# Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers

> SOC minor group 51-6000 within Production Occupations — 15 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 51-6000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/textile-apparel-and-furnishings-workers
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures below are aggregates over the group's member occupations, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 464,330.
- **Median wage:** $37,660.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** -2.9%.
- **Annual openings:** 66.8.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 11th percentile (Low) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6011-00) — $33,800; 0th percentile overlap
- Sewing Machine Operators (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6031-00) — $36,000; 0th percentile overlap
- Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6021-00) — $33,880; 0th percentile overlap
- Upholsterers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6093-00) — $46,190; 0th percentile overlap
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6064-00) — $37,660; 0th percentile overlap
- Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6052-00) — $40,860; 0th percentile overlap
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6091-00) — $44,980; 0th percentile overlap
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6063-00) — $38,260; 0th percentile overlap
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6099-00) — $37,010
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6062-00) — $37,940; 0th percentile overlap
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6041-00) — $35,950; 0th percentile overlap
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6061-00) — $37,320; 0th percentile overlap
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6042-00) — $38,160; 0th percentile overlap
- Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6092-00) — $67,670; 0th percentile overlap
- Sewers, Hand (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-51-6051-00) — $33,760; 0th percentile overlap

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T20:31:11.516731+00:00. https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/textile-apparel-and-furnishings-workers_