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Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers pay in New York and Texas
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers is $101,230 per year in New York. It is $34,930 per year in Texas. New York is 189.8% above Texas on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-6092 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 670 wage and salary jobs in New York and 70 in Texas. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings