SOC 51-6052 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers make in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $38,080. The 10th percentile is $30,530 and the 90th percentile is $55,370. Employment is 240.

Median annual wage

$38,080

10th percentile
$30,530
25th percentile
$32,950
Median
$38,080
75th percentile
$43,740
90th percentile
$55,370
Mean
$40,250

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers, the published 10th percentile is $30,530 and the 90th percentile is $55,370. The difference is $24,840, which is 65.2% 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 $32,950 to the 75th at $43,740, covers $10,790.

The mean annual wage is $40,250, which sits above the median of $38,080. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX median is 8.5% lower than the national median of $41,640 for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,939, which is 11.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5% higher than the Texas median of $36,260.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 103.090, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,080 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers at $36,939 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 Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 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).).

  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 184 miles away, with a median of $33,350. That median is 12.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,008, against $36,939 here.

Employment share

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (240 of 4,049,800). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.66 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is $38,080. The 10th percentile is $30,530 and the 90th percentile is $55,370. Employment is 240.

How does that compare with the national median for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers?

The local median is 8.5% lower than the national median of $41,640.

What is Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 103.090, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $38,080 is $36,939. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compare with nearby metros for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers?

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 184 miles away, at $33,350. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.