SOC 51-6052 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

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 Urban Honolulu, HI is $53,680. The 10th percentile is $37,650 and the 90th percentile is $65,700. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$53,680

10th percentile
$37,650
25th percentile
$38,160
Median
$53,680
75th percentile
$64,830
90th percentile
$65,700
Mean
$50,880

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 $37,650 and the 90th percentile is $65,700. The difference is $28,050, which is 52.3% 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 $38,160 to the 75th at $64,830, covers $26,670.

The mean annual wage is $50,880, which sits below the median of $53,680. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Urban Honolulu, HI median is 28.9% higher than the national median of $41,640 for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,377, which is 16.2% higher 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 Hawaii median of $53,680.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Urban Honolulu, HI is 110.961, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $53,680 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers at $48,377 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Urban Honolulu, HI · 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 Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers in Urban Honolulu, HI is $53,680. The 10th percentile is $37,650 and the 90th percentile is $65,700.

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

The local median is 28.9% higher than the national median of $41,640.

What is Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers pay in Urban Honolulu, HI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Urban Honolulu, HI is 110.961, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $53,680 is $48,377. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.