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Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other: Career Overview

All textile, apparel, and furnishings workers not listed separately.

The Daily Work of Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other Perform?

Related Job Titles

People in this occupation may also be known by titles such as:

• Airplane Cover Maker
• Airplane Coverer
• Apparel Embroidery Digitizer
• Attenuator
• Awning Maker
• Batcher
• Batt Machine Operator
• Battery Filler

Employment and Demand

There are about 743,270 textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other working in the United States today. This occupation is expected to grow by +3.9% over the projection horizon.

Salary for Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other

Statistic	Value
Annual median	$39,266
Hourly median	$18.88
10th percentile	$26,199
25th percentile	$32,733
75th percentile	$45,800
90th percentile	$52,334

Wages vary widely based on experience, location, and industry.

How Much Do Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other Make in Different U.S. States?

State	Annual median salary
New York	$73,080
Hawaii	$72,360
Washington	$62,670
Maine	$53,020
Wisconsin	$46,930
Connecticut	$46,690
South Carolina	$42,330
Minnesota	$42,160
Massachusetts	$40,860
Illinois	$40,610
Rhode Island	$40,320
New Hampshire	$39,920
Colorado	$39,530
Florida	$39,110
Nebraska	$38,610
Iowa	$38,190
Missouri	$38,150
Oklahoma	$38,110
Maryland	$37,750
Utah	$37,680
Virginia	$37,450
California	$37,440
Oregon	$37,380
North Carolina	$36,760
Ohio	$36,050
Indiana	$35,790
Tennessee	$35,300
Nevada	$34,200
Pennsylvania	$33,960
Michigan	$32,800
Arkansas	$32,480
Alabama	$32,420
Kentucky	$32,300
New Jersey	$32,050
Georgia	$31,680
Texas	$31,040
Idaho	$30,420
Mississippi	$29,460

Where Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other Earn the Most

Pay for textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other differ across the country. Top regions by median wage:

Region	Median annual wage	Share of U.S. jobs	Location quotient
Middle Atlantic	$58,383	4.7%	0.39
New England	$42,964	4.8%	3.13
Far Western US	$39,191	25.6%	1.62
Plains States	$38,884	1.7%	0.36
Southeast	$36,147	40.7%	3.10
Great Lakes	$35,970	14.1%	1.21
Rocky Mountains	$35,872	2.2%	0.85
Southwest	$31,608	6.2%	0.60

Where the Jobs Cluster

Metro area	State	Median annual wage	Employment
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$60,830	60
Portland-South Portland, ME	ME	$57,370	90
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	VA	$53,500	100
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	NY	$51,660	510
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	NC	$49,300	390
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	CA	$48,860	30
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	WI	$46,940	60
Chattanooga, TN-GA	TN	$46,650	130

Industry Breakdown

The bulk of textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other are concentrated in the following sectors:

Industry	Employment	Median annual wage
Manufacturing	10,070	$37,000
Wholesale Trade	1,360	$39,440
Retail Trade	950	$31,160
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	650	$36,790
Other Services (except Public Administration)	400	$36,680
Management of Companies and Enterprises	180	$32,570
Health Care and Social Assistance	110	$31,200
Construction	70	$40,770

Below are examples of industries where textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other work:

Sources

This profile draws on the following authoritative sources:

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) for employment and wage data by state and industry.
• BLS Employment Projections for total employment and growth forecasts.
• O*NET (Occupational Information Network) for skills, knowledge, tasks, work activities, work context, technology, and education-zone data.

SOC code: 51-6099.00 (Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other).