Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Occupations

Significant Points

Most workers learn through on-the-job training.
This group ranks among the most rapidly declining occupations because of increases in imports, offshore assembly, productivity gains from automation, and new fabrics that do not need as much processing.
Earnings of most workers are low.

source: OOH; about this section

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Area and Industry employment and wages
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers: (Area) (Industry)
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials: (Area) (Industry)
Sewing machine operators: (Area) (Industry)
Shoe and leather workers and repairers: (Area) (Industry)
Shoe machine operators and tenders: (Area) (Industry)
Sewers, hand: (Area) (Industry)
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers: (Area) (Industry)
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders: (Area) (Industry)
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders: (Area) (Industry)
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders: (Area) (Industry)
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders: (Area) (Industry)
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers: (Area) (Industry)
Fabric and apparel patternmakers: (Area) (Industry)
Upholsterers: (Area) (Industry)

Also see Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations in the 2004-05 Occupational Outlook Handbook
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