Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

Top 3 dressmaker Jobs

  • Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg - $2,173 per week - Lewisgale Medical Center - Roanoke, VA

    Preferred skills include familiarity with post-operative patients, competent in dressing changes, wound care, and drain management Schedule Information * Contract Length: 13 weeks * Day Shift - 1 ...

  • Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care - COVID19 - $2,373 per week - IA_Blank Children's Hospital - Des Moines, IA

    Intubation, central line placement, dressing changes * All travelers will need to float to all floors at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Iowa Lutheran Hospital and Methodist West. * Local travelers ...

  • Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $1,905 per week - St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center - Phoenix, AZ

    All RNs will be expected to complete SIMs Lab for Foley catheter insertion & central line dressing changes, with the exception of NyICU & ED. NyICU only has to do Foley catheter insertion. ED does ...

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What They Do

Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.


Tailor, dressmaker, and custom sewer Salaries

  • 2020 employment: 42,000
  • May 2021 median annual wage: $31,420

Job Outlook for Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers

Projected employment change, 2020-30:

  • Number of new jobs: -3,100
  • Growth rate: -7 percent (Decline)

How to Become a Tailor, dressmaker, or custom sewer

Education and training:

  • Typical entry-level education: No formal educational credential
  • Work experience in a related occupation: None
  • Typical on-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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