SOC 51-6052 · Production Occupations · May 2025
How much do Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers make in Cleveland, OH?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers in Cleveland, OH is $38,300. The 10th percentile is $26,780 and the 90th percentile is $51,990. Employment is 80.
Median annual wage
$38,300
- 10th percentile
- $26,780
- 25th percentile
- $34,770
- Median
- $38,300
- 75th percentile
- $43,940
- 90th percentile
- $51,990
- Mean
- $41,020
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers, the published 10th percentile is $26,780 and the 90th percentile is $51,990. The difference is $25,210, which is 65.8% 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 $34,770 to the 75th at $43,940, covers $9,170.
The mean annual wage is $41,020, which sits above the median of $38,300. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Cleveland, OH median is 8% lower than the national median of $41,640 for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,778, which is 2.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 3% higher than the Ohio median of $37,170.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cleveland, OH is 93.923, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,300 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers at $40,778 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers. Cleveland, OH ranks 4th of 7 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).).
- Pittsburgh, PA is 116 miles away, with a median of $48,310 and employment of 190. That median is 26.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,029, against $40,778 here.
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 116 miles away, with a median of $37,500. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,389, against $40,778 here.
- Toledo, OH is 117 miles away, with a median of $37,440 and employment of 50. That median is 2.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,938, against $40,778 here.
Employment share
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Cleveland, OH (80 of 1,031,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.87 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 Cleveland, OH · Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers 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 Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers make in Cleveland, OH?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers in Cleveland, OH is $38,300. The 10th percentile is $26,780 and the 90th percentile is $51,990. Employment is 80.
How does that compare with the national median for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers?
The local median is 8% lower than the national median of $41,640.
What is Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers pay in Cleveland, OH after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cleveland, OH is 93.923, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $38,300 is $40,778. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Cleveland, OH compare with nearby metros for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers?
Pittsburgh, PA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 116 miles away, at $48,310. Cleveland, OH ranks 4th of 7 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.