Tailor
Impact: Personal Style and Comfort, Craftsmanship Preservation
Creates, alters, repairs, or modifies garments for customers based on their specifications, needs, and preferences. This involves measuring, cutting, and sewing fabrics to produce custom clothing items, ensuring a perfect fit and high-quality finish.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- Solo with Client Interaction
- Client facing
- Always
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- None
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- On-site Only
- Typical work hours
- 40 hours per week
- Stress level
- Low
At a glance
- Median salary
- $38,000 - $45,000
- Entry-level
- $28,000 - $35,000
- Senior
- $50,000 - $65,000
- Growth by 2033
- 2% (slower than average)
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- High
- Salary growth potential
- Moderate
- Typical student debt
- $0 - $10,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Sewing
- Pattern Making
- Garment Construction
- Fabric Knowledge
- Alterations
Soft skills
- Attention to Detail
- Customer Service
- Creativity
- Problem-Solving
- Time Management
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3
- Years to senior
- 8
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Apprentice Tailor
- Journeyman Tailor
- Master Tailor / Business Owner
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 15% to low risk due to the need for precision, customization, and direct client interaction
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.5/10
- Meaning
- 3.8/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 5.5/10
- Social perception
- Moderate