Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.: salary in the UK
Pay by year
The median went from £20,604 in 2021 to £26,604 in 2025 (+29%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +25% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £18,999 | £20,604 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £22,859 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | x | £23,069 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £27,045 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | x | £26,604 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | x | x | x | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
ONS didn't publish salary figures for Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c. in 2026: too few full-time employees were in the survey sample for a reliable estimate. This is common for jobs where many people are self-employed, because the survey only covers employees.
The wider group Textiles and Garments Trades (SOC 541) has a median of £30,086 a year.
ONS did publish a mean of £30,826, which is less reliable than a median would be.
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 239 job titles to SOC 5419 Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Asbestos cutter
- Asbestos weaver
- Assistant
- Bag cutter
- Bag hand
- Band maker
- Bandage cutter
- Bandage maker
- Base puller
- Baste puller
- Bias cutter
- Blocker
- Blocking machinist
- Body maker
- Boot lace maker
- Braider
- Brim shaper
- Button marker
- Buttoner
- Buttonhole marker
- Calico framer
- Canvas goods manufacturer
- Carpet backer
- Carpet weaver
- Carpet worker
- Chair binder
- Chair stuffer
- Circular hand
- Cleaner
- Clearer
- Clothier's planner
- Clothing manufacturer
- Clothing pattern grader
- Coat maker
- Coffin trimmer
- Collar turner
- Colour maker
- Coner
- Contour weaver
- Corder
- Corset cutter
- Corset maker
- Corsetiere
- Corsetry consultant
- Corsetry fitter
- Coverer
- Crochet worker
- Curler
- Cushion filler
- Cushion stuffer
- Cutter
- Darner
- Design cutter
- Designer cutter
- Designer-cutter
- Draw threader
- Drawthreader
- Dress maker's assistant
- Elastic hosier
- Embroiderer
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- Eyelet-hole machinist
- Eyeletter
- Fabrics slitter
- Felt cutter
- Finisher
- Flag cutter
- Flanger
- Footer
- Foreman
- Fringer
- Front hand
- Garment manufacturer
- Gimp spinner
- Glove fabric maker
- Glove turner
- Grader
- Guillotine machinist
- Guillotine operator
- Hand filler
- Hand finisher
- Hand loom worker
- Hand sewer
- Hat blocker
- Hat cleaner
- Hat finisher
- Hat maker
- Hat manufacturer
- Hat polisher
- Hat steamer
- Hatter
- Helmet maker
- Hood shaver
- Hosiery maker
- Hosiery milliner
- Hosiery transferer
- Hosiery whaler
- Joiner
- Jute bag maker
- Knitter
- Knitwear manufacturer
- Lace hand
- Lace maker
- Lace man
- Lace weaver
- Lace worker
- Laces cutter
- Latch needle hand
- Lay planner
- Layer-down
- Layer-out
- Lining marker
- Loom foreman
- Loom gaiter
- Loom overlooker
- Loom tender
- Lurer
- Machinist
- Maker-up
- Manufacturer
- Marker
- Marker maker
- Marker-off
- Mat maker
- Matcher
- Metallic fringe maker
- Mounter
- Nail bag maker
- Needle plier
- Net maker
- Painter
- Pantographer
- Paper pattern modeller
- Parer
- Pattern cutter
- Pattern grader
- Pattern hand
- Pattern loom weaver
- Pattern maker
- Pattern marker
- Pattern weaver
- Penciller
- Perforator
- Piece marker
- Plain net twist hand
- Planner
- Polisher
- Pouncer
- Powder puff maker
- Preparer
- Press cutter
- Putter-on
- Putter-up
- Rainproof garment bonder
- Repairer
- Restorer
- Rib cutter
- Ribbon cutter
- Roll cutter
- Rounder
- Rounder-off
- Rug maker
- Runner-off
- Runner-on
- Sack cutter
- Sail maker
- Sample maker
- Seamless hand
- Sewer
- Shaper
- Shaver
- Shearer
- Shearman
- Shuttler
- Slitting and winding machinist
- Slitting machinist
- Smash hand
- Smash tier
- Smearer
- Smocker
- Sock maker
- Starrer
- Steamer
- Stenciller
- Sticker
- Stockinger
- Straw worker
- Stripping hand
- Stuffer
- Surgical corset fitter
- Surgical hosier
- Swabber
- Sweater
- Table man
- Table worker
- Tacker
- Tailer
- Taker-off
- Tambourer
- Tapestry conservationist
- Tapestry restorer
- Tapestry worker
- Tassel maker
- Tent finisher
- Tent maker
- Textile conservationist
- Textile weaver
- Textiles design preparer
- Thread cutter
- Threader
- Topper
- Topper and tailer
- Towel maker
- Tracer
- Trimmer
- Trimmer's assistant
- Tucker
- Tufter
- Tufting machinist
- Turner
- Turner-down
- Twist hand
- Umbrella binder
- Umbrella cloth cutter
- Umbrella maker
- Umbrella repairer
- Upholstery cutter
- Velourer
- Warp hand
- Warp lace maker
- Warp loom hand
- Waterproof maker
- Weaver
- Weaving foreman
- Weaving mistress
- Weaving shed foreman
- Wig mount maker
- Wire stitching machinist
- Wool patcher
- Yarn heald maker
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.