Seamstress
Impact: Craftsmanship
Designs, alters, repairs, and creates garments and textile items using various fabrics, patterns, and sewing techniques, demonstrating precision and attention to detail.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- Solo
- Client facing
- Always
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- None
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Limited Remote
- Typical work hours
- 40 hours/week
- Stress level
- Low
At a glance
- Median salary
- $35,000
- Entry-level
- $25,000
- Senior
- $45,000
- Growth by 2033
- -5%
- Demand
- Declining
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- Low
- Typical student debt
- $0 - $5,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Sewing Machine Operation
- Pattern Making
- Fabric Knowledge
Soft skills
- Attention to Detail
- Patience
- Creativity
Technical complexity: Low
How to get there
- Minimum education
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3
- Years to senior
- 7
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Master Seamstress, Tailor, Costume Designer, Fashion Designer
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- Medium
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Declining
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.5/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 4/10
- Prestige
- 4.5/10
- Social perception
- Moderate