	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$33,400	$27,150	220
62	Akron, Ohio	$33,360	$19,570	n/a
63	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$33,120	$23,100	210
64	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$33,070	$28,030	50
65	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$33,010	$25,270	50
66	Charlottesville, Virginia	$32,860	$27,010	n/a
67	Grand Junction, Colorado	$32,780	$26,720	n/a
68	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$32,400	$22,610	80
69	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$32,400	$21,060	370
70	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$32,370	$21,210	80
71	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$32,370	$17,610	720
72	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$32,040	$17,920	90
73	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$31,910	$20,180	70
74	New Haven, Connecticut	$31,890	$26,280	40
75	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$31,850	$27,370	70
76	Tacoma, Washington	$31,770	$26,450	240
77	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$31,700	$22,620	840
78	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$31,650	$18,880	390
79	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$31,610	$18,810	40
80	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$31,560	$22,880	70
81	Richmond, Virginia	$31,560	$22,880	100
82	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$31,510	$23,720	110
83	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$31,370	$27,460	40
84	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$31,310	$30,470	30
85	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$31,200	$31,200	170
86	Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$31,200	$18,520	40
87	Spokane, Washington	$31,190	$25,900	30
88	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$31,130	$23,490	100
89	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$31,050	$26,680	n/a
90	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$30,980	$20,310	50
91	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$30,970	$29,550	70
92	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$30,960	$24,300	830
93	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$30,930	$26,170	50
94	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$30,920	$21,920	n/a
95	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$30,770	$27,150	100
96	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$30,540	$23,940	100
97	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$30,510	$17,720	130
98	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$30,480	$24,960	n/a
99	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$30,330	$30,330	2,530
100	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$30,240	$26,930	n/a

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