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Jobs / Production and manufacturing / 51-6052.00

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.

US jobs
13,920
Median wage
$41,640 a year
Job family
Production and manufacturing

Can agents do the work of tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers?

We read the evidence for the whole job family, Production and manufacturing: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)

No direct benchmark gives a success rate.

0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.

  • 44%Sew garments or materialsNot measured
  • 9%Position workpieces or materials on equipmentNot measured
  • 7%Cut materialsNot measured
  • 7%Take physical measurements of patients or clientsNot measured
  • 5%Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipmentNot measured
  • 5%Operate industrial processing or production equipmentNot measured
  • 4%Mark materials or objects for identificationNot measured
  • 4%Read documents or materials to inform work processesNot measured

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in production and manufacturing, not always this occupation's tasks.

Also relevant

These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • Measure parts, such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.
  • Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.
  • Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
  • Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.
  • Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.
  • Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.
  • Trim excess material, using scissors.
  • Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
  • Make garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing padding.
  • Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.
  • Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts, such as sleeves.
  • Repair or replace defective garment parts, such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
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