Sewing Machine Operators Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Sewing Machine Operators positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$36,000

National average

Salary Range

$26,860 – $47,060

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Sewing Machine Operators Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$49,980$37,570$58,620
Appleton, WI$48,880$33,690$63,120
Glens Falls, NY$48,380$31,200$48,380
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$46,990$35,030$62,360
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$46,450$36,510$46,450
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$46,360$31,200$59,740
Kingston, NY$46,170$33,130$51,920
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$45,970$30,500$45,970
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$45,910$39,410$57,250
Champaign-Urbana, IL$45,410$33,300$45,410
Iowa City, IA$45,410$33,280$45,410
Ann Arbor, MI$43,660$34,950$49,020
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$43,460$37,270$55,960
Vallejo, CA$43,180$35,500$64,040
Portland-South Portland, ME$43,080$30,300$47,840
Alaska$42,800$34,440$63,920
Jackson, MI$42,660$36,000$46,230
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$42,410$35,040$43,510
Stockton-Lodi, CA$42,090$34,470$48,020
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$42,040$35,250$49,640
Green Bay, WI$41,730$28,930$65,680
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$41,530$37,110$50,060
Washington$41,530$36,720$49,420
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$41,410$27,400$55,800
New Hampshire$41,410$28,740$54,630
Bend, OR$41,400$32,690$49,420
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$41,380$38,140$45,350
Reno, NV$41,350$36,460$47,300
Rochester, MN$41,340$30,880$47,000
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$41,320$24,180$42,790
Rhode Island$41,290$31,330$46,880
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$40,980$33,860$51,190
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$40,910$37,910$46,550
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$40,900$31,200$54,990
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$40,830$33,130$47,640
Fargo, ND-MN$40,730$30,400$53,910
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$40,720$31,170$47,430
Nevada$40,550$29,770$47,300
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$40,520$34,720$49,150
Minnesota$40,510$32,970$48,500
Massachusetts$40,370$34,830$49,880
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$40,370$35,660$52,070
Maine$40,170$34,050$46,790
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$40,150$28,400$60,010
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$40,130$27,540$49,570
Madison, WI$40,110$31,700$48,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$40,100$35,370$48,050
Binghamton, NY$40,060$31,200$44,920
Manchester-Nashua, NH$40,060$28,740$54,110
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$40,050$27,550$48,500
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$40,040$35,230$51,660
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$40,040$34,970$45,380
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$40,030$32,790$48,940
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,980$32,590$43,420
Vermont$39,870$28,910$48,940
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$39,870$29,430$43,410
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$39,870$28,430$46,360
Bozeman, MT$39,850$35,690$52,030
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$39,800$34,320$50,490
Boulder, CO$39,760$35,280$51,150
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$39,610$33,530$49,620
Traverse City, MI$39,580$30,600$47,560
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$39,520$33,970$49,260
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$39,350$34,410$50,150
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$39,310$34,810$46,580
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$39,280$27,980$40,810
Arizona$39,240$34,460$48,050
St. Cloud, MN$39,190$30,800$49,330
Worcester, MA$39,180$31,200$49,640
North Dakota$39,110$30,020$52,000
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$39,100$31,270$48,830
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$38,960$31,240$47,020
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$38,960$29,050$40,630
Wisconsin$38,940$29,950$48,880
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$38,910$28,660$45,870
Dubuque, IA$38,820$32,790$45,570
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$38,780$26,980$44,500
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$38,750$31,760$51,670
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$38,740$30,130$46,590
Tucson, AZ$38,710$32,020$50,590
Mississippi$38,690$23,650$42,790
Colorado$38,580$33,000$50,400
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$38,520$31,070$44,920
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$38,380$30,050$43,610
Bangor, ME$38,260$31,870$47,180
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$38,250$31,470$45,760
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$38,230$34,670$48,270
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$38,190$36,420$49,680
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$38,180$34,870$47,520
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$38,170$32,150$56,640
Bellingham, WA$38,160$36,020$49,450
York-Hanover, PA$38,150$30,040$46,760
