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Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials · SOC 51-6021

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$44,440
Median hourly wage$21.36

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $44,440 per year ($21.36 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $44,100 at the 10th percentile to $48,200 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials in the San Jose metro area earn more than $44,440 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,290 and $47,510.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$44,100$44,290$44,440$47,510$48,200
Hourly$21.20$21.29$21.36$22.84$23.17

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $44,440
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $39,300
  • United Statesnational
    $35,060

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +13% vs California overall and +27% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$19,480$27,800$36,120$44,440Spartanburg, SC — $19,480San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,000El Paso, TX — $23,320Birmingham, AL — $27,190South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $27,300Columbus, GA-AL — $27,600Huntsville, AL — $27,630Tallahassee, FL — $27,720Bowling Green, KY — $27,790Lubbock, TX — $28,010Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $28,130Oklahoma City, OK — $28,380Richmond, VA — $28,830Baton Rouge, LA — $28,840Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $28,840Waco, TX — $28,960Wichita, KS — $29,110Winston-Salem, NC — $29,120Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $29,180Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $29,360Raleigh-Cary, NC — $29,380Tulsa, OK — $29,400Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $29,460Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $29,680Jackson, MS — $29,720Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $29,730Toledo, OH — $29,760Pittsburgh, PA — $29,840Columbus, OH — $29,870San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $29,940Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $29,970Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $30,290Kansas City, MO-KS — $30,300Manchester-Nashua, NH — $30,390Cleveland, OH — $30,470Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $30,860Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $30,860Akron, OH — $30,890Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $31,180Jacksonville, FL — $31,320Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $31,450Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $31,500Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $31,640Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $31,790St. Louis, MO-IL — $32,030Reno, NV — $32,210Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $32,210Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $32,220Savannah, GA — $32,220Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $32,480Lexington-Fayette, KY — $32,720Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $32,920Albuquerque, NM — $33,330Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $33,390Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $33,510Youngstown-Warren, OH — $33,550Naples-Marco Island, FL — $33,810Chattanooga, TN-GA — $33,830Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $34,050Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $34,290Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $34,300Worcester, MA — $34,530Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $34,790Greensboro-High Point, NC — $34,980Syracuse, NY — $35,070Omaha, NE-IA — $35,110Urban Honolulu, HI — $35,140Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $35,240Green Bay, WI — $35,340Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $35,520Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $35,530Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $35,560Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $35,580Colorado Springs, CO — $35,730Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $35,900Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $35,940Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $35,990Boise City, ID — $35,990Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $36,030Rochester, NY — $36,100Madison, WI — $36,120Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $36,290Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $36,390Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $36,410Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $36,510Medford, OR — $36,860Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $36,980Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $37,170Fresno, CA — $37,590Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $37,620Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $37,820New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $37,920Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $38,000Portland-South Portland, ME — $38,020Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $38,190Stockton-Lodi, CA — $38,300Salinas, CA — $38,350Modesto, CA — $38,460San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $38,630Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $38,700Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $39,170Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $39,300Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $39,510San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $43,790San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $44,440

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Jose metro area has the 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 105 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for pressers, textile, garment, and related materials, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $44,440
  • San Francisco metro area
    $43,790
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $39,300
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $38,700
  • San Diego metro area
    $38,630
  • Modesto metro area
    $38,460
  • Salinas metro area
    $38,350

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers$55,230Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$52,360Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$60,610First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$89,970Semiconductor Processing Technicians$50,820Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$59,620

Highest-paying metro areas for pressers, textile, garment, and related materialss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.