What This Job Pays: fashion designer

May 14, 2007

What This Job Pays: fashion designer

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Pay: The average annual salary of a fashion designer in the Seattle area is $54,347, with most making from $36,375 to $65,650 a year, according to PayScale, a Seattle company that tracks compensation and benefits.

Demand: Low turnover and few new jobs will result in a highly competitive job market among fashion designers in the coming years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The most job opportunities will be in firms that design mass-market clothing sold in department stores and retail chain stores, such as apparel-wholesale firms.

Two-thirds of salaried designers work in New York and California, while 25 percent of all fashion designers are self-employed.

PayScale, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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