Vocational Programs for Sewing Machine Operators Career

The role of Sewing Machine Operators is to operate or tend sewing machines to join, reinforce, decorate, or perform related sewing operations in the manufacture of garment or nongarment products..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $35,000 and $17 per hour. Based on BLS data, a total of 116,130 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Related Occupations to Sewing Machine Operators Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Sewing Machine Operators.

Related Occupations toSewing Machine Operators
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	75,260	$44,450	$21
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	19,560	$48,850	$23
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	38,880	$40,860	$20
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	185K	$31,880	$15
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	28,700	$32,340	$16
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers	7,230	$37,030	$18
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders	4,630	$36,570	$18
Sewers, Hand	3,390	$33,860	$16
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	14,950	$40,190	$19
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	9,760	$37,040	$18
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	15,980	$37,880	$18
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	23,550	$37,100	$18
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	43,570	$40,120	$19
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	61,250	$40,360	$19
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	12,290	$41,490	$20
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	7,220	$39,260	$19
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	12,510	$44,400	$21
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	96,460	$48,910	$24
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20