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$38,130$29,120$46,590
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$38,120$27,800$47,020
South Dakota$38,120$27,800$44,500
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$38,120$30,480$47,900
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$38,100$29,220$51,210
Oregon$37,940$34,150$48,500
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$37,900$36,940$47,730
Wausau, WI$37,840$30,620$44,370
New York$37,810$34,020$51,520
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$37,780$29,650$41,700
Ogden, UT$37,740$30,100$56,840
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$37,630$29,120$48,140
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$37,630$32,790$50,280
Michigan$37,600$29,250$46,230
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$37,590$31,730$47,310
New Haven, CT$37,580$35,120$46,400
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$37,520$28,470$48,260
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$37,510$28,580$47,980
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$37,490$31,200$48,570
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$37,490$31,060$47,540
Utah$37,480$30,030$47,150
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$37,480$34,050$45,750
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$37,440$31,560$43,630
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$37,350$31,100$41,720
Duluth, MN-WI$37,350$29,840$47,280
Fort Wayne, IN$37,340$28,180$44,650
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$37,280$33,280$47,260
Salem, OR$37,240$33,570$47,140
Montana$37,240$23,850$45,910
Springfield, MA$37,230$33,790$48,310
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$37,230$26,000$46,150
Connecticut$37,220$35,100$47,120
Fond du Lac, WI$37,190$27,210$45,430
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$37,180$36,250$47,000
Springfield, OH$37,130$28,760$41,550
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$37,100$32,790$47,860
Medford, OR$37,090$31,290$45,850
Indiana$37,070$28,870$49,540
California$37,010$34,510$48,090
Elizabethtown, KY$36,920$18,360$45,780
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$36,900$27,630$42,450
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$36,890$28,380$48,930
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$36,860$35,030$47,550
Richmond, VA$36,810$26,950$49,460
Iowa$36,790$28,110$50,940
Colorado Springs, CO$36,790$33,240$46,440
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$36,720$21,370$46,610
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$36,710$27,270$52,680
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$36,660$29,750$43,980
Reading, PA$36,640$27,980$45,670
Columbus, OH$36,600$30,620$46,750
Cedar Rapids, IA$36,580$27,570$47,720
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$36,510$31,470$50,840
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$36,510$33,310$48,370
Hawaii$36,500$31,350$58,620
St. Louis, MO-IL$36,430$30,280$45,160
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$36,420$31,220$48,100
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$36,400$27,960$44,550
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$36,400$34,540$47,470
Omaha, NE-IA$36,370$28,070$44,610
Nebraska$36,370$29,710$45,460
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$36,360$33,280$47,840
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$36,320$19,750$47,370
Springfield, MO$36,320$27,930$43,180
Pennsylvania$36,310$27,820$43,850
Toledo, OH$36,270$31,520$48,660
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$36,240$29,250$43,670
Rockford, IL$36,200$29,920$44,210
Akron, OH$36,160$29,080$47,020
Kansas City, MO-KS$36,150$30,620$45,990
Lincoln, NE$36,150$30,350$65,770
Fresno, CA$36,110$33,280$45,000
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$36,070$26,790$45,650
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$36,050$26,930$43,370
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$36,050$29,040$39,800
Asheville, NC$36,040$27,350$43,760
Spartanburg, SC$36,000$27,960$45,390
Urban Honolulu, HI$35,980$31,350$57,840
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$35,970$24,070$45,480
Syracuse, NY$35,960$31,300$46,860
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$35,960$23,190$44,790
Naples-Marco Island, FL$35,940$30,690$49,410
Chattanooga, TN-GA$35,940$28,000$44,670
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$35,940$27,960$42,340
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$35,870$28,960$48,050
Springfield, IL$35,810$30,320$43,380
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$35,790$31,470$44,870
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$35,790$28,700$44,920
Saginaw, MI$35,720$29,560$46,020
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$35,710$35,710$46,980
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$35,710$26,600$47,640
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$35,700$27,870$39,350
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$35,670$30,220$44,620
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$35,670$35,670$45,530
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$35,570$24,730$47,530
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$35,560$23,930$44,680
Illinois$35,540$31,400$45,680
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$35,540$33,080$46,380
Wilmington, NC$35,490$26,470$46,570
