How much do Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers make in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC?

Percentile spread

For Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers, the published 10th percentile is $35,710 and the 90th percentile is $64,650. The difference is $28,940, which is 59.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $36,660 to the 75th at $58,630, covers $21,970.

The mean annual wage is $50,110, which sits above the median of $48,380. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC median is 22.9% lower than the national median of $62,750 for Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,675, which is 12.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.4% higher than the North Carolina median of $48,180.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 88.486, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,380 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers at $54,675 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Greensboro-High Point, NC is 94 miles away, with a median of $40,090 and employment of 70. That median is 17.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,170, against $54,675 here.

Employment share

Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC (150 of 154,090). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,950 of 155,495,730). The local share is 51.31 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.