Apparel Designer Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

A count of all the apparel designer in the US adds up to about 20,000 positions. The jobless rate for workers is rated as low. Approximately 4% of employees were not able to obtain work in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Apparel designer are most common (per capita) in New York (New York), Columbus (Ohio), and San Francisco (California), and least common in Minneapolis (Minnesota), Denver (Colorado), and Dallas (Texas).

Portland (Maine), Nassau (New York), and San Francisco (California) offer the highest pay for this career, and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Riverside (California), and Las Vegas (Nevada) offer the lowest salaries.

Training and Education

An associate degree is suggested for those who want to pursue this career. About 55% of apparel designer have earned a degree. Those that started college, but did not earn a bachelor's degree, represent about 31% of workers. Employees with a high school education, but no college education, are about 14% of the total. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Government stats show that 17% of apparel designer are working part-time. Workers who are self-employed total about 24%.

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Apparel Designer: An Introductory Video

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