Arts, Design & Media
Fashion Designers
SOC 27-1022
Design clothing and accessories from concept through finished sample.
The job
Median pay
$81k
$52k to $106k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Stable
+0.1% projected
Openings a year
3k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
6/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
60th pct
More exposed than 60% of occupations · modeled estimate · 84th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
43/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Reading Comprehension
- Monitoring
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 6,470 | 0.4 | 2.6× | $103k~ |
| New York | 5,760 | 0.6 | 4.3× | $99k |
| Texas | 1,850 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $40k |
| Florida | 1,100 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $43k |
| Oregon | 860 | 0.4 | 3.2× | $83k~ |
| Illinois | 681 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $82k~ |
| Massachusetts | 540 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $104k |
| Washington | 487 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $82k~ |
| North Carolina | 460 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $75k |
| Tennessee | 432 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $65k~ |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 430 | 0.2 | 1.8× | $71k~ |
| Minnesota | 420 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $42k |
| Colorado | 360 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $94k |
| Washington DC | 356 | 0.5 | 3.7× | $131k~ |
| Arizona | 348 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $46k~ |
| Pennsylvania | 320 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $64k |
| Nevada | 227 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $74k~ |
| South Carolina | 219 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $65k~ |
| Missouri | 200 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $66k~ |
| Louisiana | 196 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $64k~ |
| Iowa | 195 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $66k~ |
| Alabama | 190 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $63k~ |
| Arkansas | 190 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $57k~ |
| Oklahoma | 166 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $65k~ |
| New Jersey | 160 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $102k |
| Georgia | 120 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $78k |
| Indiana | 120 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $41k |
| Kentucky | 120 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $62k~ |
| Maryland | 120 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $92k~ |
| Wisconsin | 120 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $57k |
| Nebraska | 113 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $66k~ |
| Virginia | 100 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $94k |
| Hawaii | 99 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $48k~ |
| Idaho | 98 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $64k~ |
| Mississippi | 94 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $56k~ |
| Ohio | 90 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $82k |
| Montana | 83 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $66k~ |
| New Mexico | 80 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $68k~ |
| Rhode Island | 80 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $84k~ |
| Vermont | 60 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $80k |
| West Virginia | 53 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $59k~ |
| North Dakota | 52 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $63k~ |
| South Dakota | 51 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $59k~ |
| Connecticut | 50 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $82k |
| Delaware | 42 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $77k~ |
| Kansas | 40 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $59k |
| Michigan | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $63k |
| New Hampshire | 40 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $100k |
| Alaska | 34 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $69k~ |
| Maine | 30 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $50k |
| Wyoming | 25 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $65k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ5,540 jobs · $100k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA5,050 jobs
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX590 jobs · $63k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH480 jobs · $107k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA450 jobs · $102k median
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA320 jobs · $82k median
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO250 jobs · $99k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA180 jobs · $97k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Fashion Designers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.