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$35,450$28,110$43,300
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$35,440$27,500$49,420
Ohio$35,400$29,400$44,220
Tulsa, OK$35,390$25,100$46,570
Maryland$35,390$31,200$45,160
Boise City, ID$35,360$28,430$42,390
Delaware$35,320$27,560$45,920
Eugene-Springfield, OR$35,320$34,150$45,700
Columbia, SC$35,310$27,740$43,000
Pittsburgh, PA$35,280$28,510$40,080
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$35,230$27,960$40,180
Grand Junction, CO$35,190$30,230$44,920
North Carolina$35,170$23,550$49,470
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$35,120$28,560$44,160
New Jersey$35,080$31,470$46,250
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$35,060$29,440$46,020
Lexington-Fayette, KY$35,040$23,750$43,590
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$34,980$24,770$48,650
Morristown, TN$34,960$18,000$42,670
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$34,940$24,960$44,130
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$34,930$29,530$46,800
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$34,910$27,890$44,530
Missouri$34,910$27,650$42,640
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$34,910$24,960$47,330
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$34,910$30,330$41,600
Ocala, FL$34,900$28,310$46,030
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$34,890$26,800$47,170
Wyoming$34,840$26,680$47,980
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$34,840$31,200$43,920
Rochester, NY$34,810$31,200$44,070
Kansas$34,800$25,550$45,990
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$34,710$28,010$38,190
Bowling Green, KY$34,690$29,570$45,160
Huntsville, AL$34,660$23,520$41,700
South Carolina$34,640$23,830$43,370
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$34,540$23,800$41,590
Idaho$34,510$23,420$42,120
Billings, MT$34,510$22,470$42,920
Lebanon, PA$34,510$22,030$41,720
Lancaster, PA$34,420$27,870$40,520
St. George, UT$34,410$28,550$51,680
Johnson City, TN$34,400$28,340$47,530
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$34,330$31,200$45,160
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$34,280$26,160$38,070
New Mexico$34,230$27,490$41,410
Anniston-Oxford, AL$34,190$23,650$37,820
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$34,050$27,960$38,790
Utica-Rome, NY$34,040$31,460$44,550
Evansville, IN$34,030$29,900$51,920
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$33,980$29,570$43,230
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$33,870$30,100$43,900
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$33,850$21,740$45,670
Montgomery, AL$33,740$24,580$37,630
Georgia$33,710$23,850$42,120
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$33,690$28,970$41,440
Peoria, IL$33,680$31,200$41,510
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$33,640$24,580$44,030
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$33,590$28,030$43,720
Cleveland, OH$33,590$30,340$42,300
Birmingham, AL$33,580$24,760$41,610
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$33,480$28,410$45,150
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$33,400$23,400$45,420
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$33,290$24,960$47,840
Virginia$33,280$26,610$45,800
Logan, UT-ID$33,280$28,600$37,600
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$33,180$27,660$47,740
College Station-Bryan, TX$33,140$20,480$37,980
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$33,070$22,390$46,730
Macon-Bibb County, GA$32,960$25,980$37,680
Gainesville, FL$32,810$27,740$38,120
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$32,740$30,450$41,630
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$32,530$20,440$42,530
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$32,270$22,580$44,880
Tennessee$32,250$18,560$44,920
Oklahoma$32,250$22,880$42,430
Columbus, GA-AL$32,250$21,360$36,680
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$32,250$21,760$37,900
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$32,250$20,860$44,860
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$32,230$24,060$42,590
Yuma, AZ$32,210$32,210$39,360
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$32,120$21,770$44,310
Oklahoma City, OK$32,060$23,460$40,990
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$31,960$19,350$42,550
West Virginia$31,770$24,360$44,950
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$31,720$26,970$39,360
Decatur, AL$31,710$27,320$40,030
Fort Smith, AR-OK$31,640$26,300$37,210
Albuquerque, NM$31,590$27,800$43,510
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$31,500$30,160$42,870
Vineland, NJ$31,470$31,470$32,250
Lubbock, TX$31,450$19,950$39,680
Longview, TX$31,400$20,700$46,770
Wichita, KS$31,360$23,970$38,810
Florida$31,340$26,500$43,460
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$31,310$22,250$38,750
Savannah, GA$31,290$26,710$40,970
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$31,200$22,930$35,360
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$31,200$31,200$39,380
Greensboro-High Point, NC$31,160$23,310$46,560
Jacksonville, FL$31,140$25,250$44,800
Erie, PA$30,920$25,880$39,330
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$30,880$21,500$43,720
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$30,770$18,960$40,330
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$30,740$17,800$46,440
