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Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers pay in New Jersey and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers is $43,150 per year in New Jersey. It is $60,210 per year in New York. New Jersey is 28.3% below New York 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 350 wage and salary jobs in New Jersey and 1,160 in New York. 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