• Sewing Machine Operators
  • Manufacturing
  • Annual Median Wage
    $ 31,005
    $23,163 range bar $45,106
    Annual NC Wage Range
    Growth Rate
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    Moderately Growing
  • Sewing Machine Operators handle or tend sewing machines to join, reinforce, decorate, or perform related sewing operations in the manufacture of garment or nongarment products.

What do they typically do

  • Guide garments or garment parts under machine needles and presser feet to sew parts together
  • Watch machine operation to detect problems such as defective stitching, breaks in thread, or machine malfunctions
  • Inspect garments, and examine repair tags and markings to locate defects or damage and to mark errors as necessary
  • Match cloth pieces in correct sequences before sewing them, and check that dye lots and patterns match
  • Record quantities of materials processed
  • Place spools of thread, cord, or other materials on spindles; insert bobbins; and thread ends through machine guides and components
  • Operate or tend single or double needle serging and flat-bed felling machines to automatically join, reinforce, or decorate material or articles
  • Position items under needles, using marks on machines, clamps, templates, or cloth as guides

Number of Jobs

Average Annual
Job Growth +0.7%
Job Openings 210

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