Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers Salary — Seattle, Washington

The average Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers in Seattle, Washington earns $59,060 a year.

$59,060 / year, mean
↑ 21.5% above national average 100th percentile in Washington

Seattle sits at the very top of the range for this role in Washington — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a solid premium over the national average for tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Washington

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
60
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.3%
Cost of living 111 #7 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2245 #169 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $750,279 #12 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $112,594 #5 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Seattle ranks #7 for cost of living and #12 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

New York $65,180 Seattle $59,060 San Jose $55,320 Kiryas Joel $55,220 Los Angeles $51,870 San Francisco $51,730 Buffalo $51,500 Philadelphia $50,580 Portland $50,070 Baltimore $48,680 Chicago $47,730 Virginia Beach $47,020 Miami $46,570 Rochester $46,060 Orlando $45,800 Richmond $45,540 Stockton $45,450 San Diego $45,330 Albany $45,010 Sacramento $44,930 Indianapolis $44,300 Pittsburgh $44,010 Lancaster $43,220 Detroit $41,830 Riverside $41,290 Jacksonville $41,120 San Antonio $40,810 Dallas $40,250 Houston $38,400 Louisville $35,870 Austin $35,730 Lexington $34,340 Fort Myers $32,790
CityMean salaryvs. Seattle
Albany, New York$45,010-23.8%
Austin, Texas$35,730-39.5%
Baltimore, Maryland$48,680-17.6%
Buffalo, New York$51,500-12.8%
Fort Myers, Florida$32,790-44.5%
Chicago, Illinois$47,730-19.2%
Dallas, Texas$40,250-31.8%
Detroit, Michigan$41,830-29.2%
Houston, Texas$38,400-35.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$44,300-25.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$41,120-30.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$55,220-6.5%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$43,220-26.8%
Lexington, Kentucky$34,340-41.9%
Los Angeles, California$51,870-12.2%
Louisville, Kentucky$35,870-39.3%
Miami, Florida$46,570-21.1%
New York, New York$65,180+10.4%
Orlando, Florida$45,800-22.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$50,580-14.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$44,010-25.5%
Portland, Oregon$50,070-15.2%
Richmond, Virginia$45,540-22.9%
Riverside, California$41,290-30.1%
Rochester, New York$46,060-22.0%
Sacramento, California$44,930-23.9%
San Antonio, Texas$40,810-30.9%
San Diego, California$45,330-23.2%
San Francisco, California$51,730-12.4%
San Jose, California$55,320-6.3%
Stockton, California$45,450-23.0%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$47,020-20.4%
Gross salary
59,060/yr
Estimated take-home
49,635/yr
Est. total withheld
16.0%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Washington has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-6052 SOC code
Official area Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 42660 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wa_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
TacomaBellevue
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
4,021,467