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Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers pay in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers is $53,570 per year in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY. It is $63,050 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 15.0% below New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-6052 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY and 1,100 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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
