SOC 51-6099 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $38,830. The 10th percentile is $32,220 and the 90th percentile is $72,290. Employment is 610.

Median annual wage

$38,830

10th percentile
$32,220
25th percentile
$33,860
Median
$38,830
75th percentile
$50,690
90th percentile
$72,290
Mean
$46,490

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $32,220 and the 90th percentile is $72,290. The difference is $40,070, which is 103.2% 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 $33,860 to the 75th at $50,690, covers $16,830.

The mean annual wage is $46,490, which sits above the median of $38,830. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 4.2% higher than the national median of $37,280 for Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $34,496, which is 7.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 28.1% lower than the New York median of $54,040.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,830 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other at $34,496 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 2nd of 5 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).).

  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 98 miles away, with a median of $37,410 and employment of 100. That median is 3.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,478, against $34,496 here.
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 147 miles away, with a median of $36,540 and employment of 130. That median is 5.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,903, against $34,496 here.
  • Manchester-Nashua, NH is 185 miles away, with a median of $36,390 and employment of 50. That median is 6.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,442, against $34,496 here.

Employment share

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (610 of 9,492,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (13,530 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.74 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other 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 Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $38,830. The 10th percentile is $32,220 and the 90th percentile is $72,290. Employment is 610.

How does that compare with the national median for Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other?

The local median is 4.2% higher than the national median of $37,280.

What is Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $38,830 is $34,496. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ compare with nearby metros for Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other?

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 98 miles away, at $37,410. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 2nd of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.