How much do Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers make in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT?

Percentile spread

For Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers, the published 10th percentile is $30,820 and the 90th percentile is $48,750. The difference is $17,930, which is 36.8% 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 $35,460 to the 75th at $48,750, covers $13,290.

The mean annual wage is $43,920, which sits below the median of $48,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT median is 17.1% higher than the national median of $41,640 for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,627, which is 19.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.5% higher than the Utah median of $48,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT is 98.232, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers at $49,627 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers. Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT ranks 1st of 3 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).).

• Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 58 miles away, with a median of $48,040 and employment of 110. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,627, against $49,627 here.
• Ogden, UT is 90 miles away, with a median of $37,080 and employment of 30. That median is 23.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,951, against $49,627 here.

Employment share

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT (90 of 304,660). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.30 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.