Tailors
Tailors construct, alter, or repair items of clothing.
14%
24%
62%
National data for tailors, dressmakers, and sewers (SOC 51-6050).
$13,050
$19,730
$29,560
$6.28
$9.49
$14.21
Based on Nebraska Wage Figures

Education

  • high school diploma or GED
  • training in sewing, design, or patternmaking
  • Hours

  • May work part time or full time.
  • May have flexible hours, especially if they are self-employed.
  • TAILORS will:
  • Custom tailors make clothes from start to finish
  • Work with customers, but also work alone
  • Alterations tailors repair or alter clothes
  • TAILORS will frequently:
  • Use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
  • Repeat the same motions.
  • Sit while sewing, but stand while fitting garments on customers.
  • It is important that TAILORS will be able to:
  • Use fingers or hands to grasp, move, or assemble small objects.
  • Hold the arm and hand in one position or hold the hand steady while moving the arm.
  • Make quick, precise adjustments to machine controls.
  • See details of objects that are less than a few feet away.
  • Understand the speech of another person.
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