DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
51-6052 Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
Occupational Description:
Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA | 220 | 64 | $18.18/hr | $0.85/hr | $12.65/hr | $13.84/hr | $16.46/hr | $22.45/hr | $26.76/hr |
| Minnesota | 280 | 66 | $17.70/hr | $0.65/hr | $12.45/hr | $13.73/hr | $16.31/hr | $21.44/hr | $25.57/hr |
| U S | 24,110 | 1,784 | $16.85/hr | $0.29/hr | $10.18/hr | $12.15/hr | $15.37/hr | $20.24/hr | $26.71/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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| Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
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| Employment | Median Wage | % Change - | |
| Interior Designers | 1,570 | $29.42/hr | N/A |
| Medical Appliance Technicians | 420 | $24.65/hr | N/A |
| Floral Designers | 290 | $18.50/hr | N/A |
| Costume Attendants | 190 | $24.66/hr | N/A |
| Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers | 150 | $17.45/hr | N/A |
| Set and Exhibit Designers | 120 | $25.67/hr | N/A |
| Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers | N/A | $17.56/hr | N/A |
Tasks for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
- Repairs or replaces defective garment parts, such as pockets, pocket flaps, and linings.
- Expands or narrows garment parts, such as waist or chest.
- Resews garment, using needle and thread or sewing machine.
- Raises or lowers garment parts, such as collars or lapels.
- Presses garment, using hand iron or pressing machine.
- Records required alterations and instructions.
- Inserts or eliminates padding in shoulders while maintaining drape and proportions of garment.
- Removes stitches from garment, using ripper or razor blade.
- Studies garment on customer and measures pieces, such as sleeves, pants, and hems, using tape measure.
- Fits garment on customer to determine required alterations.
- Examines tag on garment to ascertain necessary alterations.
- Shortens or lengthens garment parts, such as sleeves or legs.
- Measures and marks alteration lines.
- Pins altering folds or marks on cloth at seams, darts, or necklines to indicate alterations to be made.
- Develops design for garment, adapts existing design for garment, or copies existing design for garment.
- Assembles garment parts and joins parts with basting stitches, using needle and thread or sewing machine.
- Alters garment and joins parts, using needle and thread or sewing machine, to form finished garment.
- Draws individual pattern or alters existing pattern to fit customer's measurements.
- Sews buttons and buttonholes to finish garment.
- Presses garment, using hand iron or pressing machine.
- Confers with customer to determine type of material and garment style desired.
- Positions pattern of garment parts on fabric, and cuts fabric along outlines, using scissors.
- Measures customer for size, using tape measure and records measurements.
- Fits basted garment on customer and marks areas requiring alterations.