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$30,690$17,840$36,760
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$30,650$27,090$43,330
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$30,640$22,810$43,130
Arkansas$30,630$26,230$44,140
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$30,600$25,360$54,450
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$30,600$20,800$41,870
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$30,560$29,120$45,720
Texas$30,480$20,680$42,230
Jackson, MS$30,480$22,670$43,770
Clarksville, TN-KY$30,430$23,710$43,900
Roanoke, VA$30,400$24,960$38,490
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$30,400$29,170$37,330
Baton Rouge, LA$30,380$21,900$39,450
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$30,360$23,110$40,510
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$30,320$23,570$41,490
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$30,190$21,590$40,460
Alabama$30,140$22,630$39,990
Youngstown-Warren, OH$30,120$27,610$39,870
Mobile, AL$30,100$23,650$39,820
Winston-Salem, NC$30,100$23,430$44,920
Dalton, GA$30,080$22,600$36,440
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$30,040$30,040$42,790
Canton-Massillon, OH$30,030$30,030$36,590
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$30,000$27,730$35,740
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$30,000$17,780$38,080
Burlington, NC$29,950$22,780$37,590
Eau Claire, WI$29,950$23,800$40,070
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,930$26,610$38,840
Dothan, AL$29,890$27,470$37,100
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$29,890$23,960$37,390
Tallahassee, FL$29,800$27,130$41,590
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,730$21,860$34,790
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$29,670$25,710$41,030
Joplin, MO-KS$29,670$28,450$36,680
Knoxville, TN$29,660$18,530$45,230
Janesville-Beloit, WI$29,480$23,910$44,990
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,440$23,210$46,610
Manhattan, KS$29,420$23,240$37,860
Wichita Falls, TX$29,350$18,730$42,110
Corpus Christi, TX$29,320$21,560$35,670
Amarillo, TX$29,210$18,460$41,100
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,200$22,880$30,480
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,200$28,200$41,600
Tyler, TX$29,110$21,120$47,840
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$29,100$21,720$37,160
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,070$22,880$44,140
Kentucky$29,040$20,430$37,960
Rocky Mount, NC$29,030$23,050$36,640
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$29,010$20,300$38,470
Fayetteville, NC$28,970$23,170$37,080
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$28,950$21,860$37,960
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,830$21,820$37,400
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$28,730$28,600$35,820
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$28,680$26,710$47,800
Louisiana$28,670$20,300$36,810
Lafayette, LA$28,670$20,350$35,480
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$28,540$26,500$38,600
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$28,440$21,680$34,820
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$28,420$20,450$37,660
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$28,300$25,540$37,970
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,080$21,700$33,990
Raleigh-Cary, NC$28,020$23,260$41,030
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$27,670$17,620$34,820
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$27,650$27,630$36,780
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$27,590$18,510$34,480
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$27,570$24,000$35,370
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$27,300$17,750$31,640
Williamsport, PA$27,250$23,340$36,940
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$27,190$27,190$38,280
San Angelo, TX$26,780$17,780$34,490
Idaho Falls, ID$26,770$23,420$35,330
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$25,760$21,790$35,610
Waco, TX$25,240$22,830$34,790
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$24,910$18,720$42,950
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$24,400$17,960$34,210
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$23,080$17,530$36,000
Owensboro, KY$22,990$22,990$35,980
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$22,390$18,070$34,480
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$22,240$20,040$35,380
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$22,210$21,200$32,770
Arecibo, PR$21,840$19,760$21,840
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$21,580$19,760$22,460
Killeen-Temple, TX$21,340$17,620$39,240
Ponce, PR$21,140$20,250$22,310
El Paso, TX$20,760$17,920$30,530
Aguadilla, PR$20,490$20,170$20,800
Puerto Rico$20,040$19,760$21,840
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$20,040$19,760$20,040
Mayaguez, PR$19,760$19,760$20,150

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Sewing Machine Operators make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Sewing Machine Operators is $36,000, with a typical range of $26,860 – $47,060 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Sewing Machine Operators positions typically start around $26,860 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Sewing Machine Operatorss earn the most?β–Ύ

Sewing Machine Operatorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.