Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers · SOC 51-6052

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 66 metro areas

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$63,050	1,100	0.1
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$59,020	80	0.1
3	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$57,020	270	0.1
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$55,000	230	0.1
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$54,300	60	0.0
6	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$53,970	100	0.1
7	Urban Honolulu, HI	$53,680	Not published	Not published
8	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$53,570	Not published	Not published
9	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$51,380	220	0.1
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$50,470	100	0.0
11	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$49,610	90	0.1
12	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$49,610	170	0.2
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$49,450	200	0.1
14	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$48,750	90	0.3
15	St. Louis, MO-IL	$48,740	Not published	Not published
16	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$48,580	60	0.1
17	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$48,390	60	0.1
18	Pittsburgh, PA	$48,310	190	0.2
19	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$48,200	Not published	Not published
20	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$48,040	110	0.1
21	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$47,590	80	0.1
22	Richmond, VA	$47,370	Not published	Not published
23	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$46,260	220	0.1
24	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$46,230	Not published	Not published
25	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$46,060	40	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.