How much do Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

Percentile spread

For Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers, the published 10th percentile is $40,740 and the 90th percentile is $61,190. The difference is $20,450, which is 41.4% 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 $46,160 to the 75th at $56,720, covers $10,560.

The mean annual wage is $51,730, which sits above the median of $49,450. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 18.8% higher than the national median of $41,640 for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,772, which is 2.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.5% higher than the California median of $44,360.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $49,450 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers at $42,772 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 2nd of 4 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).).

• Stockton-Lodi, CA is 56 miles away, with a median of $44,240 and employment of 40. That median is 10.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,098, against $42,772 here.
• San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 78 miles away, with a median of $59,020 and employment of 80. That median is 19.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,449, against $42,772 here.
• Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 98 miles away, with a median of $44,470 and employment of 150. That median is 10.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,689, against $42,772 here.

Employment share

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (200 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,920 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.94 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.