Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers · SOC 51-6052
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers Salary in the Jacksonville Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Jacksonville, FL metro area
Figures describe the Jacksonville, FL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Jacksonville city limits.
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers in the Jacksonville, FL metro area earned a median of $38,830 per year ($18.67 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,140 at the 10th percentile to $46,940 at the 90th. BLS estimates 170 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers in the Jacksonville metro area earn more than $38,830 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,850 and $46,940.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $31,140 | $36,850 | $38,830 | $46,940 | $46,940 |
| Hourly | $14.97 | $17.72 | $18.67 | $22.57 | $22.57 |
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.
How this area compares
- Jacksonville metro areathis metro area$38,830 median for Jacksonville metro area; middle half earns $36,850 to $46,940
- Floridastate (FL)$39,790 median for Florida; middle half earns $35,380 to $48,330
- United Statesnational$41,640 median for United States; middle half earns $35,230 to $50,200
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −2% vs Florida overall and −7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
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 Jacksonville metro area has the 44th-highest published median for this occupation among the 66 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 Florida
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Jacksonville metro areathis page$38,830 median for Jacksonville metro area; middle half earns $36,850 to $46,940
- $43,870 median for Miami metro area; middle half earns $39,300 to $47,480
- $43,580 median for Orlando metro area; middle half earns $31,120 to $51,880
- $29,280 median for Cape Coral metro area; middle half earns $29,280 to $32,160
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewerss · Highest-paying occupations in Jacksonville 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.