Designers are key people in the garment industry, yet relatively few of them are needed to make employment possible for thousands of people in other apparel occupations. There are approximately 25,800 fashion designers in the United States, which represents a tiny percentage of the garment industry. Some designers work only for the high-priced custom trade, some for the mass market, and some on exclusive designs that will be made for only one person. Many designers are employed by manufacturers of paper patterns.
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- Advertising Managers
- Apparel Industry Workers
- Appliance Service Technicians
- Architects
- Art Directors
- Art Teachers
- Artists
- Automotive Designers
- Beverage Industry Workers
- Business Managers
- Buyers
- Canning and Preserving Industry Workers
- Cartoonists
- Color Analysts
- Comic Book Artists
- Computer and Video Game Designers
- Computer-Aided Design Drafters and Technicians
- Conservators and Conservation Technicians
- Cosmeticians
- Cosmetics Sales Representatives
- Cosmetics Shop Owners and Managers
- Cosmetologists
- Costume Designers
- Customer Service Representatives
- Dairy Products Manufacturing Workers
- Digital Designers
- Drafters
- Electrical Engineering Technologists
- Electrical Engineers
- Electronics Engineers
- Ergonomists
- Ethical Sourcing Officer
- Exhibit Designers
- Export-Import Specialists
- Fabric Designers
- Farmers
- Fashion Coordinators
- Fashion Illustrators
- Fashion Models' Agents
- Fashion Photographers
- Fashion Stylists
- Fashion Writers and Editors
- Film and Television Directors
- Furniture Designers
- Furniture Manufacturing Workers
- Gallery Owners and Directors
- Graphic Designers
- Green Marketers
- Green Products Manufacturers
- Greeting Card Designers and Writers
- Hardware Engineers
- Home Stagers
- Illustrators
- Image Consultants
- Industrial Designers
- Interior Designers and Decorators
- Jewelers and Jewelry Repairers
- Laboratory Testing Technicians
- Landscape Architects
- Learning Innovations Designers
- Leather Tanning and Finishing Workers
- Makeup Artists
- Manufacturing Supervisors
- Market Research Analysts
- Marketing Managers
- Medical Illustrators and Photographers
- Models
- Motion Graphics Artists
- Multimedia Artists and Animators
- Nail Technicians
- Non-Fungible Token Artists
- Photographers
- Plastics Products Manufacturing Workers
- Product Designers
- Product Development Directors
- Product Management Directors
- Product Managers
- Production Designers and Art Directors
- Publicity Photographers
- Quality Control Engineers
- Quality Control Technicians
- Radio Frequency Engineers
- Remote Health Care Engineers
- Rubber Goods Production Workers
- Sales Managers
- Sales Representatives
- Silverware Artisans and Workers
- Smart Building Systems Designers
- Software Designers
- Software Engineers
- Sporting Goods Production Workers
- Swimming Pool Designers
- Tailors and Dressmakers
- Tattoo Artists
- Textile Manufacturing Workers
- Tobacco Products Industry Workers
- Toy Industry Workers
- Video Game Art Directors
- Visual Interaction Designers
- Watch and Clock Repairers