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Fashion-related Occupations: Employment Outlook

Employment projections for fashion-related occupations, net and percent change in employment, 2010–2020 (projected)
Occupation	Net change in employment	Percent change in employment	Projected level of employment in 2020
Fabric and apparel patternmakers	-2,100	-35.6	3.9
Fashion designers	0	0.2	21.5
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	-6,800	-11.8	51.0
Sewers, hand	-600	-5.4	9.8
Sewing machine operators	-42,100	-25.8	121.1
Shoe and leather workers and repairers	-1,400	-13.6	8.8
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers	900	2.0	48.1
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	-2,100	-15.2	11.8
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	-4,100	-18.2	18.4
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	-3,600	-12.4	25.4