SOC 51-6021 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $39,300. The 10th percentile is $36,920 and the 90th percentile is $43,680. Employment is 1,420.

Median annual wage

$39,300

10th percentile
$36,920
25th percentile
$38,050
Median
$39,300
75th percentile
$43,200
90th percentile
$43,680
Mean
$40,390

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials, the published 10th percentile is $36,920 and the 90th percentile is $43,680. The difference is $6,760, which is 17.2% 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 $38,050 to the 75th at $43,200, covers $5,150.

The mean annual wage is $40,390, which sits above the median of $39,300. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 12.1% higher than the national median of $35,060 for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials. In 2024 national prices the local median is $34,605, which is 1.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the California median of $39,300.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,300 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials at $34,605 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 5 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).).

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 57 miles away, with a median of $38,000 and employment of 50. That median is 3.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,379, against $34,605 here.
  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $38,700 and employment of 60. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,571, against $34,605 here.
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $38,630 and employment of 340. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,526, against $34,605 here.

Employment share

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (1,420 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (26,120 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.35 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $39,300. The 10th percentile is $36,920 and the 90th percentile is $43,680. Employment is 1,420.

How does that compare with the national median for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials?

The local median is 12.1% higher than the national median of $35,060.

What is Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $39,300 is $34,605. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials?

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 57 miles away, at $38,000. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.